Human Centered Design for Empathy in the Landscape | Anna Stachofsky | TEDxBallStateUniversity
Summary
TLDRThe speaker, a landscape architecture student with a Type A personality, shares their enthusiasm for people and design. They discuss the importance of human-centered design, which involves diverse designers and users in creating communities that reflect individual and collective identities. Emphasizing the need for empathy in design, the speaker argues that architects and planners must include people in decision-making to foster a sense of value and purpose. They conclude by urging designers and community members to embrace diversity and work together to create empathetic, inclusive environments.
Takeaways
- 🌟 The speaker is enthusiastic and loves people, which sets them apart from their peers.
- 😴 The speaker's Type A personality contrasts with their friend Dan's Type B personality, leading to some initial friction.
- 🏛️ The speaker's experiences in landscape architecture have made them feel different from their peers who are less enthusiastic about people.
- 🧠 There's a growing lack of empathy among younger generations, as indicated by research showing increased narcissism and decreased empathy.
- 🌐 The speaker believes their outgoing personality can contribute positively to landscape architecture, countering a trend of antisocial designers.
- 🌳 The speaker is inspired by human-centered design, aiming to create spaces that promote equity and empathy.
- 📚 The concept of human-centered design involves diverse designers and users planning communities based on individual and collective identity.
- 👥 This design approach is important for citizens as it allows them to see the impact of their opinions and worldviews on their community.
- 🔗 Human-centered design links creativity and philanthropy, fostering a deeper understanding between community builders and residents.
- 🌍 The speaker calls for architects and planners to include people in decision-making, not just relying on public agencies and traditional platforms.
- 💪 Embracing diverse personalities in design and community building could be key to creating an empathetic nation.
Q & A
What are the two main characteristics the speaker claims to have about themselves?
-The speaker claims to be a plethora of enthusiasm and to love people.
How does the speaker describe their personality type compared to Dan's?
-The speaker describes themselves as a Type A personality, while Dan is described as a Type B personality.
What does the speaker believe has been the impact of their personality on their architectural peers?
-The speaker believes their enthusiasm has made them feel out of place among their peers, who are not as enthused by people.
According to the speaker, what is the current state of empathy and narcissism among students today compared to 30 years ago?
-The speaker states that approximately 70% of students today score higher on narcissism and lower on empathy than the average student did 30 years ago.
What does the speaker suggest is the role of outgoing personalities like theirs in landscape architecture?
-The speaker suggests that outgoing personalities like theirs can contribute to the overall progression of landscape architecture by balancing the potential antisocial tendencies of other designers.
What is the speaker's inspiration for their undergraduate thesis?
-The speaker's inspiration for their undergraduate thesis is Crown Fountain and Millennium Park.
What does the speaker believe is the importance of human-centered design?
-The speaker believes that human-centered design is important because it encourages empathy and shows how individual opinions and worldviews affect the community.
How does the speaker define 'human-centered design'?
-The speaker defines 'human-centered design' as an idea that involves a diverse array of designers and users coming together to plan communities based on individual and collective identity.
What is the speaker's call to action for architects and planners?
-The speaker calls for architects and planners to reach out and include people in decision-making, and not leave it to public agencies and traditional platforms alone.
What does the speaker believe is the potential outcome if designers and community members of all personalities embrace one another?
-The speaker believes that if designers and community members of all personalities can learn to embrace one another, it may be what the country needs to become an empathetic nation.
What does the speaker suggest as a way to improve the quality of life for all people?
-The speaker suggests engaging in political, social, and ecological debates as a way to improve the quality of life for all people.
Outlines
🌟 Embracing Individuality in Design
The speaker introduces themselves as an enthusiastic and outgoing individual, contrasting their 'Type A' personality with their friend Dan's 'Type B' personality. They share their experiences as a Landscape Architecture student and how their love for people sets them apart from their peers. The speaker discusses the broader implications of personality types on design, noting that the design community is diverse and that their enthusiasm is not a flaw but a strength. They touch on the issue of narcissism in Western culture and its impact on empathy, suggesting that outgoing personalities like theirs can contribute positively to landscape architecture by promoting equity and empathy in design.
🌱 Human-Centered Design for Empathy
The speaker delves into their research on human-centered design, inspired by the Crown Fountain in Millennium Park, aiming to create spaces that foster equity and empathy. They summarize their findings, emphasizing the importance of diverse designers and users in planning communities that reflect individual and collective identities. The speaker argues that human-centered design is not just a concept but an idea that can positively impact communities by encouraging empathy and understanding between community members. They call for architects and planners to include people in decision-making processes and to engage in broader social debates to improve the quality of life for all. The speaker concludes by urging designers and community members to embrace their differences as a strength for the nation's future as an empathetic society.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Enthusiasm
💡Type-A Personality
💡Landscape Architecture
💡Human-Centered Design
💡Narcissism
💡Empathy
💡Millennium Park
💡Equity
💡Identity
💡Philanthropy
💡Debate
Highlights
The speaker is enthusiastic and loves people, which has not always been well received.
The speaker's friend Dan is a Type B personality, contrasting with the speaker's Type A personality.
The speaker feels out of place in architecture due to their enthusiasm for people.
