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Archnet-IJAR: International Journal of Architectural Research

PurposeThis paper presents a mixed methodology to map and analyse the spatial connectivity of the... more PurposeThis paper presents a mixed methodology to map and analyse the spatial connectivity of the everyday pathways that link the doorway of an individual's home–work locations to the local main commercial street. These pathways include public streets, semi-private lanes, alleys and stairs.Design/methodology/approachPathways within different morphological areas in Hanoi, Vietnam, are used as examples to illustrate the development and application of the methodology. The methodology, adapted from Conzenian, typological, and space syntax methods, combined with observations and interviews, seeks to overcome several identified limitations of each of these approaches for understanding pedestrians' horizontal and vertical movement patterns within urban settings.FindingsAnalytical diagrams of pathways are developed on figure-ground maps of the neighbourhoods and three-dimensional projections of circulation spaces within buildings. Scatter plots are used to analyse the distribution o...

Journal of Sustainability Research, 2021

This paper discusses the outcome of a collaborative design studio that aimed to investigate clima... more This paper discusses the outcome of a collaborative design studio that aimed to investigate climate adaptation strategies for ten Bayside municipalities in Melbourne, Australia. The studio was part of a larger, 3-phase project titled Bay Blueprint 2070 in a partnership between the UN Global Compact Cities Programme and RMIT School of Architecture and Urban Design. The aim of the studio was to identify potential adaptation strategies for 10 municipality 'hotspots' vulnerable to increasing coastal and catchment flooding by working with local governments, the CSIRO, and key stakeholders. The studio adopted a research approach that focused on testing future scenarios for each of the hotspots. Four scenarios were identified, the first two based on representative concentration pathways (RCPs) 8.5 Extreme and Moderate RCP 4.5. The second two focused on differing approaches to adaptation. Using the 4 scenarios, students were asked to investigate potential adaptation strategies in their responses and to explain how they considered the economic, environmental and social dimensions of sustainability. These responses then were presented to key stakeholders for feedback. The final project outcomes provided a catalyst for conversations around what adaptation could look like and could be like into the future as an aid for decision making.

Green roofs are increasingly seen as a key design strategy to increase the liveability, efficienc... more Green roofs are increasingly seen as a key design strategy to increase the liveability, efficiency and productivity of Australian cities. They are also often seen as an antidote to the impacts of the compact dense city: a spatial layout that is well established in sustainable city discourse (Jenks and Jones 2010, United Nations Human Settlements Programme 2009). The list of benefits attributed to green roofs is broad and widely shared. They include reduction in the heat island effect, noise reduction, energy conservation, amenity, replacement of lost green space, increased property values, and storm-water management (Getter and Rowe 2006, Tourbier 2011). Green roofs it is further claimed transform cities from urban grey to green, (Weiler and Scholz-Barth 2011 p.26) while at the same time mitigating the effects of climate change. There is, however, little evidence to support all of these claims particularly within the Australian context where the development and construction of green...

This paper reports on the outcome of a project that aimed to investigate the sustainability outco... more This paper reports on the outcome of a project that aimed to investigate the sustainability outcomes of green roofs through the development of an evaluation framework and the establishment and testing of pilot green roof modules at RMIT city Campus, Melbourne, Australia. The paper raises the question are greener cities necessarily more resilient and if so for who? An evaluation framework is introduced based on the claimed benefits of green roofs to investigate the sustainability outcomes of green roofs in both Melbourne Australia and in Singapore. What becomes clear is that green roofs serve a range of different purposes depending on design and client intent and few reflect outcomes across the three poles of sustainability. Key findings suggest that green roofs are not necessarily sustainable and as a result there needs to be much more rigorous debate about design intent and purpose. What is significant here is the way in which the term green dominates discussions around rooftop pla...

