Workshop Design for Disseminating Working Group Outcomes in Circular City Contexts: A Rapid Prototyping Approach” an interactive session
Banu Yücel Toy

This presentation aims to provide a flexible, practice-based framework that members can use to design impactful workshops, strengthen engagement, and promote collaborative learning across diverse environments. To achieve this objective, the session introduces an interactive design activity developed to support WG6’s dissemination goals within the context of urban design and circular cities.
Participants will collaboratively generate a concrete, hands-on workshop prototype aimed at disseminating their Working Group’s research outcomes (Annex1&2). They will work within their respective groups and randomly select one card from each of three coloured envelopes representing: (1) a target group (WHO), (2) a workshop place (WHERE), and (3) a participatory method (HOW). These randomly assigned elements function as structured creative constraints, encouraging innovative thinking, reflexivity, and cross-disciplinary dialogue.
Within a five-minute timeframe, each group will develop a rapid prototype that meaningfully integrates these three components. The resulting workshop concept is expected to foreground active participation through a critical pedagogy lens, positioning learners as engaged contributors rather than passive recipients. Each group will then briefly present its prototype to the other participants, enabling collective reflection and knowledge exchange.
The session is designed to demonstrate how simple yet intentional design constraints can generate transferable workshop models applicable to public spaces, educational institutions, and varied community settings. By shifting the emphasis from content delivery to participatory engagement, the activity fosters adaptable dissemination formats that can be implemented across national and local contexts. Beyond idea generation, the activity serves as a micro-model for collaborative dissemination planning. It invites members to explore how urban learning environments, artistic interventions, and participatory methods can foster citizen empowerment, social inclusion, and shared responsibility in support of circular urban transitions. Ultimately, the session offers a scalable framework that can inform future COST activities and interdisciplinary collaborations within WG6.