A scientific approach to urban and regional design: research by design
by Ina T. Klaasen
J. of Design Research (JDR), Vol. 5, No. 4, 2007

Abstract: The relation between science and urban design, with regard to content, is controversial. The main obstacles for developing urban design as a science are viewing creativity as incompatible with science and regarding every design as unique – both views incorporated in a (too) limited view of the notion 'science'. A scientific approach to urban and regional design involves the dissociation of objects of design from a specific context, resulting in spatial organisation principles and theoretical models. This way one can focus on generalised essentials, and designing becomes a way of doing research: research by design.

Online publication date: Thu, 20-Sep-2007

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