In this paper we draw on our experience of teaching in an undergraduate landscape architecture de... more In this paper we draw on our experience of teaching in an undergraduate landscape architecture design studio that aimed to test ways in which sustainability could be incorporated into design teaching. In the studio we pursued an approach to teaching that challenged students to think critically about many of the taken-for-granted assumptions about what sustainability could or should mean, and how this unfixed, critical thinking about sustainability might translate into design. ~IS PAPER IS A REFLECTION of our experience teaching in an undergraduate 1 landscape architecture design studio where student levels range from second year to fourth year. This studio set out to challenge existing models for design that claim to be sustainable and to test alternative approaches to thinking about sustainability in relation to design. We explicitly adopted an approach to learning which went beyond acquiring knowledge about sustainability, to one where we encouraged both ourselves and students to ...

This paper focuses on the learning and teaching approach adopted in an undergraduate landscape ar... more This paper focuses on the learning and teaching approach adopted in an undergraduate landscape architecture design studio at RMIT University that reveals some of the challenges involved when design students are asked to confront and work within the broad area of disaster response and recovery. Departing somewhat from the traditional approach often employed in design studios where students work individually or in small groups on a ‘problem’ with the aim of designing a ‘solution’ the studio approached the problem(s) of disaster recovery by focusing on collaborative ‘problem(s)’ definition. The focus of the studio was on the small township of Marysville in the state of Victoria, Australia that was almost completely destroyed in the Black Saturday fires of February 2009. Eight years on visitors to the town are delighted by the’ appearance’ of a town restored, however underneath the town remains vulnerable on a range of different fronts. The case study begins to reveal many of the pitfal...

This paper introduces an approach to learning and teaching that deals directly with complexity an... more This paper introduces an approach to learning and teaching that deals directly with complexity and uncertainty, using a landscape architecture design studio as an example to demonstrate process and outcomes. The overarching theme of the studio was climate adaptation or confronting and productively working with the uncertainty of climate change. Students were asked to consider how to move beyond precaution towards an approach that imagined and creatively embraced uncertain futures. Key questions addressed in the studio included: How can communities improvise and adapt to continuous change and uncertainty? How can we move beyond projection - or geographies of anticipation towards an approach to the future that engages with and harnesses uncertainty and continuous change? Part of a larger body of work the studio worked with a large scale, integrative design approach that does not distinguish between analysis and design but sees them as simultaneous, interwoven acts of a creative design...

When environmental ethics and sustainability are discussed in many teaching contexts there are ex... more When environmental ethics and sustainability are discussed in many teaching contexts there are explicit or implicit assumptions that it is essential or at least desirable to reach consensus. This is based on a belief that there is (or should be) a shared understanding about what environmental ethics and sustainability is and how it should be enacted in the world. However, in this paper we argue that this desire for consensus and agreement leads to the imposition of a particular moral and ethical agenda based on defining 'right' and 'wrong' behaviours and ideas. Values, life experiences and concerns about sustainability and environmental ethics are lost in the quest for a common, shared vision which potentially has more to do with the teacher imposing a particular viewpoint than with the student. This effectively closes down debate and inhibits student's potential for transformative learning experiences. In this paper we will present case studies of three courses ...

While there is an expectation that contemporary design education will pay attention to the impera... more While there is an expectation that contemporary design education will pay attention to the imperative of sustainability, certain assumptions are often made about what sustainability is and therefore what students should achieve. In design discourse sustainability is commmonly interpreted as 'green' or 'eco' design, a reductive approach that focuses on mitigating environmental impact. An alternative method would accept sustainability at the outset not as a technical problem but as discursive. The paper proposes that there are four discernible types of design studios concerned with sustainability These are used as ideal types or as explanatory devices to unpack why so much design education seems to default to sustainability as a technically driven rationale for design, rather than engaging with its inherent complexity, open-endedness and contestation. The final type, it is argued, suggests a way forward: an approach that engages with sustainability discourse and design...

This paper explores the spatial complexities of Hanoi’s urban form, with a focus on the evolution... more This paper explores the spatial complexities of Hanoi’s urban form, with a focus on the evolution of the pathways linking the front door of individual households engaged in home-based income-generating activities, and the local main streets and marketplaces that provide opportunities for commerce. The pathway is an overlooked spatial element in existing urban studies, despite its critical importance in urban dwellers’ everyday lives. At the city scale, a space syntax methodology is employed to examine the changing configuration of the street network in Hanoi across five historical periods. The analysis simulates the distribution of human movement across the network, highlighting the natural formation and changes to major economic hubs. The formation, evolution, and spatial character of these pathways are then examined at the neighbourhood scale, by employing three-dimensional mapping and semi-structured on-site interviews with Home-Based Business owners. The paper extends existing understandings of how urban form influences citizens’ economic well-being.

