Creating evidence-based sustainable futures through design research at KPU

可以说，这一代人将比过去几代人经历更多的危机：气候、粮食不安全、社会经济和地缘政治。这些都是世界各地的设计师正在解决的一些复杂问题。它们还影响到我们地区的工业和社区。它们是由联合国可持续发展目标（SDG）定义的有价值的问题，它们吸引了我们的教师和学生。在昆特伦理工大学（KPU），“设计”意味着从一开始就以可持续性为决策依据，构建目的驱动的解决方案。另一种选择是大量开采资源，生产出无法满足设计需求的产品，从而成为废物。KPU的能力，以协助他们的研究和开发需求的行业合作伙伴是由我们的教师的原材料，制造限制，市场和供应链的知识，以及如何保持产品在使用后的周期，而不是垃圾填埋场增强。我们的研究活动还侧重于通过接触产品的用户来了解他们的需求和他们的运营环境，然后将这些知识整合到产品，服务或系统的最终功能中，从而建立弹性社区。这个动员赠款提案寻求支持，以满足设计研究专业知识在我们地区的需要，建立一个卓越的中心：应用设计研究中心（ADRC）。344万美元的总申请将用于支持教师，员工和学生的应用研究，以满足行业和社区的需求。通过关注人类在环境中的经验，我们的学生接受的培训将使他们具备适应性强的技能，使他们能够在不断变化的经济，社会和环境背景下进行创新。ADRC将位于威尔逊设计学院，并将在学术和工业环境中工作，因为设计师将想法转化为行动。我们的目标是建立我们的研究能力与基础设施，高素质的人才，他们的研究过程中，我们专门建立的技术设计学校。研究将集中在三个主题：主题1：通过系统设计（材料可持续性周期和当地行业实践）主题2：极端和未来设计（气候危机和区域生物系统）主题3：包容性设计（以用户为中心的契合，共同设计方法和性能分析）

This generation will arguably experience significantly more crises than past generations: climate, food insecurity, socio-economic, and geo-political. These are some of the complex problems that designers worldwide are tackling. They also affect the industries and communities in our region. They are worthy problems as defined by the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) and they engage our faculty and students. At Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU), "design" means building solutions that are purpose-driven with sustainability informing decisions from the beginning. The alternative is extensive resource extraction to manufacture products that do not meet the needs for which they were designed and become waste. KPU's ability to assist industry partners with their research and development needs is enhanced by our faculty's knowledge of raw materials, manufacturing limitations, markets and supply chains, and how to keep products in a cycle after use, rather than a landfill. Our research activities also focus on building resilient communities by reaching out to the users of the products to understand what they need and the environment in which they operate, and then integrating this knowledge into the ultimate functionality of the product, service, or system. This Mobilize Grant proposal seeks the support to meet the need for design research expertise in our region by establishing a center of excellence: The Applied Design Research Centre (ADRC). The total request of $3.44M will be used to support applied research by faculty, staff, and students to serve the needs of industry and community. By focusing on the human experience in the environment, the training our students receive will equip them with adaptable skills that enable them to innovate in ever-changing economic, social, and environmental contexts. The ADRC will be situated in the Wilson School of Design and will work across academic and industrial settings as designers translate ideas into action. Our goal is to establish our research capacity with infrastructure, highly qualified personnel, and their research processes within our purpose-built technical design school. The research will focus on three themes: Theme 1: Design through Systems (material sustainability cycles and local industry practices)Theme 2: Design for Extremes and Futures (climate crises and regional biosystems)Theme 3: Design with Inclusivity (user-centered fit, co-design methods, and performance analysis)