Collaborative processes of co-production between end-users and designers can be an effective means to produce shared understanding about a system and has been shown to improve the quality of, and support for, design outcomes. In spatial design and planning, co-production usually involves engaging community members in the design and planning of their local environment (co-design). However, to support co-design of landscapes it has been recommended that decision support systems (DSS) be developed for both the specific decision setting, and in conjunction with meaningful public guidance and input, to transition professional practice to working with rather than for the public. The research presented here responds to these recommendations by developing and evaluating a process for involving end user residents in the co-production and application of the Land.Info DSS in the design of multifunctional landscapes within their communities. The research used participatory workshops incorporating a structured elicitation process, agile software development, and user evaluation to design and test a video game-based DSS in context of two real-world design settings in Detroit, MI, USA. In this paper, we describe and evaluate the process and outcomes, with the results showing improved evaluation over the course of development and overall positive outcomes from this type of collaboration. We also found that residents required additional information to orient themselves in the DSS. In addition, visualization realism and ease of use of the DSS contributing to dialogue during co-design sessions. The paper ends with recommendations for future development and research.

最终用户和设计师之间的协同生产协作过程可以成为产生对系统的共同理解的有效手段，并且可以提高设计结果的质量和支持设计结果。在空间设计和规划中，共同生产通常涉及让社区成员参与其当地环境的设计和规划（共同设计）。但是，为支持景观的协同设计，建议开发决策支持系统（DSS）以用于特定的决策设置，并结合有意义的公共指导和意见，以将专业实践转变为与之合作而不是与之合作。公众。此处提出的研究通过开发和评估使最终用户居民参与Land.Info DSS共同生产和应用以设计其社区内的多功能景观的过程来响应这些建议。该研究使用参与式研讨会，结合了结构化启发过程，敏捷软件开发和用户评估，在美国密西根州底特律的两个实际设计环境中设计和测试了基于视频游戏的DSS。在本文中，我们描述并评估了过程和结果，结果显示了在开发过程中改进的评估以及此类合作的总体积极成果。我们还发现，居民需要其他信息来适应DSS的需求。此外，可视化的现实主义和DSS的易用性，有助于在共同设计会议期间进行对话。本文最后提出了对未来发展和研究的建议。