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Transdisciplinary Design: The Environment for Bridging Research Across and Beyond Design as a Discipline

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The present paper elaborates on the notions of discipline and transdisciplinary design to unfold perspectives in design research. A review of the literature and of hints from the observation and empirical studies based on interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary design environments have brought insights into the influence of design. The present contribution proposes an inductive Three Spaces Model of the influence of design across and beyond its discipline. Design has characteristics that constitute different dynamic spaces of influence, namely: transdisciplinary, partly shared and particular. Design host disciplines overlap in shared spaces and particular influence is visible in kernel approaches and resulting artefacts. Invariants of design specific or non-design specific nature have a transdisciplinary influence. Designers, researchers and educators ought to identify such characteristics in order to be able to manage these actions and cope gainfully with the social process of design research, education and practice.

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The author gratefully acknowledges Atelier Henrique Cayatte, João Álvaro Rocha Architects, Ydreams, the Delft Center for Systems and Control for empirically supported previous research.

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  1. Institute of Science and Innovation in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal

    Sonia da Silva Vieira

  2. Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy

    Sonia da Silva Vieira

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  1. Universite du Luxembourg, Walferdange, Luxembourg

    Lucienne Blessing

  2. Universite du Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Luxembourg

    Ahmed Jawad Qureshi

  3. University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Luxembourg

    Kilian Gericke

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da Silva Vieira, S. (2021). Transdisciplinary Design: The Environment for Bridging Research Across and Beyond Design as a Discipline. In: Blessing, L., Qureshi, A.J., Gericke, K. (eds) The Future of Transdisciplinary Design. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-06382-9_13

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