View
382
Download
1
Embed Size (px)
Citation preview
Class 2.8 of the PDC+++¿How do we evaluate our designs?Design is a continuous process, so being able to see whether a project is moving in the right direction & accurately evaluating progress, being able & ready to re-direct resources & efforts in order to respond creatively to surrounding co-designs & changing circumstances ... is an essential part of the whole.
In this class we look at how to develop these crucial skills & explore some of the tools we use for creating flexibly with complex & ever-changing Life forces.
Class2.8 PDC+++
¿How do we evaluate our designs?
Is it Sustainable?Are we closer to the Vision?Does it express who I am?Does it meet the Objectives?Does it meet the Criteria?
Think/Reflect
Act
Observe
Design
Evaluate
Why is evaluation even harder than observation?
How do you evaluate the results? Have we achieved the objectives? Have we fulfilled the criteria? Does it express who / what I want to
be? It gets me closer or further away of
my vision? (Design motivation) This is why it is a good idea to have
your vision, objectives and criteria very clear from the beginning
Class2.8 PDC+++
¿How do we evaluate our designs?
Is it Sustainable?Are we closer to the Vision?Does it express who I am?Does it meet the Objectives?Does it meet the Criteria?
1. United Nations, Bruntdland Commission
Sustainable development is that which satisfies the needs of the present without affecting the capacity of future generations to satisfy their
needs.
It has two key concepts:a) the concept of "needs", in particular the basic needs of the world's poor, to which we
have to give priority &
b) The idea of “limits" imposed by the state of the technology & social organization over the
capacity of the environment
to satisfy the needs of the present & the future.
•How will my design affect future generations?•Am I satisfying needs or wants?•Am I respecting limits?
4. Bill Mollison, Designers' Manual
A system is sustainable
when it creates / stores
more energy / matter in its lifetime
than that which it needs
to create & maintain it.
A sustainable system produces all the energy & resource it needs for its maintenance & growth. What is left over is "the yield".
•How much energy / resource did this design cost?•How much is my system really producing ?
Sustainable?
Think how it will affect the next 7
generations(200 yrs)
Derreck Jensen
Deep Green Resistance, 2011DeepGreenResistance.org
Those who come after, who inherit whatever's left of the world once this culture has been stopped - whether through peak oil, economic collapse, ecological collapse, or the efforts of brave women & men resisting in alliance with the natural world - are going to judge us by the health of the landbase, by what we leave behind.
They're not going to care how you or I lived our lives. They're not going to care how hard we tried. They're not going to care whether we were nice people. They're not going to care whether we were nonviolent or violent. They're not going to care whether we grieved the murder of the planet. They're not going to care whether we were enlightened or not. They're not going to care what sort of excuses we had to not act (eg. "I'm too stressed to think about it, " or "It's too big & scary, " or "I'm too busy, " or "But those in power will kill us if we effectively act against them," or "If we fight back, we run the risk of becoming like they are," or "But I recycled," or any of a thousand other excuses we've all heard too many times).
They're not going to care how simply we lived. They're not going to care how pure we were in thought or action. They're not going to care if we became the change we wished to see. They're not going to care whether we had "compassion" for the CEOs & politicians running this deathly economy.
They're going to care whether they can breathe the air & drink the water.
We can fantasize all we want about some great turning, but if the people (including the nonhuman people) can't breathe, it doesn't matter.
Lierre Keith Aric MacBay
T<&L5 x 55 x 5
Is it possible that any type of civilization be sustainable?
4. Bill Mollison, Designers' Manual
A system is sustainable
when it creates / stores
more energy / matter in its lifetime
than that which it needs
to create & maintain it.
Class2.8 PDC+++
¿How do we evaluate our designs?
Is it Sustainable?Are we closer to the Vision?Does it express who I am?Does it meet the Objectives?Does it meet the Criteria?
Robert Fritz
The Path of Least
Resistance
WHY
HOW
WHAT
feet on ground!
The Big Vision
Robert Fritz
The Path of creativity
feet on ground!
The Big VisionThere is a profound difference between problem solving and
creating.
Problem solving is taking action to have something go away-
the problem.
Creating is taking action to have
something come into being – the creation.
The Problem
Action to solve the problem
Less intensity in the problem
Less action to solve the problem
The problem remains
A necessary approach when faced with an
emergency
That helps us to gain time
Time to focus on what we want to create
thereforeIt is very important
you have your vision as clear as possible
¿What about your mind-movies?
In which of these does it fit?
DavidHolmgren
Is it part of the creative descent?
