Codifying the Future: Sustainable Design and the Built World

该项目由科学技术社会计划和环境可持续发展计划共同资助，是对奥斯汀市建筑规范的研究。 PI分析了四种历史类型的建筑规范-默认的、代表性的、经济的和民间的-以评估它们将社会公平作为可持续发展的一个公众可接受的维度的潜力。 每种代码类型都有一种或多种实现策略，采用不同的技术框架，并依赖于不同类型的实现权威。 假设是，民法典最有可能成功地使社会公平合法化，成为可持续性的一个方面。在项目的这一部分完成后，PI通过起草奥斯汀市的小巷扁平代码来测试公平代码制定的新理论。该项目的更广泛的影响在于其跨学科研究和基于社区的教学相结合，与代表性不足的社区的研究参与，以及面向分析的社会科学与面向行动的设计相结合。

This project co-funded by the Science, Technology & Society Program and the Environmental Sustainability Program is a study of building codes in the City of Austin. The PI analyzes four historical types of architectural codes -- tacit, representational, economic, and civil -- to assess their potential for including social equity as a publicly acceptable dimension of sustainable development. Each code type has one or more strategies of implementation, employs different technological frames, and relies upon different kinds of authority for implementation. The hypothesis is that civil codes have the most potential for success in legitimizing social equity as a dimension of sustainability. Upon completion of this part of the project, the PI tests a new theory of equitable code-making by drafting an Alley Flat Code for the City of Austin.The broader impacts of the project lie in its combination of transdisciplinary research and community-based teaching, research engagement with underrepresented communities, and its combination of analysis-oriented social sciences with action-oriented design.