Abstract
This paper presents the experience of the Tic Tac Agua project, an educational museographic proposal developed by the Graphic Design and Product Design careers of the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador (PUCE), in collaboration with Yaku Parque Museo del Agua, in the Metropolitan District of Quito. The initiative arose from the identification of neglected areas in the design of museum experiences aimed at children, especially on environmental issues related to the use and conservation of water. The project is based on the recognition that museum spaces can become significant learning environments, if they are designed based on the needs, interests and cognitive capacities of children. In this context, design becomes a fundamental tool for mediating complex content in a playful, sensory, and participatory way, allowing children to develop a critical awareness of the use of water in their daily lives and reflect on the impact of their decisions in the future. The proposal generates its methodology, articulating the Design Council and Child-Centred Design, drawing on educational museology and non-formal education. As a result, the project generates a space for discussion on the role of design as a discipline capable of articulating the cognitive, the emotional and the social in museum experiences that promote learning, reflecting and imagining the future from childhood. Finally, this project shows how museums can become experiential places that encourage and converge learning, reflecting and imagining, harmonising the scientific knowledge offered by these spaces with the user’s habits, communicative styles, cultural rituals, social experiences and collective memories.
Presenters
Amparo AlvarezResearch Professor, Industrial Design, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Pichincha, Ecuador Mariana Lozada
Coordinadora de la Carrera de Diseño Gráfico, Diseño de Productos y Artes Visuales, Carrera de Diseño Gráfico, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador (PUCE), Pichincha, Ecuador
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Presentation Type
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session
Theme
KEYWORDS
Design for the Future, Museography, Non-formal education, Children, Water
