在实践中孕育创新：建筑、工程与景观设计领域的研究范例

INCUBATING INNOVATION IN PRACTICE:RESEARCH MODELS FROM ARCHITECTURE, ENGINEERING, AND LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE

愈加复杂的城市与环境正面临着前所未有的挑战,仅追求美学价值的设计已不再满足时代的需要。当今的城市设计、景观设计和规划实践都要求超越传统的设计服务范畴,通过倡导预见性、研究性、实验性和创新性以获得更深刻的洞见。两年前,SWA集团建立了公司结构化研究与项目创新平台——XL实验室,致力于解决设计领域新出现的复杂问题,其体系既借鉴了建筑、工程行业中设立研究部门来指导实践的经验,又具有景观设计行业的特色。本文以该实验室及其他两个代表性研究团队为例,对当代设计对研究的现实需求,行业内独立研究和创新团队的形成原因、运作模式和研究方法,以及企业如何确定研究主题并进行优先级排序展开探讨。

As our cities and environments become more complex and face unprecedented challenges, it is no longer sufficient to design for aesthetics alone. Urban design, landscape architecture, and planning now demand going beyond typical design services to support deeper insights via foresight, research, experimentation, and innovative advocacy. SWA is one example of addressing these emerging complexities through two-year- old XL Lab, the firm＇s platform for structured research and innovation projects. XL Lab differs and shares attributes with dedicated research teams in firms from allied fields such as architecture and engineering, where research entities that inform practice have been operating for longer than in landscape architecture. This article discusses the need for research in design now, what factors formed distinct research and innovation teams across the industry, their models and approaches, and hew firms identify and prioritize research themes or issues taking XL Lab and another two research teams as examples.