Methods Design Workshop Hands-on. Devising improvements to Leeds City Centre, 1996. They will normally be held as part of a Planning Day or other event. People work in groups around a table with plans or a model.
Different groups can deal with different areas or the same area at different scales.
Groups can be allocated a topic. Everyone is encouraged to develop their ideas by drawing or making adjustments to the model. Using felt-tips and tracing paper is often more suitable than using models because little preparation is needed. It helps if the facilitator has previous experience of design workshops and urban design expertise. Get people going by telling them that no idea is too big, no idea too small .