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    This document discusses the relationship between design, society, and public policy in three paragraphs: 1) It argues that expanding the definition of "design" beyond aesthetics to incorporate societal issues can shift architecture from building design to problem-solving in society. 2) It uses the example of the Öresund Bridge connecting Copenhagen to highlight how infrastructure projects can unite remote societies by linking transportation networks. 3) It questions how architecture can adapt to a changing "New Economy" where information is more decentralized and accessible, moving away from traditional top-down models of decision-making.

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    Tad2 - Design and Public Policy

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    This document discusses the relationship between design, society, and public policy in three paragraphs: 1) It argues that expanding the definition of "design" beyond aesthetics to incorporate societal issues can shift architecture from building design to problem-solving in society. 2) It uses the example of the Öresund Bridge connecting Copenhagen to highlight how infrastructure projects can unite remote societies by linking transportation networks. 3) It questions how architecture can adapt to a changing "New Economy" where information is more decentralized and accessible, moving away from traditional top-down models of decision-making.

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    This document discusses the relationship between design, society, and public policy in three paragraphs: 1) It argues that expanding the definition of "design" beyond aesthetics to incorporate societal issues can shift architecture from building design to problem-solving in society. 2) It uses the example of the Öresund Bridge connecting Copenhagen to highlight how infrastructure projects can unite remote societies by linking transportation networks. 3) It questions how architecture can adapt to a changing "New Economy" where information is more decentralized and accessible, moving away from traditional top-down models of decision-making.

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    Tad2 - Design and Public Policy

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    Jay Reyes
    This document discusses the relationship between design, society, and public policy in three paragraphs: 1) It argues that expanding the definition of "design" beyond aesthetics to incorporate societal issues can shift architecture from building design to problem-solving in society. 2) It uses the example of the Öresund Bridge connecting Copenhagen to highlight how infrastructure projects can unite remote societies by linking transportation networks. 3) It questions how architecture can adapt to a changing "New Economy" where information is more decentralized and accessible, moving away from traditional top-down models of decision-making.

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    TAD - 02

    (RSW-05)
    DESIGN AND PUBLIC POLICY

    SUBMITTED BY:
    REYES, MICHAEL JUDE G.

    SUBMITTED TO:
    ARCH.ANTHONE Q. ABRENICA
    By expanding “design” from its aesthetic sense to incorporate
    people, society and quality of life issues, we shift the paradigm of
    architecture from the design of buildings to influencing the
    “design” process for solving problems in society.
    The “Global Village” & “Globalization”
    has become a common catch phrase. But it fails to capture an inevitable but very unpredictable
    development of our global community: the creation of community infrastructure. Examples can
    be found all around us. Witness the Öresund Bridge in Copenhagen. The engineering feat of a
    sixteen-mile span of suspension bridge and tunnel is changing much more than the cultural and
    commercial lives in this city and Malmö across the sound in Sweden. This is the final piece of
    the transportation network that connects all of Europe. Now it is possible to truck goods and raw
    materials across all of Europe, all the way to the remotest parts of Northern and Eastern Europe
    and the vast terrain of the former Soviet Union. This bridge physically links the developed world
    with remote societies largely detached from the technology and prosperity we so often take for
    granted.
    “New Economy.”
    As old paradigms are shifting, being redefined or being demolished altogether, how do we as a
    profession adapt? How do we remain in command of our established role while modern society
    is morphing around us? The traditional chain of command, where information is passed down in
    smaller and smaller increments, has been turned on its head. Now huge amounts of data are
    collected and transferred to the small group of decision-makers at the top. Already now, and
    more so in the near future, vast numbers of individuals will have access to information on
    choices in life no longer limited by their immediate, physical surroundings.
    “top-down” approach.
    In the design of managed communities for senior citizens, in the day-care centers for Danish
    children, in the sensitively-restored period architecture and in the planned post-war suburban
    communities integrated into the rolling hills of the Danish landscape, Denmark provides a stellar
    example of a truly integrated and societal approach to architecture and public policy. Danish
    architects are as famous for their buildings of international acclaim as they are for their dining
    room chairs and their desk lamps. No design task is too small or inconsequential. All aspects of
    the design of a civilized life’s accouterments, from the shelter we need to the implements for
    feeding ourselves, are treated with the same high standards of design integrity and respect.
    This interplay between the practice of architecture and public
    policy is at the crux of these questions. 
    Architects have not adequately participated in the public policy debate in a way that I
    wholeheartedly believe would be so beneficial to our profession and to the public at large.

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