Design oriented

research and studyy

Prof.dr.ir. Taeke M. de Jong
Delft, 2012-11-12
TUD

E i i l research
Empirical
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to find truth or probability

problem statement (problem isolation)

clear aim
references
starting
t ti points
i t
hypothesis
variables
data
method
content
publish

Diminishing returns

Consequently, the costs of a unit of progress increase

The remaining unique, contextsensitive cases cannot be

generalised

Applying statistics on heterogeneous

sets
t is
i dangerous
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Design studies the possibilities of

unique,
q , context sensitive cases

D i study
Design
t d
to find improbable possibilities

D i study
Design
t d
to find improbable possibilities
Research produces probabilities by causes
Design
D i produces
d
possibilities
ibiliti b
by conditions
diti

To be able
able, to want and to know
Modes

You design
Fields of many

to be solved
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to
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You want

futures
by design

Field of problems and aims

Problems: probable, but not desirable futures
Aims:
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desirable,
d i bl b
butt nott probable
b bl ffutures
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Design study

starts without
ih
an object
bj
in a managerial, cultural, economic, technical, ecological and
spatial
p
context,, its stakeholders and specialists
p
can not isolate problems from this coherent field of problems
can not isolate a clear target from this coherent field of aims
has images as references: forms, types, models, concepts
has no other starting point than this context
has no other hypothesis than a design concept as a possibility
has a content increasing by drawing, calculating and writing
publishes with the medium as a message
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g

has many ways to study (a book with 10 000 key words)

Ways to study

Ways
y to Study
y and Research
urban, architectural and technical design
CONTENTS
Introduction
A Naming and describing
A.
B. Design research and typology
C. Evaluating
D Modeling
D.
E. Programming and optimizing
F. Technical Study
G Design Study
G.
H. Study by design
Epilogue

determined
determined Design research
variable
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T l i l research
Typological
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CONTEXT

Empirical research

Study by design
variable OBJECT
Design study
St d by
Study
b d
design
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Context analysis first

FutureImpact04.exe

An explicit future context

protects your study against judgements with other
suppositions about the future context
raises the debate about the robustness of yyour studyy in
different future contexts
makes your study comparable to other studies in
comparable contexts
raises a field
field of problems
problems instead of an isolated problem
problem
statement by subtracting desirable futures from the
probable ones
p

Explicit impacts within that context

indicate actors and specialists to join the team or take
into account
imply
i l a societal
i t l and
d personall relevance
l
or ffascination
i ti
imply a field of aims
imply
i l actors
t
willing
illi tto fifinance your study
t d
could produce a programme of requirements
before
b f
you have
h
a precise
i study
d proposall !

Variables of design

0 year
R = 1m

1 year
R = 3m

3 years
R = 10m

5 years
R = 30m

7 years
R = 100m

9 years
R = 300m

11 years
R = 1000m

13 years
R = 3000m

Design variables R=1m (0.3-3m)

(0 3 3m)

Design variables R=3m (1-10m)

(1 10m)

Design variables R=10m (3-30m)

(3 30m)

Design variables R=30m (10-100m)

(10 100m)

Design variables R=100m (30-300m)

(30 300m)

Design variables R=300m (0.1-1km)

(0 1 1km)

Form is dispersion in space

Variables dispersed in space

Spotmap The Hague

Spotmap Almere 10x10km

How to limitate,
limitate concentrate

give
i way tto fascinations
f
i ti
(motivated
( ti t d concentrations)
t ti
)
choose a scale (frame and grain) before an object
publish your portfolio evaluating it as field of abilities
decide to improve or to extend them in your proposal
publish images that fascinate you as a field of means
look at them as a professional: which concepts, types,
models p
programmes
g
could yyou harvest?
make your assumptions about the future explicit
imagine the impacts your study could have
cash your dreams