This paper outlines a method for engaging with community and sustainability, not as fixed categor... more This paper outlines a method for engaging with community and sustainability, not as fixed categories, but as subject to on going re-invention and change. It draws on narrative policy analysis and positioning theory, highlighting the storied nature of sustainability discourse. It argues that storylines are continuously negotiated through discourse where meanings can change through the emergence of new storylines that reorder understandings. Dominant storylines are, however, often so powerful that they are difficult to disrupt or to challenge, and so they take the place of evidence and proof 'because their tightly storied characterizations, metaphors, and emplotments continue to underwrite and stabilize assumptions for decision-making' (Bridgeman and Barry 2002, p. 142). The paper demonstrates how dominant discourses about sustainability structure limits the way in which the concept can be spoken and written about, highlighting in particular how the use of generalized language...

In 2014, the Asia and Pacific Region had a population of 4.3 billion, which represented 60% of th... more In 2014, the Asia and Pacific Region had a population of 4.3 billion, which represented 60% of the world’s total.

Might design thinking assist social enterprises to be more innovative? Social enterprises trade t... more Might design thinking assist social enterprises to be more innovative? Social enterprises trade to benefit society, yet they are vulnerable due to the contradictory imperatives of social and business goals. It is essential social enterprises address important societal questions if they are to be effective in their mission, but little is known about how social enterprises design their work, or if design thinking might assist their capacity to innovate. This paper reports preliminary findings of an Australian study exploring the relationship between design thinking and social enterprise innovation. It argues that employing design thinking to problem solve might assist social enterprises to be innovative and address important questions, both of which have long term implications for policy and practice.

Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

Journal of Urban Design

ABSTRACT To a typical family in Hanoi, their house is not solely their home, but a valuable basis... more ABSTRACT To a typical family in Hanoi, their house is not solely their home, but a valuable basis for their livelihood: a home-based business. This paper investigates the spatial impact of the city’s dominant built form characterized by organic urban morphology and building typology on home-based economic activities. Space Syntax is adopted to examine the proximity from these homes to the local main streets, which provides a pool of customers. Findings show that home-based economic opportunities are spatially distributed and sorted. The paper provides an evidence-based understanding of the economic performance of informal urbanism, and the potential impacts of urban design and planning decisions on individuals’ and cities’ economic well-being.

World Sustainability Series

The scale and complexity of the 'wicked problems' posed by sustainability are forcing collaborati... more The scale and complexity of the 'wicked problems' posed by sustainability are forcing collaborations between unlikely partners. In many instances, government is choosing to play a critical role in the sustainable innovation process. Yet much of the innovation literature pushes to the fore the ingenuity of the firm, leaving government to play a secondary supporting role. Drawing on ideas from innovations and transitions theory on the role of government in supporting green niches, this paper analyses the example of an evolving biomass project in regional NSW. In particular, the paper focuses upon the role that regional government plays in supporting this community-led collaboration. Based on circular economy principles, the project aims to achieve energy independence whilst simultaneously generating bio-products for the agricultural sector. Utilising a case study methodology including in-depth semi-structured interviews with more than 20 key stakeholders from government, business and the local community, analysis of the data suggests that government is a critical actor in the innovation process; plays a multiplicity of roles across the network; and that these roles vary to a greater degree than previously suggested in the literature. A number of factors are also identified that shape these roles at different stages of the innovation process. This paper sheds new light on the critical role played by government in facilitating and leading sustainability transitions and contributes to our knowledge of sustainable innovations more broadly. It also highlights a need for more research to improve our understanding of appropriate actors at different stages of sustainability transitions.

