Resilient Cities Conference: Bill Reed on Living System Design
Tags: development, Gaining Ground, integrative design, Sustainability, urban design
Creative commons photo by Martin LeBar.
Bill Reed, Principle of the Integrative Design Collaborative, began his lecture by talking about the problematic structure of the English language and how this has influenced the way english-speaking cultures conceptualize nature and approach development. Specifically, the use of object verbs and subject verbs causes us to describe and ultimately understand elements of the world in isolation as opposed to in relation to other elements. While the topic of language wasn’t the theme of this workshop, it set the stage for examining ‘Living System Design,’ which is an integrated design approach that philosophically and practically combines human development with natural ecosystems.
Framing his discussion about this integrative design approach, Reed spoke to the consequences of contemporary ideas … Continue Reading
