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    Regenerative Design Workshop

    University of Navarra, Madrid


    10-14 June 2024
    _________________________________________________________________________________________

    A SYSTEMS APPROACH TO REGENERATIVE DESIGN


    Assoc Prof Nirmal KISHNANI
    National University of Singapore
    _________________________________________________________________________________________

    Key words:
    • systems and systems-thinking
    • natural and human-made systems
    • boundary conditions and edges
    • nested systems
    • part v. whole
    _________________________________________________________________________________________

    OVERVIEW:

    In a conventional design practise, architects create buildings that are in service of people, communities and/or
    organisations. This human-centric approach – when it is done well – brings together many economic, functional and social
    considerations. Here, the question of what to do, as a designer, is defined by the project boundaries: site and budget, the
    form of the future building and its brief.

    In a regenerative design practise, a designer consciously expands these boundary conditions. We include other groups; not
    only the users of a building but also people from neighbourhood and city. Also, we create room for non-human life, such as
    plants, animals and insects. Together with abiotic flows of water, materials and energy, these elements (including the
    building) come together to form living systems.

    “The imperative in any (regenerative) design process is to intentionally develop the understanding (…) of living
    relationships such as ecosystems, human social systems, businesses, families, and so on. Our responsibility is
    not just to make physical ‘things’ but to positively support human and natural processes to achieve long term
    quality of life.”
    BILL REED
    In this studio, here are some general questions we will ask:

    What are systems and how does systems thinking facilitate regenerative design?
    How do we visualise systems? Is it possible to draw systems as spatial conditions?

    You will go on to work on a small project, where you will further ask:

    What are the systemic boundaries of a project? (i.e. what is the outer limit of the wider system-of-systems?)
    How do we define the goals and potential of the project?
    How do we imagine future forms – architectural and urban – as an expression of integrated systems?

    __________________________________________________________________________________________

    Learning Objectives:

    1. To understand systems and systems-thinking


    2. To visualise nestedness of systems
    3. To see the relationship of parts to wholes
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    ASSIGNMENT

    Site: Navarra campus in Madrid.

    Project: The Postgraduate Building of the University of Navarra

    Tasks:

    Part 1: Visualise human-made and natural systems


    Part 2: Discuss goals vs potential
    Part 3: Reimagine the form of the existing buildings to achieve its regenerative potential

    __________________________________________________________________________________________

    Deliverables:

    PowerPoint presentation summarising stages 1 – 3

    __________________________________________________________________________________________

    Schedule:

    Monday, 10th June


    9AM to 11:30 AM: Lecture ‘A Brief Introduction to Systems and Systems Thinking’
    12noon to 1:30PM: Assignments Parts 1 and 2
    3 to 5PM: Group Work

    Tuesday 11th June


    9AM to 11:30AM: Discussion with NK
    12noon to 1:30PM: Group Work
    3PM to 5PM: Group Work

    Wednesday 12th June


    9AM to 11:30 AM: Lecture ‘Form Follows Systems’
    12noon to 1:30PM: Assignment Part 3
    3 to 5PM: Group Work

    Thursday 13th June


    9AM to 11:30AM: Discussion with NK
    12noon to 1:30PM: Group Work
    3PM to 5PM: Group Work

    Friday 14th June


    9AM to 11:30AM: Presentation
    12noon to 1:30PM: Wrap up

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