Systems Design Thinking

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"WHAT IS SYSTEMS DESIGN THINKING?"...and why

Dafyd Rawlings RA, LEED-AP: BDC


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WE ARE FACING MANY CHALLENGES

FIVE MAIN CATEGORIES: POPULATION

CLIMATE WATER AGRICULTURE ENERGY

ALL FACTORS

HAVE TO DUE WITH STRAINON THE ECOLOGICALCARRYING CAPACITY


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CHALLENGES

Fossil Fuel Depletion - Peak Oil


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CHALLENGES

Continuing War Over Oil


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CHALLENGES

Inefficient Energy Usage


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CHALLENGES

Climate Change: Drought


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CHALLENGES

Climate Change: Growing Demand for Dwindling Water Supplies


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CHALLENGES

Climate Change: Sea Level Rise


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CHALLENGES

Uninhabitable Areas


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CHALLENGES

Mass Migration

http://www.therefugeeproject.org


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CHALLENGES

War and Violence


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CHALLENGES

Disease

CholeraInfluenzaMalariaSARSSmallpox

TuberculosisObesityCancerYellow FeverEbolaHepatitisHIVPolio

DengueJapanese EncephalitisLeishmaniasisMeaslesMeningitisTyphoid


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CHALLENGES

Epidemics


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CHALLENGES

LONG RANGE FORECASTS

IPCC [Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change]advises eliminating fossil fuels by 2100

Report from Univ. of Maryland & Univ. of Minnesota

Using NASA data algorithmsPredicts radical change to globe in next 20 years

Naomi Kleinreducing our greenhouse emissions is our best chanceto simultaneously reduce gaping inequalities,re-imagine our broken democracies,and rebuild our gutted local economies


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THAT WAS THE BAD NEWS.

THE GOOD NEWS IS...

We can:

increase powers of observation find answers to pressing world problems honor relationships

create systems that are efficient, ecological and economical produce life-supporting dynamics facilitate harmony realize that humanity is part of a system rather than the master of it understand that a culture of holistic design thinking does not destroy


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behavior

PHYSICAL /MATERIALWORLD

PSYCHOLOGICAL /EMOTIONAL

FEELINGS

SPIRITUAL /PHILOSOPHICAL

BELIEFS

ECONOMIC /FINANCIAL

CONSIDERATIONS

SOCIO-CULTURALASPECTS

thoughtprocess

expectations

budgets

priorities

The Commons

religion

outlookon life

practice

feelings

elements

biologygeography

ceremony& ritual

politics

YOU

theDESIGNER


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COMPARISON OF INDUSTRIAL & SUSTAINABLE SYSTEMS

INDUSTRIAL

ENERGY BASE Non-renewable RenewaMATERIAL FLOW Linear

NATURAL ASSETS Consumption

ORGANIZATION Centralized

SCALE Large

MOVEMENT Fast

FEEDBACK Positive

FOCUS Center

ACTIVITY Episodic Change

THINKING Reductionist

GENDER Masculine


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DESIGN PRINCIPLES

Observe and Interact: Patterns, Mindful DesignCatch and Store Energy and MaterialsDesign from Patterns to Details, Elements & FunctionsUse Small and Slow Solutions

Use and Value Renewable Resources and ServicesRecycle Energy and Produce no WasteAccelerate Succession & Use and Value DiversityUse Edges & Value the Marginal

Obtain a Yield

Apply Self-Regulation, Accept FeedbackIntegrate Rather than SegregateYields Can Be UnlimitedCreatively Respond to Change


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DESIGN PRINCIPLE 1

FUNCTION: Observe and Interact: Patterns, Mindful Design


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DESIGN PRINCIPLE 2

FUNCTION: Catch and Store Energy and Materials

Natural Capital

Small-scale: diverse, small, dispersed, easily-used, lower value

Cultural Energy: government, education, economy

Descent Strategies: outside contributions, knowledge systems, local,pre-existing culture, accepting evolution, mindful technology

Asset Building


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DESIGN PRINCIPLE 3

FUNCTION: Design from Patterns to Details, Elements & Functions


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DESIGN PRINCIPLE 3



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DESIGN PRINCIPLE 3


CHARACTERISTICS:breed, color, tolerances, specific behavior

NEEDS: shelter grit dust water

air food other chickens

PRODUCTS/BEHAVIORS: eggs meat feathers manure methane CO2 scratching foraging flying fighting noises


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DESIGN PRINCIPLE 3



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DESIGN PRINCIPLE 4

FUNCTION: Use Small and Slow Solutions

FERTILIZERSNAIL PATROLFEEDING


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DESIGN PRINCIPLE 5

SYSTEMS: Use and Value Renewable Resources and Services

OxygenFoodFuelBuilding materialsMulch

Shade


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DESIGN PRINCIPLE 6

SYSTEMS: Recycle Energy and Produce no Waste


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DESIGN PRINCIPLE 7

SYSTEMS: Accelerate Succession & Use and Value Diversity

USE WHATYOU ALREADY

HAVE

BSTITUTE ELEMENTSTHAT WILLFOSTER

SUCCESSION

RAISEPRODUCTIVITY

ICIALLY AND TEMPORARILY

INTRODUCE ELEMENTHAT WILLSURVIVE


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DESIGN PRINCIPLE 7

SYSTEMS: Accelerate Succession & Use and Value Diversity

THINKING STYLESs

LANGUAGES

ETHNICITYs

RELIGIONs

PERSPECTIVEs

CULTUREs

SKILLSs

GENDERs

EXPERIENCESs

SEXUALORIENTATIONs

AGEs

NATIONALITY


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DESIGN PRINCIPLE 8

SYSTEMS: Use Edges & Value the Marginal


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DESIGN PRINCIPLE 8

SYSTEMS: Use Edges & Value the Marginal


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DESIGN PRINCIPLE 9

ATTITUDES: Obtain a Yield


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DESIGN PRINCIPLE 10

ATTITUDES: Apply Self-RegulationAccept Feedback

Mistakes = Tools for Learning Evaluate Trials Tri-partite Altruism Energy Hierarchies


