Students of the design and architecture faculty of Los Andes University in Bogotá spent a week exploring the neighbourhood ‘Las Aguas’. The participants developed themes and concepts referring to the neighbourhood based on social issues, personal experiences, and its visual language.
Design thinking, design skills, and public participation are key tools and drivers for this project. They are all used as the methodology to explore, analyze, visualize and respond to the neighbourhood’s life and its people. The workshop aims to encourage social change-makers within this community. Once sensitised to their social and cultural context, participants are encouraged to take an active and responsible role towards a complex urban environment they live and work in.
The social design workshop is an initiative from andrews:degen, a research-based graphic design agency located in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. We would like to thank the university and professors of Los Andes for the support.
