A Systemic Design Method to Approach Future Complex Scenarios and Research Towards Sustainability: A Holistic Diagnosis Tool

Chiara Battistoni, Carolina Giraldo Nohra and Silvia Barbero
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Chiara Battistoni: Politecnico di Torino, Department of Architecture and Design, Viale Pier Andrea Mattioli, 39, 10125 Torino, Italy
Carolina Giraldo Nohra: Politecnico di Torino, Department of Architecture and Design, Viale Pier Andrea Mattioli, 39, 10125 Torino, Italy
Silvia Barbero: Politecnico di Torino, Department of Architecture and Design, Viale Pier Andrea Mattioli, 39, 10125 Torino, Italy

Sustainability, 2019, vol. 11, issue 16, 1-30

Abstract: This article aims to frame the role of Systemic Design (SD) as an alternative design model for the future of design for sustainability, by defining and assessing a structured process to execute Holistic Diagnosis (HD), an innovative context framework. Taking as its background a deep understanding of the design for sustainability and systems thinking concepts that frame SD as a field where HD is rooted, multiple case-study analyses were performed. HD demonstrates its ability to overcome the design boundaries in different fields such as industrial production, local communities, and policy-making, thereby providing a more in-depth understanding of complex environments with an iterative process: assess, research, collect, visualize, and interpret. This framework is a relevant tool for designers to address problem framing in complex scenarios to obtain future sustainable solutions with an innovative and transdisciplinary approach, thereby promoting a horizontal dialogue among all involved components.

Keywords: design for sustainability; systemic design; systems thinking; Holistic Diagnosis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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