4.1 method for system design for sustainability vezzoli 11-12 (38)

Carlo Vezzoli AH-DESIGN, EU PROJECTPolitecnico di Milano / INDACO dept. / DIS / School of Design / Italy

carlo vezzolipolitecnico di milano . INDACO dpt. . DIS . School of design . Italy

Learning Network on Sustainability

course System Design for SustainabilitySubject 4. Methods and tools for System Design for Sustainability

learning resource 4.1

MSDS Method for System Design for Sustainability


CONTENTS . a resume of System Design for Sustainability. MSDS: objectives, approach and phases. MSDS: main tools . overview of the MSDS method


“the design for social equity and cohesion of an eco-efficient system of products and services that are together able to fulfil a particular customer demand (deliver a unit of “satisfaction”), based on the design of the interaction of the stakeholders directly and indirectly linked to that “satisfaction” system”

(VEZZOLI, 2010)

SYSTEM DESIGN FOR SUSTAINABILITY: A DEFINITION


A. “SATISFACTION-SYSTEM” APPROACH design the satisfaction of a particular demand

(satisfaction unit) and all its related products and services

B. “STAKEHOLDER CONFIGURATION” APPROACH design the interactions of the stakeholder of a

particular satisfaction-system

C. “SYSTEM SUSTAINABILITY” APPROACHdesign such a stakeholder interactions (offer model) that continuously seek after both eco-efficient and socio-ethical new beneficial solutions

SYSTEM DESIGN FOR SUSATINABILITY: APPROACHES/SKILLS


SCOPE: support design processes for the development of sustainable systems, adaptable to specific design requirements and usable in existing design processes

USERS: designer, design office, designer within a company

TOOLS: free to download at www.lens.polimi.it

MSDS: Method for System Design for Sustainability

…

EU funded project, Asia-link programme


STRATEGIC ANALYSIS

EXPLORING OPPORTUNITIES

SYSTEM CONCEPT DESIGN

SYSTEM DESIGN (AND ENGIN.)

COMMUNICATION

MSDS: PHASES OBJECTIVESGaining the information needed to facilitate the generation of sustainable system ideas and scenarios for sustainable system innovations

Producing a “catalogue” of promising sustainable system ideas and a sustainability design-orienting sceanario

Defining and designing one or more system concept potentially sustainable

Developing the most promising sustainable system concept in a detailed version necessariy to its implementation

Producing the documents for the external communication of the solution’s characteristics (general characteristics but above all the sustainability ones)

ANALYSIS OF THE PROJECT PROMOTERS

ANALYSIS OF THE REFERENCE CONTEXT

ANALYSIS OF BEST PRACTICES

ANALYSIS OF THE REFERENCE STRUCTURE

DEFINITION OF SUSTAINABILITY DESIGN PRIORITIES

IDEAS GENERATION ORIENTED TO SUSTAINABILITY

DEVELEPMENT OF THE SUSTAINABILITY DESIGN ORIENTING SCENARIO - VISIONS/CLUSTERS/IDEAS

VISIONS, CLUSTERS AND IDEAS SELECTION

SYSTEM CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT

SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT (EXECUTIVE LEVEL)

ENV, SOCIO-ET. & ECON. CHECK/VISUALISATION

MULTIMEDIA REPORTING: OVERALL QUALITIES

MULTIMEDIA REPORTING: STAINABILITY QUALITIES


/PROCESSES


MODULAR METHOD:

1. enabling to START up at any process of any phase

2. enabling to use a SELECTED set of processes and tools

3. enabling to work on one, two or all the sustainability DIMENSIONS

MSDS: MODULAR APPROACHSTRATEGIC ANALYSIS




COMMUNICATION
















1. Sustainability Design-Orienting toolkit (SDO)2. sustainability interaction story-spot

3. system map4. interaction table / story-board5. satisfaction offering diagram6. stakeholder motivation matrix7. solution element brief

MSDS MAIN TOOLS:

LEGENDAsustainability-orienting system design tools(other) system design tools


1. SUSTAINABILITY DESIGN-ORIENTING (SDO)

to orientate system design process towards sustainable solutions (environmental, socio-ethical, economic)

www.lens-sdo.polimi.it


2. SUSTAINABILITY INTERACTION STORY-SPOT(could be animated)

to visualise (only) key interaction in relation to criteria of sustainability (environmental, socio-ethical, economic)


3. SYSTEM MAP(could be animated)

to visualise (design and co-design) the configuration of the system, describing actors involved and their interactions


4. INTERACTION TABLE and STORY-BOARD(could be animated)

to visualise (design and co-design) the functioning of the system in time: the narratives (stories) of the front-desk (with the clients) and back-stage interactions (between other stakeholders)


