Here you find projects with a societal perspective. You might also look at the Design for Democracy and Design for Planet sections, which are highly relevant to societal design.
Resilient economy
Hemsedal: More than Afterski Chenjing Zhang, Hoanan Sun, Yerin ChoThis project is a masters project from the autumn 2022. It is part of the continuing study on "How to create Hemsedal municipality's sustainable future". Hemsedal is a municipality in Norway, known as a...
StimuLab – Driving systemic design into Norway’s public sector
StimuLab was initiated by the Norwegian government in 2016 and is a collaboration between Design and Architecture Norway (DOGA) and the Norwegian Digitalization Agency. It has adopted an experimental approach in its development and has continuously evolved in line with needs and ongoing evaluations.
Master Thesis: Løft Blikket
Løft Blikket A masters thesis by Einar Lukerstuen 2021 Advisors: Haydn Evans, Josina Vink and Birger Sevaldson The project lies at the intersection between service- and system-oriented design. Thesis in Norwegian.WHAT: Lift your eyes is a design project that explores...
PHD THESIS: A SYSTEMS DESIGN APPROACH TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
A SYSTEMS DESIGN APPROACH TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT Doctoral thesis at TU Delft, defended February 2020Jairo da Costa Junior A common approach to deal with a complex problem is to simplify it. Alternatively, this research aims to provide a novel approach to handle...
PHD THESIS: Transforming Public Organizations
Doctoral Thesis by Manuela Aguirre Ulloa This thesis explores how public sector organizations introduce new ways of working, such as co-design methods and mindsets, and examines the interactions between emerging co-designing cultures and dominant public sector...
Master thesis: Alternatives within Housing
This is an exploratory project that reframes the housing problem and reimagines the system in the near future – one where the focus of our housing system has moved away from supporting wealth-building to supporting long-term well-being.
Aligning Public Services
Maria Våge Traasdal Master project 2019 SOD AHO The public sector is complex and multifaceted. Not only is the public sector complex in itself, they are also responsible for managing a complex society. When it comes to growing up, for example, many different policy...
Residents at Romsås Nursing Home
Emilie Langolf & Marte Rennemo, 2019 Abstract In this semester with Systems Oriented Design we have collaborated with Attendo Care. Together with them, we have done a project that aims to make the residents of Romsås Sykehjem more autonomous.Through observations,...
Defying Debt
Oda Heier & Shivani Prakash 2019 A project exploring how sole proprietors in Norway can escape the trap of debt Abstract Through the collaboration between Stimulab by DOGA (Design & Architecture Norway) and AHO (The Oslo School of Architecture& Design), we...
Norwegian Labour and Welfare Service and Adult Education
— Michael Kassostakis & Eva Hugenschmidt Master's Project The project of the week is a study into adult education by the Norwegian Labour and Welfare Service, NAV. The project is by master students Michael Kassostakis and Eva Hugenschmidt from the design education...
Report: Gentrification 2.0
This is a discursive project which uses a systemic approach to analyse and propose a feasible service concept with a flipped status quo. In the long term, the ‘service concept’ seeks to reduce the negative systemic effects and reinforce the egalitarian Norwegian domestic culture through improved living conditions.
Norwegian Government Map
Jens Christian Boxaspen, 2018 Democracy has to me, always been one of those words you kind of know the meaning of, but really do not.The definition is straightforward, but how the government really is made up, why bureaucracy is needed, how do people across different...
Master Thesis: @ Home in Transition
@HOME in transition Encouraging asylum seekers towards more self-driven approaches to navigate the unknown they are surrounded with. Niloufar Gharavi n.qaravi@gmail.com Melina Hozhabri Melina.hozhabri@gmail.com Main Supervisors: Linda Blaasvær, Birger Sevaldson...
How to Practice the Culture of Empathy?
Melina Hozhabri Design for Democracy, Systems Oriented Design 2016 Oslo School of Architecture and Design Collaborator: The Municipality of Tønsberg All men and women are to each other the limbs of a single body, each of us drawn from life’s shimmering essence,...
UDI Cloud
PERSONAL STORY by Niloufar Gharavi In the first phase, in particular, this project intends to investigate how a schooling and mentoring system could be implemented in the camps during the waiting time, to develop the inhabitants’ competencies or teach them new skills...
PhD Thesis: Wood as a Primary Medium to Eco‐Systemic Performance
Wood as a Primary Medium to Eco‐Systemic Performance:A Case Study in Systemic Approach to Architectural Performance Doctoral Thesis by Marie DavidováPrague, 2017Czech Technical University in Prague – Faculty of Architecture MOLAB Department Supervisor: doc. Ing. arch....
From Holistic Thinking to Holistic Practice
From Holistic Thinking to Holistic Practice: A Systems Oriented Design Approach for Copenhagen's Cloudburst Adaptation Sebatian Bovbjerg and Arild Midtbø Kalseth Master's thesis at the Aalborg University in Denmark with Copenhagen municipality as partner. SOD was...
Future Fest
Christopher Pearsell-Ross Design for Democracy, Systems Oriented Design 2016 Oslo School of Architecture and Design Collaborator: The Municipality of Tønsberg Future Fest is a collaborative, open-platform festival bringing together members of the public with cultural,...
On the same page
Students: Line T. Bogen, Rickard Jensen, Liz LeBlanc, Simon Søgnen Tveit. ON THE SAME PAGE was a 2014 master studio project at the Oslo School of Architecture and Design in collaboration with and serving Sykehjemsetaten, the directorate for elderly homes in Oslo. The...
Lillehammer 2016 Winter Youth Olympics Games
Master studio, duration: one semester Student Sajedeh Ali In 2007 the idea of Youth Olympic Games (YOG) became a reality by IOC (International Olympic Committee). In these games in addition to the sport competitions program, YOG features an extensive Culture and...