Gaia U 4 questions

Visioning and backcasting

Story-telling

HolisticGoal Setting (HMI)

Generating Desired Conditions

Identify desired elements of the design

Surveying, basemapping

Topography, sectors, aspect

Soils, water

Microclimates

Regulations, boundaries (legal)

Broader ecosocial context of situation

Existing resources (human, energy, financial, ecological, social)

Current patterns of activity

Interview the client (see goals articulation).

Create distinct 'pieces/collections' of data from the mass generated

Cluster into themed maps.

Overlay themed maps and watch patterns emerge.

Expand concept to sketchy but specific level.

Schematic design might discover concept.

Focus on overall layout, patterning, relationships between functions/elements.

Rapid-prototyping. Generate many options. 'Graphic brainstorming.'

Rough bubble diagrams with notes, evaluations.

Group decision making

Business Model Generation canvas

Take the chosen schematic to a more refined and defined design

Get exact!

Clean drawings, diagrams, market analysis, enterprise plans.

Detailed outputs (reports, timeliness, budgets, materials, implementation and maintenance plans, etc.)

Feasibility Study

Detailed spatial design.

Succession planning

Ensure functional interconnectedness of the elements.

PERT: Program Evaluation and Review Techniques

Analytical estimating

Gantt Charts

Pitfalls

Generate concrete, hypothetical deductions

Use design frameworks and processes

Apply prior knowledge

Be present and sensing.

Connect and create

Let go of the ego, engage the present, and rapid-prototype the future.

Channel collective design intelligence.

Pitfalls

How?