Dear François,
Thank you for your thoughtful and thorough response. I certainly agree that
there are different kinds of need at the three levels you outline in your
example, project , psychological and animal levels. I can assure you that
after spending 40 years in the university and 50 years in practice that I
have learned to pay attention to the always important hidden interests in
planning and design situations. It¹s called ³listening with the third ear.²
I appreciate your suggested modeling of the driving concepts of the valuing
vocabulary under discussion and will certainly want to think more about
their nuances.
My main objective in making the diagram was to show a linkage between those
drives and the kinds of research and knowledge needed to make artifacts.
I¹d be curious to see how you might edit the diagram to better express your
nuanced conception and insight.
Re: reducing the need to know. I prefer the more psychological expression:
satisfying.
Re: living is just ³seeking to slow down the inevitable entropy² and ³simply
a process by which one strives to make existing on earth as long as
possible.² I think of designing as passing that time negentropically.
Re: knowledge being the name of the ³intermediate processes which are
characterized by a long delay between stimulus and response,² your reply has
proven the point.
Warm regards,
Jerry
On 8/19/12 11:01 AM, "François Nsenga" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
RE:
First, although Architecture, Planning and Urban Landscaping is not the
area of my expertise, let's nonetheless consider, as an illustration, a
piece of land meant to be turned into a recreational artifact. Just to help
us understand better some nuances in the concepts of "motivation and
purpose", "wants", "desires", "preferences", the "need to know", and the
practice in Design and in Design research (your diagram is entitled:
Research, Knowledge & Practice)
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