Or of this vision?
Or this one?
PC design IMPETUS DC designA Perceived social problem Stimulated
xErection of monuments, make
money
Energy conservation, self-reliance, harmony ..
Regulated x
Economic considerations
Long term bio-social factors Guided (mediated)
xMaterial factors and short term
costs
consultation with clients, assisting them learning design
Achieved x External funding, little or no consultation ...
Leaving space and funding to redesign via feedback.
Refined x Selling off and not taking responsibility for the results
Dynamic and healthy place with people empowered to make
necessary changes
Conse-quences
Population disconnected, disempowerment to effect
changes> anxiety and dependence
The stability of dynamic local adjustment
Results Instability of perceived disempowerment
T<&L3 x 33 x 3
Class2.8 PDC+++
¿How do we evaluate our designs?
Is it Sustainable?Are we closer to the Vision?Does it express who I am?Does it meet the Objectives?Does it meet the Criteria?
¿Who are you?
Be creative and proactive! here its particularly important: You are your own masterpiece!
(if you need divine approval for this freedom read "Conversations with God")
Philosophy is asking that since the dawn of time
A good example of a question in which it is useful to note our consumerist patterns (there are many people 'in search' of themselves)
A Zegg's exercice
• two rows• Who you are and what do you want? (answer
without stopping)
• 6 hours ! Or more..
Who do you admire and why?• People - close or not known (personally) or not Heroes, heroines >> past, present, imaginary
Jealousy >> Can give good indications
Put them in your zone 1, 2 or 3Set up a Sector for them
Think/Reflect
Act
Observe
Design
Evaluate
To assess your life now and then (formally) is a good practice
Vision Support Groups (in your main / favorite role)
Interview yourself
Think & Listening with topic
Fantasy Journey to the Future
Without a name; an unseen faceand knowing not your time nor placeTomorrow’s Child, though yet unborn,I met you first last Tuesday morn.
A wise friend introduced us two,and through his sobering point of viewI saw a day that you would see;a day for you, but not for me
Knowing you has changed my thinking,for I never had an inklingThat perhaps the things I domight someday, somehow, threaten you
Tomorrow’s Child, my daughter-sonI’m afraid I’ve just begunTo think of you and of your good,Though always having known I should.
Begin I will to weigh the costof what I squander; what is lostIf ever I forget that youwill someday come to live here too.
Tomorrow’s Childby Glenn Thomas
an employee of Ray Anderson,
after hearing him talk
"TED talks Ray Anderson"
Class2.8 PDC+++
¿How do we evaluate our designs?
Is it Sustainable?Are we closer to the Vision?Does it express who I am?Does it meet the Objectives?Does it meet the Criteria?
Visionor
Purpose Mission
Objectives
Covey Habit 2start with the end in mind
for any project
WE CAN DEDUCE ... the Purpose from the Objectives ...
conscious or un-
conscious
WHAT we want to achieve
long-term / the objective
of the objectives
HOW / in what way /
my role/s
VISION
Plans/chores
strategies
tech-niques
DESIGN
MISSION
Goal/objectiveroles
times
delegate
personal CONCRETE weekly/monthly dailyLeadership
Administration
Our lives are VERY different when we know what is truly important to us.
With this image in our minds, we can move each day to be & do what is truly most important
Gantt Chart - a way to measure whether we are achieving our objectives
Class2.8 PDC+++
¿How do we evaluate our designs?
Is it Sustainable?Are we closer to the Vision?Does it express who I am?Does it meet the Objectives?Does it meet the Criteria?
From GENERAL to PARTICULAR:Ethics (not just vision, are also criteria)
Sustainability (Permaculture)Guidelines
Principles (attitude, ecological , design)Interviews with all Clients
OBSERVATION (environment, time, budget ..)Your own personal criteria
have very clear criteria
T<&L3 x 33 x 3
!!We want to see your presentation!!
With your process + your conclusions
Sketches
PMI's
Motivation
Vision & Mission
Resources2 Design projects
You have 15 minutes for your presentation
with the option to have “live” feed-back or not
Essential to finish the M2!
Class 2.8 of the PDC+++¿How do we evaluate our designs?Design is a continuous process, so being able to see whether a project is moving in the right direction & accurately evaluating progress, being able & ready to re-direct resources & efforts in order to respond creatively to surrounding co-designs & changing circumstances ... is an essential part of the whole.
In this class we look at how to develop these crucial skills & explore some of the tools we use for creating flexibly with complex & ever-changing Life forces.