Today in class we divided into our four previously chosen groups in order to further our ideas regarding our interventions. We will be implementing our ideas on Wednesday, March 28, so we need to begin finalizing designs and prototyping in order to ensure success.
Each group has a unique focus including:
- The separation of tenants and landlords in order to avoid awkward and tense moments
- Way-finding with regard to inside of the courthouse as well as a re-working of the notice to quit in order to minimize stress
- Time keeping as another means of minimizing stress
- Separation of the separation of the two Lawyer-For-A-Day tables to also minimize tension and tenant/landlord overlap in the courthouse
All of the groups were working on sketches and diagrams in order to solidify ideas and design moves. The Lawyer-For-A-Day group went to the wood shop to begin prototyping some walls they plan on installing.
The courthouse is an interesting site to work with because of the vulnerable state that people are in while they're there. This thought process served as a segway into a conversation about The IDEO Little Book of Design Research Ethics. We discussed the similarities between the ethics of an architect and those of a lawyer. Both included being honest and morally aligned while doing what is best for your client, all while following the laws of your profession. Some degree of confidentiality is involved in both as a respect for clients as well.
Big Take Away: The relationship in many ways between clients and lawyers is similar to that of clients and architects which makes the case for these interventions much stronger. The state that someone in a courthouse is in plays a massive role in these relationships and how they change based on situation and location. This interdisciplinary crossover makes more and more sense the further in we get.
