A Research Agenda for Design Inequalities in the City. Urban Parks and Beyond

This paper outlines a research agenda for social and design researchers interested in the subtle – and not so subtle – ways in which social stratification is created, reinforced, communicated, and obscured through design in the city. We will address this general question through the example of public park design, hoping that our reflections will be also applicable, with due adjustments, to other design domains, such as object and interior design, house, institutional, or urban design at large.