可持续性设计之路——生态的有目的的设计哲学

Designing for Sustainability:A Philosophy for Ecologically Intentional Design

目前"为环境而设计"的观点不能充分解决可持续发展的危机,因为它仅仅强调了一个产品的物理属性即材料结构、能源消耗、生产、运输和废弃等方面,而人们采取的生活方式才是可持续发展的关键,说服人们采取可持续性的行为才能真正地实现可持续发展,设计师在建设一个可持续性的社会中的作用不仅仅是创造"可持续性的产品",还应开发鼓励广泛的可持续性行为的产品、程序和服务。因此,需要形成能指导设计决定的统一的生态的有目的的设计的哲学观,这个哲学观可以分为四个互相联系的部分:精神、目的、资源、形式和功能。本文将围绕这四个方面展开论述。

It is becoming clear that current views of ＂design for the environment＂cannot fully solve the crisis of sustainability because they focus only on a product＇s physical attributes：material construction,energy use,manufacture,transportation,and disposal。The lifestyle that people adopt is the key to sustainability,The role of the designer in developing a sustainable society is not simply to create＂sustainable products,＂ but rather to envision products,processes,and services that encourage widespread sustainable behavior.The time has come to develop a unifying ecological,intentional design philosophy that can guide design decisions.Such a philosophy can be conceived as fourinterconnected components：spirit,purpose,form and function,resources.