World Sustainability Series, 2017

The aim of this paper is to presents an analytical instrument (HAMS, in its Spanish acronym), aim... more The aim of this paper is to presents an analytical instrument (HAMS, in its Spanish acronym), aimed at the study of teaching methods and the inclusion of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) in university classrooms. HAMS is based on a review of studies focused on this field, and the process of developing had revealed methodological strategies in this regard. The focus of HAMS is the study of teaching and decision making in university classrooms, at both planning and intervention levels. Its development is part of a study that analyses the methodological strategies from the perspective of the values of ESD, and on the basis of the principles of complexity. HAMS should be useful for university teachers when analysing and reflecting on their teaching practice. Also, HAMS may be of use to university authorities to detect obstacles in the performance of their instructors, and to plan and design activities that allow for the inclusion of ESD in their centres. This activity has been identified as one of the priority areas for action in higher education because of its direct impact on the formation of future professionals. E. García-González (&) R. Jiménez-Fontana P. Azcárate Goded J.M. Cardeñoso Department of Education, University of Cádiz, Research Group HUM 462 “Teachers’ Professional Development”, Cádiz, Spain e-mail: esther.garcia@uca.es R. Jiménez-Fontana e-mail: rocio.fontana@uca.es P. Azcárate Goded e-mail: pilar.azcarate@uca.es J.M. Cardeñoso e-mail: josemaria.cardenoso@uca.es © Springer International Publishing AG 2017 W. Leal Filho et al. (eds.), Handbook of Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development in Higher Education, World Sustainability Series, DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-47868-5_1 3

Management and Industrial Engineering, 2015

This chapter adopts the concepts performance, performing, and performativity to refer to the thre... more This chapter adopts the concepts performance, performing, and performativity to refer to the three domains of learning—cognitive, psychomotor, and affective—that are considered central to the realization of Education for Sustainability. Educating students in all three domains presents particular challenges in the higher education sector where the dominant approach to education for sustainability remains in the cognitive domain or the realm of performance (Shephard in Int J Sustain High Educ 9:87–98, 2008). Students, it is argued here, often arrive at Universities well schooled in the established ‘mantras’ of sustainability gleaned from the media and previous courses of study. These understandings are not neutral or are they value-free. Drawing on Butler’s (Bodies that matter on the discursive limits of sex. Routledge, London, 1993) employment of the concept performativity as constitutive of identities, it argues that understandings of the sustainable citizen are constructed through discourse and that these constructions need to be interrogated and challenged if education for sustainability is to lead to transformation and change for all. The chapter begins with a brief overview of sustainability—what it is and how the concept has been mobilized—before turning to a discussion of sustainability education or education for sustainability that links such education with the concepts employed here—performance, performing, and performativity. Three examples of curriculum development are then introduced and discussed within the context of this framework.

The Sustainable City VI, 2010

This paper is concerned with the way in which the ideal of the 'sustainable city' is currently sp... more This paper is concerned with the way in which the ideal of the 'sustainable city' is currently spoken and written about in Australia. Using the 2003-2005 Australian Federal Government's House of Representatives Standing Committee on Environment and Heritage's Inquiry into Sustainable Cities as a case study the paper employs a discursive approach to analyse the Inquiry documents. The paper argues that use of the word sprawl has powerful metaphorical importance in sustainable city discourse, suggesting alternative stories about the future of cities. The first, the story of decline, suggests out of control growth of cities that threatens not only the resource base, but also 'nature', agricultural land and social stability. It also leads to isolation, loneliness, boredom, crime, obesity and a whole litany of other evils. The alternative storyline, the story of control, is presented as the only choice 'we' really have-the compact, contained city is a place where resources are used wisely, 'nature' and agricultural land are protected, and there is a sense of 'community'. However, it is the contention of this paper that the dominant focus on sprawl in sustainable city discourse effectively closes down rather than opens up discussion about the future because embedded in the use of the term sprawl is a predefined conclusion. In addition, the abundant use of pronouns in the discussion paper, the inquiry and in sustainability literature more broadly-'we, 'our', 'us'-all denote a common responsibility and a common pathway that encourages compliance, not the active and open ended involvement of citizens in shaping their future.