Design As COOPeration
PROBLEM-FOCUSED METHOD
These are the pillars of our method:
RESEARCH
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​We engage in applied research that advances design knowledge across a broad spectrum of scales, encompassing architecture, landscape, urban design, and regional planning. Such inquiry is fundamental to the understanding, analysis, and improvement of the built and natural environment amid growing global complexity.​
DESIGN
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The philosophy that underlies sound design stands in marked contrast to the rigid assumptions of hard systems thinking, which presumes a structured and predictable reality. By contrast, design is grounded in the use of mental models that facilitate reasoning, learning, and adaptive shifts in perspective, recognizing that reality is fundamentally unstructured, ephemeral, and complex.
COOPERATION
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Our applied research practice serves as a link between governments, industry, academia, and society.
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