Mobilizing the Courage to Implement Sustainable Design Solutions: Danish Experiences

Susanne Balslev Nielsen, Birgitte Hoffmann, Maj-Britt Quitzau, Morten Elle

Key words：Sustainable design solutions; competences; socio-technical networks; implementation

Abstract：Within the built environment, stakeholders tend to implement well-known design solutions, even though sustainable alternatives exist. The key question posed in this paper is: what characterizes successful processes of implementing sustainable design solutions? In an attempt to answer the question, the work focuses on examples of successful implementation in an attempt to understand the competences required. Danish frontrunner projects are described and analysed: one case concerns the implementation of lowenergy houses and another describes innovative planning processes in the water sector in order to ensure consideration of sustainable design criteria in the early phases of building projects. In the first case, the public authority succeeds in supporting design managers and other stakeholders to implement sustainable design solutions; in the second case, establishment of new multidisciplinary networks and creative work forms constitutes the outset for change. The work is inspired by the actor-network theory, emphasizing the momentum of prevailing practices, and the need to (re)develop networks to support implementation of sustainable design solutions. Conclusions point to the importance of design managers and others to develop socio-technical networks and storylines to integrate sustainability in the design and building processes. Implementation of sustainable design solutions takes more than courage; it requires key competences in catalysing network changes.

《建筑工程与设计管理》刊登“勇敢实现可持续设计解决方案:丹麦经验”

作者: Susanne Balslev Nielsen, Birgitte Hoffmann, Maj-Britt Quitzau, Morten Elle

刊物：建筑工程与设计管理

刊登日期：2009年

编目：第5期

页码：53-61页

关键词：可持续设计解决方案；能力；社会技术网络；履行

中文摘要：建筑设计中，通常倾向于采用知名设计师的解决方案，尽管有更具可持续的替代方案。本文提出的关键问题是：什么是实现可持续性设计解决方案的特征？为了回答这个问题，集中研究了在成功案例以便能够理解解决方案所需要的能力。分析了丹麦的两个案例：一个是关于低能耗房屋的建设，另一个是关于流域早期规划设计阶段为坚持可持续原则作出的创新规划。在第一个案例中，政府成功地支持了设计者与其他利益相关者履行可持续性设计解决方案；第二个案例中,鼓励多学科交叉和创造性的工作形方式促进了可持续设计。这项工作受所谓的“行为者网络理论”启发，强调主流思路的优点，同时建立机制并支持应用可持续设计方案。结论表明了，在设计和建设过程中，设计者及其他参与者共同进行经济社会—技术情景分析的重要性。实施可持续发展的设计解决方案，需要的不止是勇气，还需要进一步催化行为者网络。

原文链接：http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.3763/aedm.2009.0906