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Armeno Municipality May — November 2023 Armeno, Italy
◆ Participatory design

Re-imagining an abandoned factory

Community survey (200 respondents), key-informant interviews and a public workshop to identify priorities and possible uses for an abandoned factory.

Period
May — November 2023
Role
Lead researcher & facilitator
Location
Armeno, Italy
Donor
Local
Team
2 — with the Armeno Municipality
Overview

The Municipality of Armeno had inherited an abandoned factory at the edge of the village — a piece of industrial archaeology with potential and no obvious plan. They wanted to know what their residents actually wanted from the site before commissioning any architectural work.

I designed a participatory diagnosis: a community survey (200 respondents), key-informant interviews with local actors, and a public workshop synthesising the findings. The output was a priorities document the council used as the brief for subsequent architectural consultation.

What I delivered

What I delivered

  1. Community survey (200 respondents, 4 languages)
  2. Key-informant interviews (24)
  3. Public workshop & synthesis
  4. Priorities brief for the municipality