A Transdisciplinary Approach to Housing
Applying Three Types of Knowledge
Marja Elsinga (TU Delft - Architecture and the Built Environment)
Adriana Diaconu (Université Grenoble Alpes)
Marietta Haffner (TU Delft - Architecture and the Built Environment)
Carla Sentieri Omarrementeria (Universitat Politécnica de Valencia)
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Abstract
Transdisciplinarity has become an increasingly prominent concept in addressing today’s complex societal challenges and is often invoked as a buzzword in grant proposals. But how can a transdisciplinary approach to housing be implemented? This contribution presents a systematisation of our experiences in an EU-funded project, which could serve as a starting point for similar processes. Key to the use of such an approach is creating an understanding of societal challenges by bringing together insights from different disciplines and fields of knowledge in academia and practice. Our main conclusion was that preconditions are just as important as the design of the transdisciplinary process, and these preconditions include gaining an understanding of the needs and specificities of the stakeholders. Furthermore, a “three types of knowledge model” for organising knowledge exchange processes, adopted from the Swiss school of transdisciplinarity, enabled the redefinition of challenges and the identification of new perspectives and strategies for change in practice.
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