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Steps to an Ecology of Design
The environment in which we live is almost all designed. Everything around us comes from a design process that, as defined by Thackara in his book “In the bubble,” determines 80% of the environmental impact of a product or service. Why design process generates this major environmental impact? Probably the main mistake made is to consider the object of design as an object by itself, without considering all those dynamics, relationships and interactions that a project generates and the influence that the designed buildings, objects and services, have on society, environment and economy. Burkhardt, in his book “Design is Invisible,” points out to us that no project is neutral, all projects point society in a direction, and this fulfills designers with responsibility, who, in every project, should make everything fit into a system of cultural, political, economic and environmental sustainability that should be intelligible in the designed product or service and that, through their presence in the world, are capable of directing change toward a better future. This paper aims to analyze what might be the tools of a new design paradigm that will enable future designers to engage with the complex dynamic system in which we are involved, being aware of the fact that each individual project must play a role in a broader vision and preserve a flexibility necessary to accommodate the diversity and changes that will arise. Interdisciplinarity and foreshadowing of future scenarios will be the main tools of a necessary meta-design upstream of any project.
Steps to an Ecology of Design
The environment in which we live is almost all designed. Everything around us comes from a design process that, as defined by Thackara in his book “In the bubble,” determines 80% of the environmental impact of a product or service. Why design process generates this major environmental impact? Probably the main mistake made is to consider the object of design as an object by itself, without considering all those dynamics, relationships and interactions that a project generates and the influence that the designed buildings, objects and services, have on society, environment and economy. Burkhardt, in his book “Design is Invisible,” points out to us that no project is neutral, all projects point society in a direction, and this fulfills designers with responsibility, who, in every project, should make everything fit into a system of cultural, political, economic and environmental sustainability that should be intelligible in the designed product or service and that, through their presence in the world, are capable of directing change toward a better future. This paper aims to analyze what might be the tools of a new design paradigm that will enable future designers to engage with the complex dynamic system in which we are involved, being aware of the fact that each individual project must play a role in a broader vision and preserve a flexibility necessary to accommodate the diversity and changes that will arise. Interdisciplinarity and foreshadowing of future scenarios will be the main tools of a necessary meta-design upstream of any project.
Steps to an Ecology of Design
Sustainable Development Goals Series
Hilal, Sandi (editor) / Bedir, Merve (editor) / Ramsgaard Thomsen, Mette (editor) / Tamke, Martin (editor) / Bucci, Angelo (author)
World Congress of Architects ; 2023 ; Copenhagen, Denmark
2023-09-28
7 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English
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