5. SATISFACTION OFFERING DIAGRAM

to visualise (design and co-design) the satisfaction offered by the system, and how this is delivered to the user/customer


6. STAKEHOLDERS MOTIVATION MATRIX

to visualise (identify) the motivations that actors have in being involved in the system


7. SOLUTION ELEMENTS

to visualise (identify) the elements (products, services, labour) needed to the system, and who, among the system stakeholders, has to design/ produce/deliver such elements


OVERVIEW OF THE MSDS METHOD


STRATEGIC ANALISYS

Definition the sustainability design priorities

STRATEGIC ANALYSIS




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. ENVIRONMENTAL/SUSTAINABILITY PRIORITIES DEFINITION

. tool: SUSTAINABILITY DESIGN-ORIENTING / PRIORITY DEFINITIONqualitative assessment (report) of the existing system supported by a set of

checklists for a (for each criterion)

priority identification among criteria: No, Low, Medium, High

for a selected sustainability dimension (e.g. environmen.)


Ideas generation oriented to sustainability

STRATEGIC ANALYSIS




COMMUNICATION

















. GENERATE “ENV./SUSTAINABLE IDEAS” BY BRAINSTORMING

. tool: SUSTAINABILITY DESIGN-ORIENTING / ORIENTATE CONCEPT

typed emerged

system ideas(for each criterion)

for each (environm.) sustainability dimension

for each criterion, an idea table with guidelinees at system level


. GENERATE “SOCIOETHICAL/SUSTAIN. IDEAS” BY BRAINSTORMING

. tool: SUSTAINABILITY DESIGN-ORIENTING / ORIENTATE CONCEPT

typed emerged

system ideas(for each criterion)

for each (socio-etic.) sustainability dimension

for each criterion, an idea table with guidelinees at system level


System concepts development STRATEGIC ANALYSIS




COMMUNICATION

















. tool: SATISFACTION OFFERING DIAGRAMM


. tool: SYSTEM MAP


. tool: INTERACTION STORY BOARD


F. INTERACTION STORY BOARD. PRODUCT AND SUPPORT-PRODUCT CONCEPTS


environmental, socio-ethical and economic sustainability check and visualisation

STRATEGIC ANALYSIS




COMMUNICATION

















. CHECK IN PROGRESS CONCEPT ENVIRONMENTAL/SUSTAINABILITY

improvemnts levels definition per aech criterion: -, =, +, ++

qualitative sustainability assessment of concept improvements (report for each criterion) as

compared with the existing system (checklists)

. tool: SUSTAINABILITY DESIGN-ORIENTING / CHECK CONCEPT

for a selected sustainability dimension, e.g. environmen.


. VISUALISE CONCEPT ENVIRONMENTAL/SUSTAINABILITY POTENT.

visualisation concept improvement

(for each criterion)

visualisation of existing system priorities


IMPROVEMENT…

text synthethisingimprovement(for each criterion)

. tool: SUSTAINAB. DESIGN-ORIENTING / ENVIRONMENTAL RADAR

for a selected sustainability dimension


development of the system on and executive level

STRATEGIC ANALYSIS




COMMUNICATION












SYSTEM DESIGN (AND ENGINEERING)





H. SYSTEM MAP (DETAILED). tool: SYSTEM MAP


. SATISFACTION OFFERING

DIAGRAMM


. tool: INTERACTION TABLE


environmental, socio-ethical and economic sustainability check and visualisation

STRATEGIC ANALYSIS




COMMUNICATION














SYSTEM DESIGN (AND ENGINEERING)



. (up-date) CHECK SYSTEM ENVIRONMENTAL/SUSTAINABILITY

up-date improvemnts levels definition per aech criterion: -, =, +, ++

up-date qualitative sustainability assessment of the concept improvements

(report for each criterion) as compared with the existing system (checklists)

. tool: SUSTAINABILITY DESIGN-ORIENTING / CHECK CONCEPT



. (up-date) VISUALISE SYSTEM ENVIRONMENTAL/SUSTAINABILITY

up-dated visualisation concept improvement


IMPROVEMENT…

up-date text synthethisingimprovement(for each criterion)

. tool: SUSTAINABILITY DESIGN-ORIENTING / RADAR



up-dated visualisation concept improvement


IMPROVEMENT…

up-date text synthethisingimprovement(for each criterion)

. tool: SUSTAINABILITY DESIGN-ORIENTING / RADAR

. (up-date) VISUALISE SYSTEM SOCIOETHICAL/SUSTAINABILITY



. tool: SUSTAINABILITY INTERACTION STORY-SPOT

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