There are hundreds of personalities in the design community, all pursuing better environments.
Humans are reaching maximum capacity in daily lives, leading to mental and physical collapse.
Research shows a rise in narcissism and a decrease in empathy among students.
The speaker's personality can contribute positively to landscape architecture.
Human-centered design involves diverse designers and users planning communities.
Human-centered design is about fostering a deeper understanding between community makers and residents.
Architects and planners must include people in decision-making, not just public agencies.
Architecture can impact levels of empathy.
The speaker envisions a future where designers and community members of all personalities embrace each other.
Human-centered design is the link between creativity and philanthropy.
The speaker calls for boldness, assertiveness, and difference to forge into the future as an empathetic nation.
The speaker's undergraduate thesis is inspired by Crown Fountain and Millennium Park, focusing on equity and empathy.
The importance of citizens seeing how their opinions affect their community.
The speaker summarizes their research on human-centered design in 30 seconds.
Transcripts
there are two things you all need to
know about me before we get started
number one is I am a plethora of
enthusiasm and now you have all been
warned about it so you can't complain
the second thing is I love people and
the combination of those two things has
not always been very well received we
will take my friend Dan for example his
real name's dan I'm not shying away from
that I am a type-a personality
we are both Landscape Architecture
students however Dan was a Type B
personality now imagine being a type B
personality and having a Type A
personality like myself invading your
privacy at 3:00 in the morning this is
how Dan and I met each other to this day
he still thinks I'm the world's most
annoying person and those are his words
not mine so I'm allowed to say it but
this is just who I am I am bold I am
assertive and I'm different my
experiences at the College of
Architecture and planning have led me to
perceive that I am different and it's
because most of my architectural peers
are like my friend Dan they do not and
are not as enthused by people as much as
I am and it's been making me feel just a
little bit out of place like my
enthusiasm is somehow wrong it just felt
like for the longest time that I did not
have the right personality to be in my
field but there are hundreds of
personalities in the design community
and we are all in pursuit of designing
better environments and it got me to
thinking that in today's world we have
so much more that we have to show beyond
our graphic skill that will actually
encourage and appease the incoming
generation you see it's very common
knowledge at this point that humans are
reaching maximum capacity I'm not just
talking about world population but our
daily lives we are each on the brink of
mental and physical collapse brought on
by the increasing needs to work to be
socially relevant and to achieve this
sense of perceived greatness in fact
those are
the many attributes associated with the
astonishing rise in Western culture
narcissism and you don't have to take my
word for it either
Peter gray PhD in biological sciences
and research professor Boston College
has stated that researchers have been
surveying collegiate students since the
70s and their findings have concluded
that approximately 70% of students today
score higher on narcissism and lower on
empathy than the average student did 30
years ago this means our incoming
generations are gradually losing their
ability to feel empathy and this is
leading to a lack of interest a lack of
trust and a lack of respect for other
people and our environments and it's
because of this dilemma that I realized
just how much my over exuberant
personality can actually contribute to
the overall progression of landscape
architecture because without these
outgoing people personas like mine then
we are essentially leaving the future of
our social environments to our
antisocial designers now I've been
studying for the past few months of the
year in preparation for my own
undergraduate thesis crown fountain and
Millennium Park continues to be a huge
inspiration of mine as I seek to design
landscapes like this one a place that
puts equity and empathy back into our
communities now in the interest of time
I'm going to summarize what I've learned
over the course of several months into
30 seconds human centered design is a
term idea org uses in their 2015
handbook titled the field guide to human
centered design in my research this
includes a diverse array of designers
and users who come together to plan
communities that are based on the
individual and collective identity
furthermore this is really important for
citizens because they can see how their
opinions and worldviews affect the
community around them all in all this
should encourage the designer and
citizen alike to increase their amounts
of empathy and start to see what their
value and impact has on the communities
around them now if I were to ask you to
repeat what I just said to you would you
be able to do it no don't even try and
challenge me on
this here's the thing human centered
design is a difficult definition and
that's not the point that I want you to
know it is not a textbook definition it
is an idea and what matters is how this
idea can positively impact the future of
our communities because human centered
design is the link between creativity
and philanthropy it means its fostering
a deeper understanding between the
people that make communities and the
people that live in them furthermore it
means that the humans who involve
themselves in this activity trigger a
sense of higher value and purpose to do
this architects and planners much reach
out to include people in our
decision-making and it cannot be left to
public agencies and traditional
platforms alone and you would never
think that architecture had any impact
on you especially not your levels of
empathy but just imagine what happens
these strangers gather together on the
quest to improve our quality of life and
these strangers sitting next to you hold
a value and opinions and purpose just
like you maybe you'll realize that the
person sitting next to you has more
value and more in common with you than
you have previously perceived and if we
have the power to improve our quality of
life what is then stopping us from then
improving the quality of life for all
peoples by engaging in political social
and ecological debates because we
continue to divide our country because
we have been so absorbed and so
powerless under the demands of our own
daily living we have the chance to
change our fate in this story of human
centered design but in order to see
where it leads us it must begin so let
us be bold be assertive and be different
and if designers and community members
of all personalities can learn to
embrace one another it may just be what
this country needs to forge into the
future as an empathetic nation thank you
you
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