HUMAN-CENTERED CO-CREATION PRACTICES FOR FIRE PROTECTION PROJECTS IN FUEL PLANTS
Abstract
The idea of designers working with their monitors in an isolated manner, disconnected from context and real situations, is obsolete. However, the still-prevailing paradigm for design projects becomes outdated when considering the observation of monitors detached from their context. This article aims to identify human-centered co-design elements that can contribute to improving fire protection project practices in fuel plants in order to address current challenges. This research connects two design-related themes: (i) the development of work activity during the design process and (ii) participatory design approaches. Relevant aspects of the use of participatory methods and human-centered design approaches are highlighted. These methods are crucial tools for better design practices, providing analyses of the conception process and user interactions. By recognizing them as action resources, new possibilities for reflection and guidelines emerge to integrate the involved community. The study concludes that a human-centered approach integrated with national and international engineering standards enables a new project perspective, given that this is a complex problem in which user participation may contribute to generating more effective solutions. As a result, a way of addressing problems in fire protection system projects—especially escape and evacuation systems—is proposed through a set of recommendations for the three phases of a fire protection design process: before, during, and after the project.
Author Biographies
Doutorando bi institucional no Instituto de Química da UFU/UFVJM, no Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biocombustíveis (PPBIC 2024). Mestre em Arquitetura e Urbanismo pelo Programa de Pós-Graduação em Arquitetura e Urbanismo da UFU (2022-2024). Mestre em Engenharia de Produção pela UFMG (2015-2017). Especialista em Engenharia Elétrica pela UCAM (2014-2015), bacharel em Engenharia de Saúde e Segurança pela Universidade Federal de Itajubá (UNIFEI, 2010-2014) e técnico em Segurança do Trabalho (2006-2008).
Graduado em Direito pela Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (1994). Graduado em Ciência Política pelo Centro Universitário Internacional. Especialista em História e Filosofia da Ciência. Mestre em Direito pela Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (1996). Doutor em Direito pela Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (2002). Doutor em História pela Universidade Federal de Uberlândia - UFU (2019).
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