Design Research in the Netherlands 2005. Design Research at CME in Twente Perspectives on design processes Isabelle M.M.J. Reymen Geert P.M.R. Dewulf.

Design Research in the Netherlands 2005

Design Research at CME in Twente

Perspectives on design processes

Isabelle M.M.J. ReymenGeert P.M.R. Dewulf Karel Th. Veenvliet

Overview

• University of Twente Faculty of Engineering Technology

• Department Construction Management & Engineering (CME)

• Design research at CME• Research perspectives• Central theoretical focus• Future

Faculty of Engineering Technology

• Programmes: – Civil engineering– Industrial design engineering– Mechanical engineering

• Departments:– Construction Management & Engineering – Centre for Transport Studies– Water Engineering and Management– Design, Production and Management– …

Construction Management & Engineering

• focuses on the need to acquire better insights into the mechanisms governing innovation in the building process and its environment.

• research program concentrates on the management and governance mechanisms of construction processes, the interfaces between planning and design, and design and realisation.

• the program integrates various insights from different disciplines: technology, public and business management, and design (management), and the development of innovative construction processes and materials.

Planning &Development

Design & Engineering

Market &Organisation

Engineering

• Civil Engineering• Industrial Engineering

ManagementScience

• Business Administration• Public Administration

Design Studies

• Design Management• Process Technology• Industrial Design

Construction Management & Engineering

• Staff: 18• Ph.D.: 10• Vacancies:

– Assistant professor in construction management– 2 Ph.D. students:

• Communication in construction processes • Key Performance Indicators

Design Research at CME

aiming at improving the effectiveness and efficiency of design processes in general and in construction industry

Geert Dewulf, professor of planning and development

Isabelle Reymen, assistant professor design management

Karel Veenvliet, assistant professor design management

Saad Al’Jibouri on constructability and risk management Joop Halman, Andreas Hartmann, Hans Voordijk on innovation

processes, platform driven development, (new) product development

Henny ter Huerne on design processes

Research perspectives

management

perspective

supply

perspective

demand

perspective

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e

d

b

c

Demand perspective

a) Design management/demando User participation and collaborative designo Role and selection of designerso Design communication

b) Briefingo Design qualityo Key performance indicators and value

management

Supply perspectivec) Mass customisation: Possibilities and limitations of

platform driven design and development of products

Engineering to order: value engineering / management

d) Design management/supplyo Design reflection and design expertise development of

designerso Composition and management of design teamso Design coordination, design integration

Constructability: interface between design and realisation

Management perspective

e) Supply chain management and logisticso use of ICT

Design management/organisationf) Innovation management, risk management,

planning and controlo Managing innovationo Design tools for risk management

(project, corporate and branch level)

Central theoretical focus

Systems engineering• a requirements driven way of controlling the

design process• a goal-directed structured and multi-

disciplinary design process and a coherent set of design and management principles, techniques and tool especially for a customer order driven engineering

Future

Reinforce our focusesStrengthen our research

Collaborate with other groups (research / education) Demand perspective: architectural design and management

(TUDelft, ADMS?) Supply perspective: mass customisation (TUDelft, TU/e?) Management perspective: (BBT UTwente, TM TU/e?)

Industrial design departmentsTool development (user participation, design collaboration,

decision support, design management)

?Ph.D. candidates?

Collaborations?