Landscape Design: Scenario Building and Argumentation

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What is the main challenge for designers in a fast-changing world?

Designing for an uncertain future (correct)

Arguing about the present

Planning for the present

Understanding the past

According to John Maynard Keynes, "in the very long run, we are all alive."

False

What is the main purpose of scenario building in design?

To try to understand and learn something about the future.

The phrase "L'avenir est comme le reste: il n'est plus ce qu'il était" is attributed to _______________.

Paul Valéry Signup and view all the answers

What is a scenario in the context of design?

A meta-design exploration aimed at building frameworks of meaning and backgrounds of reference Signup and view all the answers

Scenario building is only used by architects.

False Signup and view all the answers

Match the following quotes with their authors:

"In the very long run, we are all dead" = John Maynard Keynes "L'avenir est comme le reste: il n'est plus ce qu'il était" = Paul Valéry "Time is a train..." = U2 Signup and view all the answers

What is the main benefit of using scenario building in design?

It allows designers to build frameworks of meaning and backgrounds of reference within which they can place and argue about specific projects and policies. Signup and view all the answers

What is the main objective of Exercise 2 - Scenario Building?

To investigate different paths from home to Politecnico di Milano and identify an area that needs design or re-design Signup and view all the answers

Each group member can select a different area for the scenario building activity.

False Signup and view all the answers

What are the students expected to create for each of the 3 development scenarios?

Texts, maps, diagrams, concepts, collages, etc. Signup and view all the answers

The final deliverable for 'Exercise 2 - Scenario Building' will be a _______________ that represents all the 3 different development scenarios created.

BOOK Signup and view all the answers

Match the following SDGs interpretations with their corresponding spatial configurations:

Sustainability = Green area Sustainable Development = Re-designed area People Practices = Open public space Signup and view all the answers

The graphical style for creating the development scenarios is fixed and cannot be changed.

False Signup and view all the answers

According to the exercise, how many members are in each group?

3 members Signup and view all the answers

The book should have at least _______________ pages.

15 Signup and view all the answers

Study Notes

Scenario Building and Design

The world is changing rapidly, making it challenging for designers to plan and design for an uncertain future.
The need to plan and design for the future requires envisioning possible futures and shaping argumentations about them.

Scenario Building as a Technique

Scenario Building is a technique developed to understand and learn about the future.
A scenario is not a project or a model that generates a simulation, but rather a meta-design exploration aimed at building frameworks of meaning and backgrounds of reference.

Characteristics of Scenarios

Scenarios provide frameworks of meaning and backgrounds of reference for territorial, urban, architectural projects, and designed public policies.
Scenarios are not predictions, but rather explorations of possible futures.

Exercise 2 - Scenario Building

The exercise involves investigating daily paths from home to Politecnico di Milano and identifying an area that needs design or re-design activity to improve its spatial quality and livability.
Students will create 3 different development scenarios for the selected area, envisioning and representing 3 different possible future spatial configurations and people practices.
The scenarios should be based on different main interpretations of 'sustainability' and 'sustainable development', and therefore, according to different panels of SDGs.
The final deliverable will be a book representing all 3 scenarios created and explaining the choice of the most desirable scenario.

References

Secchi B. (2002), “Scenarios”, in Diary of a Planner. Rome and Milan: Planum Publisher.

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Explore the concept of scenario building in landscape design, envisioning possible futures and shaping argumentations. Learn about the importance of planning and designing for an uncertain future.