Knowledge-Based Design: Developing Urban and Regional Design into a Science

Klaasen, Ina T.

ISBN 10: 9040724792 / ISBN 13: 9789040724794

Published by Techne Press, 2004

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Knowledge-Based Design: Developing Urban and Regional Design into a Science
• Publisher: Techne Press
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9040724792
• ISBN 13: 9789040724794
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: New
• Book Type: book

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Synopsis

In Knowledge-based Design it is argued that urban and regional design can and should be considered a potential practical science. 'Should be' as the built environment imposes long time conditions on societal processes, and 'can be' provided a user-oriented design approach is chosen. This conclusion is reached after exploring the position of urban design in the field of science, concentrating on practical sciences. Focusing not on the uniqueness of designs but on what they have in common by dissociating the object of design from the specific context, design becomes a research method, producing organizational principles and theoretical models.

About the Author

Ina Klaasen is an Associate Professor of Spatial Planning at the Faculty of Architecture in Delft, The Netherlands, specializing on Urban and Regional Design. She has an MSc in Physical Geography (1974), holds a degree in Philosophy and received her PhD (2003) with this thesis, which is partly based on earlier publications. She is the editor of Journal of Design Research and a member of the Amsterdam Council for Urban Development.