Design-led events in collaborative planning: improving post-event planning and delivery
ISSN: 2631-6862
Article publication date: 2 September 2021
Issue publication date: 28 October 2021
Abstract
Purpose
Design-led events are known under a range of different titles such charrettes, participatory placemaking, co-design and enquiry by design. Rather than being standalone, such events form one single step in a multi-stage collaborative planning process. What comes after them has to be acknowledged as important to their effective contribution to collaborative planning. To date, no coherent body of empirical evidence on the aftermath of events has been published demonstrating critical factors that contribute to their success.
Design/methodology/approach
The paper’s significance resides in identifying an extended framework for the stages in the collaborative planning process and in highlighting critical issues for ensuring that the aspirations and concerns expressed by stakeholders throughout the process are acted on and delivered, namely, subsequent decision-making and delivery; follow-on support, resourcing and funding; the legal status of events and related governance issues; and appropriate monitoring and evaluation practices.
Findings
The paper provides guidance for professional and local stakeholders who are expected to carry the burden of acting on the outputs arising from such events. To be successful, collaborative planning has to be based on longitudinal stakeholder engagement – both long before but also after such events. It is here that the significance of the results reported here lie.
Originality/value
The originality of this paper lies in its attempt to broaden understanding of what happens in collaborative planning following design-led events, drawing on interviews with professional and lay participants in events held across Scotland over the past decade.
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Acknowledgements
The authors would like to thank Professor Ashraf Salama, the editor of International Journal of Architectural Research, and the two anonymous reviewers for their thoughtful comments on and constructive contributions to this article. Also, the authors gratefully acknowledge the ideas and inputs, received from the wide range of people who took part in the research-in the business and community sectors, academia and practice, and the political and public policy communities–across Scotland and beyond. Additionally, the authors would like to thank Barbara Illsley, former senior lecturer from University of Dundee, for her critical reviews and technical advice on the earlier versions of this paper.
Citation
AlWaer, H., Rintoul, S. and Cooper, I. (2021), "Design-led events in collaborative planning: improving post-event planning and delivery", Archnet-IJAR, Vol. 15 No. 3, pp. 774-799. https://doi.org/10.1108/ARCH-03-2021-0057
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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