Situated perspectives on the city: a reflection on scaling participation through design

This article explores the relationship between design methodologies and scaling of participation in cities. The recognizes that community-led informal settlement upgrading is a central concern broader debate on participation, it interrogates potential contribution connecting localized, initiatives outwards upwards. We discuss these ideas by drawing our own experience devising facilitating number participatory planning titled Change Design with non-profit organization Architecture Sans Frontières – UK (ASF-UK). Reflecting this experience, we argue inclusion design-based, city-level perspective localized can be powerful conceptual practical tool to support horizontal, vertical deep scaling; highlight importance constructing an embodied situated manner, so processes remain firmly grounded everyday lives experiences.