Design contributions to building technology

Design contributions to building technology: goals, interfaces and responsiveness

Boess, S.U. (TU Delft Applied Ergonomics and Design)

2019

In this paper, I identify issues that arose in a recent pilot project in which designers contributed to the construction field. The project was led by an overall responsible innovation goal for sustainability impact: contribute to global CO2 reduction. The innovation solution being developed to achieve this goal was a sustainable renovation concept intended for upscaling. In this pilot project, it was applied to a social housing block of 12 apartments. The designers sought to help align technical solutions with the residents’ later use of their homes, because the latter is an important factor in achieving a zero-energy outcome. The paper identifies four issues that arose in the collaboration between design and construction and installation professionals. The issues are goal translation, goal dissipation, the contested service interface and the contested responsiveness to residents. I argue that designers can engage and contribute through design intervention and applying care in the collaboration, in order to support the success of responsible innovation.

Building industry
Case study
Design for interfaces
Design practice
Impact goal

http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:6f94e4d5-9869-4f7e-a4a0-cfd5f126cf6d

https://doi.org/10.1017/dsi.2019.328

Cambridge University Press

Proceedings of the Design Society: International Conference on Engineering Design, 2019-August

Proceedings of the International Conference on Engineering Design, ICED, 2220-4334

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© 2019 S.U. Boess