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70 408 Applying SOD
Passed foundation level coures (BA-level) at AHO or equivalent, 180 ECTS. Open to all programmes at AHO.
Everything is getting more and more complex. Designers have to embrace complexity to design for a more regenerative future. Systems Oriented Design (SOD) is all about combining design and design thinking with systems thinking in order to design for and within complexity.
This course is for students that would like to enhance their skills to apply SOD in their own context. This will include ethical considerations and understanding potential un-intended effects
This course is for students with lots, or no, background in SOD.
- If you have done the “Introduction to SOD” (GK6) and/or the SOD master course you will get time and help in applying the SOD approach to your project.
- If you are new to SOD you will get help and time in looking at your project with different perspectives and understanding the system you are designing for and within.
In this course you bring with you the design project that you develop in your studio course and apply SOD to seek out, understand and embrace the complexity surrounding your project. This will help you to design better and more sustainable solutions.
You might bring in any kind of design project.
The key takeout from the course is that you will be setting your design into a larger context and to use this understanding to create better solutions and/or interventions. It will allow you to learn and practice how to use the toolbox of your own field. If you are a curious person who likes to have fun with exploring a context broadly and figure out what would be relevant to your design to make systemic impacts this course will be an important step on the way.
Knowledge:
Understanding of and applying systems thinking to develop a sensibility for relevant systems, relationships and consequences.
Develop understand of the potential feasibility of your design(s) and how to assess the impact of the same design(s).
Skills:
Apply SOD with relevant tools and frameworks to your own design project.
Applying Systems thinking to enhance your design.
Including sustainability in context with your design.
Critical thinking.
Dealing with uncertainty
General competence:
Holistic perspectives and sustainability as well as cultural, organizational, economic and technical considerations.
Ethical considerations and understanding potential un-intended effects
Systems-oriented techniques such as Gigamapping.
Workshop facilitation and leader of co-design processes.
The course will mostly be based on tutoring and individual work. There will be some lectures and some reading is required. The teaching will be adapted to the different projects.
During the spring semester the students will be introduced to SOD tools, methods and frameworks and apply them to their own project. The idea is that the project students bring in will be from their studio courses. However, if you have something else you want to develop, we are open to adapt to that.
The course culminates in a one-week practical seminar, where the students will develop their maps and intervention to fit their project.
| Vurderingsform | Gruppering | Karakterskala | Kommentar |
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| Vurderingsmappe | Individuell | Bestått / ikke bestått | Final delivery: Project assignment, including presentation Gigamap + Relevant analysis utilizing SOD tools |
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| Oppmøte | Active participation in classes is required and the ability to communicate and reflect on the subject. It will include peer-to-peer presentation, participation and final presentation of the project. Students are expected to take advantage of the time allotted for self-study and to read the given and recommended literature within their chosen area of design. Students are expected to contribute to a professional and constructive cross disciplinary collaboration. |