Sustaining sustainable design through systemic thinking

• Autores: César Cárdenas, Ricardo Sosa, Raul Moysen, Victor Martinez
• Localización: The International journal of engineering education, ISSN-e 0949-149X, Vol. 26, no. Extra 2, 2010, págs. 287-292
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • We believe that in order to ensure a sustainable future, the design of our built environment should be based on systemic thinking. Aradical transformation is required in how we educate future designers. This paper proposes a systemic thinking framework that can beapplied to assess the impact of innovative educational interventions. Results are presented from a study aimed at understanding thetypes of attitudes and skills that are necessary to reformulate unsustainable design practices. The authors identify a set of insightsrelated to the evaluation of systemic thinking, its development, and its enactment in design practice.