Engineering roles in Building with Nature interdisciplinary design
Building with Nature (BwN) infrastructure designs are characterised by disciplinary integration, non-linearity, diverse and fluid design requirements, and long-term time frames that balance the limitations of earth’s natural systems and the socio-technical systems created by humans. Differentiating...
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| author | Renate Klaassen Baukje Kothuis Jill Slinger |
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| description | Building with Nature (BwN) infrastructure designs are characterised by disciplinary integration, non-linearity, diverse and fluid design requirements, and long-term time frames that balance the limitations of earth’s natural systems and the socio-technical systems created by humans. Differentiating roles in the engineering design process may offer strategies for better solutions. Four complementary engineering design roles were distinguished, namely: Specialists, System Integrators, Front-end Innovators, and Contextual Engineers. The key research question addressed in this paper asks, how can the introduction of engineering roles enhance interdisciplinary processes for BwN design? Three Building with Nature design workshops with international groups of students from multiple disciplines and various education levels provided the ideal context for investigating whether engineering roles enhance such interdisciplinary ways of working. Results indicate that the application of engineering roles in each of the three workshops indeed supported interdisciplinary design. A number of conditions for successful implementation within an authentic learning environment could be identified. The engineering roles sustain an early, divergent way of looking at the design problem and support the search for common ground across the diverse perspectives of the team members, each bringing different disciplinary backgrounds to the design table. The chapter closes with a discussion on the value of engineering design roles and their significance for the Building with Nature approach. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1f20a02540e74eb883ea4bc116a4ba772023-08-02T00:24:46ZengStichting OpenAccessResearch in Urbanism Series1875-01921879-82172021-02-01710.47982/rius.7.129Engineering roles in Building with Nature interdisciplinary designRenate Klaassen0Baukje Kothuis1Jill Slinger2Delft University of TechnologyDelft University of TechnologyDelft University of TechnologyBuilding with Nature (BwN) infrastructure designs are characterised by disciplinary integration, non-linearity, diverse and fluid design requirements, and long-term time frames that balance the limitations of earth’s natural systems and the socio-technical systems created by humans. Differentiating roles in the engineering design process may offer strategies for better solutions. Four complementary engineering design roles were distinguished, namely: Specialists, System Integrators, Front-end Innovators, and Contextual Engineers. The key research question addressed in this paper asks, how can the introduction of engineering roles enhance interdisciplinary processes for BwN design? Three Building with Nature design workshops with international groups of students from multiple disciplines and various education levels provided the ideal context for investigating whether engineering roles enhance such interdisciplinary ways of working. Results indicate that the application of engineering roles in each of the three workshops indeed supported interdisciplinary design. A number of conditions for successful implementation within an authentic learning environment could be identified. The engineering roles sustain an early, divergent way of looking at the design problem and support the search for common ground across the diverse perspectives of the team members, each bringing different disciplinary backgrounds to the design table. The chapter closes with a discussion on the value of engineering design roles and their significance for the Building with Nature approach.https://www.rius.ac/index.php/rius/article/view/129Engineering rolesinterdisciplinary ways of learningBuilding with Nature designauthentic learning experiences |
| spellingShingle | Renate Klaassen Baukje Kothuis Jill Slinger Engineering roles in Building with Nature interdisciplinary design Research in Urbanism Series Engineering roles interdisciplinary ways of learning Building with Nature design authentic learning experiences |
| title | Engineering roles in Building with Nature interdisciplinary design |
| title_full | Engineering roles in Building with Nature interdisciplinary design |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Engineering roles in Building with Nature interdisciplinary design |
| title_short | Engineering roles in Building with Nature interdisciplinary design |
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| topic | Engineering roles interdisciplinary ways of learning Building with Nature design authentic learning experiences |
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