SINGA - Establishing a Process for the Design of an Inclusive Space

Ho, Isabelle; Vail, Emily; Petropulos, Olivia; Viozzi, Michael

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SINGA - Establishing a Process for the Design of an Inclusive Space

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The French organization SINGA works with new arrivals in Lyon, many of whom are refugees or asylum seekers, to support them long-term with social, cultural, and entrepreneurship programs. Our project seeks to establish a process to design an inclusive community space that SINGA can use. To achieve this, we have conducted research, interviewed experts in design and inclusion, and analyzed the design of existing spaces. We have adapted a general process into a customized process to be used by SINGA. We have also included recommendations on specific design elements to include. Our key findings indicate that it is most important that end users of the space be included in the design process as much as possible, and that the process be continuously revisited.

This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

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