A Framework for Co-Design Processes and Visual Collaborative Methods: An Action Research Through Design in Chile

With the urgency to adapt cities social and ecological pressures, co-design has become essential legitimise transformations by involving citizens other stakeholders in their design processes. Public spaces remain at heart of this transformation due accessibility for capacity accommodate urban functions. However, landscape is a complex task people who are not used it. Visual collaborative methods (VCMs) often facilitate expression ideation early design, offering an arts-based language which actors can communicate. We developed process framework analyse how VCMs contribute collaboration processes throughout three commonly distinguished phases: conceptual, embodiment, detail. participated Atacama Desert Chile, adopting Action Research through Design (ARtD) planning, undertaking reflecting practice. found that useful cycles. The variety were able foster rather non-participatory context influenced outcomes. recognized trajectories such as fuzziness ascendent trajectory process. aims conceptual clarification may be helpful planning conclude should planned analysed long-term interwoven trajectories.