Landscape Empowerment: A Participatory Design Approach to Create Restorative Environments for Assembly Line Workers in the Foxconn Factory

Abstract

Develops potential design strategies and investigates the conflict between the psychological needs of assembly-line workers and the stressful living and working conditions in industrial parks; Offers an insightful analysis of current issues and provides detailed information on the local environment and society; Employs a bottom-up design process and participatory design: the vulnerable group of workers in Qinghu were intimately involved in the research, site investigation and final design, creating a more relevant and resilient outcome; An approach of gentle design: Light and low-cost design interventions to significantly improve quality of living environments in the extremely difficult sites.