The "Participatory Design Educational Program at Agia Paraskevi Schools" was an initiative of commonspace’s collaboration with the Municipality of Agia Paraskevi and the support of Open Architecture Collaborative Athens. 

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The participatory design workshop is based on a democratic sense of citizen participation in the design of public space and decision-making regarding life and everyday life. This is an innovative method for our country that aims to make a real contribution for the user in configuring the space reserved for him. Within three months, workshops and meetings were organized with students of the 13th Kindergarten, the 7th Primary school, and the 4th Junior High school of Agia Paraskevi, with the parents and representatives of the Municipality, with the teachers of the Primary and the Kindergarten. The original purpose of the workshop was to produce a draft proposal for the upgrading of the courtyard areas of the Elementary School and the 13th Kindergarten, Artemonos Street and the Pavement section in front of the entrance of the 4th Junior Highschool of Agia Paraskevi. However, it was considered necessary to develop a master plan for the wider region.