FRI-B09: Design Empathy: Reflecting Other Voices in Your Practice

Registration Eligibility

ASLA online learning opportunities are open to all. ASLA members may purchase this presentation at a reduced rate.

Start Date

02/11/2020

End Date

02/10/2022

Description

This session will share methods to approach design with the core value of empathy. Empathy is the first step in design thinking and the basis for usercentric design. Learn how practitioners from multiple design disciplines bring multiple voices into the design process using empathy as their starting point.

Distance Learning

Yes

Course Equivalency

Subjects

Design-Build

Health, Safety and Welfare

Yes

Hours

1.50

Learning Outcomes

Define the principles of a usercentric design process.
Design a process to bring in multiple voices and perspectives.
Identify strategies to avoid and defuse conflict.
Understand the power of empathy in reaching agreement as well as being the key to meaningful design.

Instructors

Lauren Schmitt; Steve Cancian; Scott Paterson; Janet Tam

Course Codes

Provider

American Society of Landscape Architects