TY - GEN
T1 - Design contributions to building technology
T2 - goals, interfaces and responsiveness
AU - Boess, Stella
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Building industry
KW - Case study
KW - Design for interfaces
KW - Design practice
KW - Impact goal
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85079818764&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1017/dsi.2019.328
DO - 10.1017/dsi.2019.328
M3 - Conference contribution
VL - 2019-August
T3 - Proceedings of the International Conference on Engineering Design, ICED
SP - 3211
EP - 3220
BT - Proceedings of the Design Society: International Conference on Engineering Design
PB - Cambridge University Press
ER -