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DESIGN PRINCIPLE 11

ATTITUDES: Integrate Rather Than SegregateYields Can Be Unlimited

Relationships


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DESIGN PRINCIPLE 11

ATTITUDES: Integrate Rather Than SegregateYields Can Be Unlimited

Community: local structures, cross-fertilization, minimal dependency ontechnology, incrementalism, intentional, shared commons

Imagination: only limit to a system


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DESIGN PRINCIPLE 12

ATTITUDES: Creatively Respond to Change

Constraints Turn Problems into Solutions Pulse Chaos Evolution

Emergence

The Butterfly EffectUnpredictability

Order / DisorderTurbulenceFeedbackFractals


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SO WHAT?

THERE IS NO OTHER REASONTO KNOW AND THINK ABOUT SYSTEMATIC DESIGNTHAN TO SOLVE PROBLEMS.

Do you agree? Why or why not?

Observe Interact Patterns Mindfulness


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Observe, Interact, Patterns, Mindfulness Apply Self-Regulation Value the Margin Integrate Rather Than Segregate

Observe Interact Patterns Mindfulness


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Observe, Interact, Patterns, Mindfulness

Catch and Store Energy Use Small and Slow Solutions Value the Margin

Use and Value Renewable Resources and ServicesObt i Yi ld


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Obtain a Yield Creatively Respond to Change

Catch and Store Energy and Materials Recycle Energy and Materials Creatively Respond to Change


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Creatively Respond to Change

Use Small and Slow Solutions Recycle Energy


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Recycle Energy


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Catch and Store Energy and Materials Use Small and Slow Solutions Value the Margin

Mindful Design


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Elements and Functions Value Resources Recycle Energy

Use and Value Diversity


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Catch and Store Energy Use Small and Slow Solutions

Recycle Energy & Produce No Waste

Catch and Store Energy Use Small and Slow Solutions Value the Margin


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Accelerate Succession Integrate Rather Than

Segregate

Observe, Interact, Patterns, Mindfulness Catch and Store Energy Use Small and Slow Solutions


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Observe & Interact Catch and Store Energy

Use Small and Slow Recycle Ene


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Catch and Store Energy Design from Pattern to Details Use Small and Slow Solutions Value the Margin


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Value the Margin

Observe, Interact, Mindfulness Accelerate Succession Value Diversity Obtain a Yield


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Obtain a Yield


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SO, WHATS NEXT?

THERE ISAN INCREASING NEEDFOR AN EXPANDED SENSEOF THE SOCIAL OBLIGATIONTO THE WORLD

DESIGNAS...

...A SKILL FOR GOOD

PERHAPS AS AN ACTIVIST ACTIVITY?


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DESIGNFOR SOCIAL NEEDS


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DESIGN FOR ECONOMIC NEEDS

DESIGN FOR ENVIRONMENTAL NEEDS


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DESIGN TO ALLOW FOR PARTICIPATION

DESIGN FOR THE INTEREST OF THE PUBLIC


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DESIGN FOR OUR CHILDREN'S BENEFIT


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DESIGN FOR OUR HEALTH

DESIGN FOR SMALL BUSINESS


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DESIGN FOR PEOPLE WHO GROW OUR FOOD


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DESIGN FOR CLEAN WATER TRANSPORTATION


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DESIGN FOR EMPOWERMENT


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DESIGN FOR REFRIGERATION


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DESIGN FOR BEAUTY

DESIGN FOR TRANSIENT WORKER HOUSING


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DESIGN USING ALTERNATIVE MATERIALS


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DESIGN FOR THE HOMELESS

DESIGN USING SALVAGED MATERIALS


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DESIGN USING RECYCLED MATERIALS

TRANSFORMATIVE DESIGN


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DESIGN THAT REIMAGINES

PLAYFUL DESIGN

AND...


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HOW CAN DESIGN APPLY TO OUR CONTEXTS?


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IN GENERAL, THREE WAYS:

DESIGN MUST BECOME PROACTIVE RATHER THAN REACTIVE- new ways of thinking that create new solutions

A MOVEMENT CAN CONSOLIDATE BEHIND A SET OF PRINCIPLES

- a new conception of how we view the system

ALTERNATIVE PRACTICES WITH A VARIETY OF MODALITIESFACILIATES DIVERSE REALMS- contemporary issues require new ways to live, work, recreate and move

HOW IS ALL THIS THE FUTURE OF DESIGN?


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ARCHITECTURE AND OTHER FIELDS OF DESIGNNEED TO BECOME MORE RELEVANT

AS THE SERVICES WE OFFER CLIENTSPLAY A SIGNIFICANT ROLEIN THE ISSUES OF TODAY.

THIS IS THE FUTURE OF DESIGN.


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WHAT'S NEXTIS UP TO YOU.

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