ABSTRACT

This article reports on one experimental case of interdisciplinary collaboration on a design and planning exercise across several scales – local through urban to regional – and sectors – private, public, scholarly, and interest groups. The case is a collaborative and interdisciplinary design charrette on sustainable urbanism for envisioning the future of the Greater Metropolitan Area of Florence in Italy. The experiment entailed the attempt to integrate complex urban conditions via the design charrette in order to create more healthy and sustainable cities. This collaborative work shows how conditions that are at times not addressed comprehensively nor holistically can be combined through doing applied research by design; where design is understood as a process of discovery and creation that results in synthesis. The article details the methodology applied, and provides an initial assessment on the process that the charrette employed. Moreover, it highlights some professional and policy implications of the effort. Finally, it provides a provisional assessment on learning outcomes and addresses opportunities to improve future exercises of this nature.

摘要

本文报道了一个跨学科合作的实验案例，该案例涉及跨多个规模的设计和规划活动——从地方到城市再到区域——以及部门——私人、公共、学术和利益团体。该案例是关于可持续城市主义的协作和跨学科设计研讨会，旨在展望意大利佛罗伦萨大都会区的未来。该实验需要尝试通过设计研讨会整合复杂的城市条件，以创建更健康和可持续的城市。这项合作工作展示了如何通过设计进行应用研究来结合有时无法全面或整体解决的条件；设计被理解为一个发现和创造的过程，它导致了综合。这篇文章详细介绍了所应用的方法，并提供了对研讨会所采用过程的初步评估。此外，它强调了这项工作的一些专业和政策影响。最后，它提供了对学习成果的临时评估，并提供了改进这种性质的未来练习的机会。