1st Edition

The Essential Guide to Co-Design Community Engagement Handbook

By Irina Schneid Copyright 2027
298 Pages 71 Color Illustrations
by Routledge

298 Pages 71 Color Illustrations
by Routledge

The Essential Guide to Co-design introduces readers to a collaborative design practice grounded in everyday knowledge, lived experience, and shared imagination. Written for designers, educators, students, and community members, the book offers practical resources for implementing co-design processes in real time. It moves deliberately across disciplinary and institutional boundaries,... Read more

Introduction

1. Co-planning

2. Co-learning

3. Co-creating                 

4. Co-implementing

5. Co-evaluating

6. Case Studies

6.1. Case Study 1: The Hive

Ryan Swanson and Maeghann Coleman, Urban Conga

6.2. Case Study 2: DC Public Library

Amy Wang, Openbox

6.3. Case Study 3: Imagine NYC

Hannah Berkin-Harper and Jim Lammers, Street Lab

6.4. Case Study 4: Migrating From Prison

Rebecca Rand and Marrina Boontheekul, Makeshift Architecture PLLC

6.5. Case Study 5: Neurodiverse City

WIP Collaborative, Jennifer Carpenter and Irina Verona, VCA Architects

6.6. Case Study 6: El Puente Mobile Kitchen

Irina Schneid, Pratt SOD Co-Design Studio

6.7. Case Study 7: Tompkinsville Park Afro Caribbean and Latin Market

Andrea Chiney, Arianna Deane, and Ashely Kuo, A+A+A 

6.8. Case Study 8: Ps #5 Pop-Up Art Gallery

Irina Schneid, Impact Wrkshp

Biography

Irina Schneid is an architect, educator, and co-designer.  Assistant Professor of Interior Design at Pratt Institute, Irina serves as the Community Engagement Liaison for the School of Design and directs the Community Engagement Clinic. Deeply committed to expanding community outreach through teaching and practice, she is the Founder and Design Director of Impact Wrkshp, a participatory design + build organization. Recipient of numerous fellowships and awards, Irina has lectured and taught internationally at institutions including Barnard College, Temple University, Drexel University, CityTech, NYIT, and RMIT in Melbourne, Australia. Irina earned her B.Arch and M.Arch II from Cornell University and is licensed in New York and New Jersey.