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Making Design Public

Education Beyond the Studio
Vincent Peu Duvallon

£72.99

Go beyond the traditional studio with innovative design education. This book offers case studies and strategies for projects where students collaborate with communities, learning to navigate the social, political, and environmental challenges of the 21st century.

This book explores innovative approaches to design education, showcasing how students can engage with real-world conditions beyond the traditional studio setting. It presents critical reflections…
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This book explores innovative approaches to design education, showcasing how students can engage with real-world conditions beyond the traditional studio setting. It presents critical reflections on projects where students collaborate with communities, communicate their disciplines to non-specialist audiences, and learn through hands-on experiences with real stakeholders.

Designed as a resource for educators, design professionals, and scholars, this volume offers case studies, social theories, and pedagogical strategies to equip future designers with the skills to navigate the social, political, and environmental challenges of the 21st century. It also provides valuable insights for practitioners, helping them engage more effectively with communities and integrate public participation into design processes.

Beyond design education, the cross-disciplinary nature of these projects contributes to international discourse on project-based learning. For social scientists and community practitioners, this book offers practical insights into collaborative engagement and public participation in design practice.

Vincent Peu Duvallon is an Associate Professor of Architecture and Founding Director of the School of Public Architecture at Wenzhou-Kean University (WKU), China. He holds a professional degree from the École Spéciale d’Architecture in Paris, France and has studied at the University of Hong Kong, China and the École d’Architecture de Versailles, France. After training with renowned architects Christian de Portzamparc and Frédéric Borel in Paris, Peu Duvallon established an architectural practice in Asia, working on significant projects in Korea and China. At WKU, he leads projects that combine architectural practice with community-driven solutions, focusing on social sustainability and urbanism. His research explores architecture as a tool for social change, particularly in urban revitalization and community engagement. Peu Duvallon’s work bridges academic research with real-world application, empowering communities to shape resilient, inclusive environments. In addition, he has been serving as an advisor for the WKU campus planning and extension for the last eight years.

Anastasia Maurina, Ecaterina Stefanescu, Craig Konyk, David Vardy, Aanya Chugh, Angeliki Paidakaki, Hendrik Weiner, Juntae Son, Lee Ivett, Loukia Tsafoulia, Mart Deceuninck, Pieter Van den Broeck, Severino Alfonso, Sadiyah Geyer, Stephanie McGoldrick, Emilie Taylor Welty, Michael Grugl, Grant Hamming

Hardback

  • ISBN: 1-0364-6423-7
  • ISBN13: 978-1-0364-6423-3
  • Date of Publication: 2026-02-12

Ebook

  • ISBN: 1-0364-6424-5
  • ISBN13: 978-1-0364-6424-0
  • Date of Publication: 2026-02-12

Subject Codes:

  • BIC: AMA, JNAM, JNF
  • BISAC: DES000000, DES012000, DES004000, DES008000, EDU057000, EDU015000
  • THEMA: AMA, JNAM, JNF
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  • "Learning by doing is at the heart of this assembly of thoughtful and extremely valuable case studies of transdisciplinary architecture studios that concentrate on community activism and activation. Assembled by Vincent Peu Duvallon at the aptly named School of Public Architecture at Wenzhou-Kean University, these projects show how architecture pedagogy can extend into the making of better places, both real and virtual, for all. Backed up by deep research and documentation, these projects are invaluable models for engaged architecture and design education."
    - Aaron Betsky, Former Director of The Netherlands Architecture Institute
  • “Placed under the auspices of a decidedly Latourian approach, this stimulating compendium of essays testifies to the ongoing self-examination of architectural education, its methods, aims and values vis-à-vis the profession. How can the hiatus between theory and practice, speculation and studio be overcome beyond the figure of the « reflexive practitioner »? Devising strategies of exchanges between design and all those concerned – in other words, re-politicizing the discipline at large – each author demonstrates from experience the potential of agile critical interactions between the multiple factors and actors that drive or condition a project. In our times of so many crises, this book offers welcome leads to reinvent a collaborative understanding of architecture and its agency on our social and material ecologies. »
    - Françoise Fromonot, Professor, Ecole Nationale Supérieure D’Architecture de Paris-Belleville, France

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