Barrier-free park in prizren - Visioning workshop involving persons with disability and the elderly

Abstract

Though problems related to physical accessibility of the built environment are quite complex, this paper chooses to discuss the case study of a Visioning Workshop for the City Park of Prizren as a model of participatory workshop with the involvement of persons with disability and the elderly. The main aim of the paper is to discuss the participatory design workshop, which objective was finding solutions for elimination of physical barriers in the park and providing programs that would increase its vitality. Participatory design workshop in this case is presented as a methodology for gathering information, establishing design criteria and programmatic requirements with the involvement of the community of persons with disability.