H-SEIF: Systems Engineering and SOD
Here is a booklet that sums up four years of R&D in H-SEIF, a research project to develop new methods for human-centred systems engineering.
Collapse of Complex Societies
A wonderful deep lecture lecture by Dr Joseph Tainter, the author of the book Collapse of Complex Societies.
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...
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...
Ski Systems
Ski Systems Design – Build Fjell skis as part of a broader mountain tourism system. Learning about Systemic Design is a challenging endeavour. At The Oslo School of Architecture and Design (AHO), the study direction “Systems Oriented Design” (SOD) of the Master...
Sweeping Waves
Angel Lamar Abstract Culture is an emerging social phenomenon formed on many levels by shared experiences and personal assumptions. It has profound roots in people’s backgrounds; it entails their beliefs, experiences, world views and beyond. One thing is understanding...
Food for Thoughts
Food for Thoughts Lene Utklev Gaupen, AHO 2019 Abstract This project is the result of a brief presented by Matdugnaden, a project led by a collaboration between the EAT Foundation,Norwegian Institute of Public Health(Folkehelseinstituttet) & Comte Bureau.The goal...
Beyond Products
full-size image Margrethe Sørensen and Marie Frogner, 2019 Abstract In today’s world, unhealthy food has become a greater challenge to public health than drugs, alcohol and tobacco combined. As consumers, we constantly hear about the importance of a healthy...
Food Systems
Food Systems Lukas Loschner 2019 Abstract EAT is a non-profit startup dedicated to transforming our global food system through sound science, impatient disruption and novel partnerships.Our global food system is failing both people and planet. While 800...
Want to have fun
I seriously want to have fun Theodor Vange Field (2019) Abstract From being a young boy, I remember saving up my weekly allowance to go on a shopping spree at the mall, where I spend a lot of my time. The goal of the shopping spree was to purchase as many new clothes...
PhD Thesis: In/Visible
Service design has been hailed for its ability to drive innovation and transformation. As a result, there are growing investments in service design by organizations, governments, and communities around the globe. However, the popular narrative of successfully crafting...
Decoding Empathy
The System of Empathy Empathy has almost become a cliché in the design world. Maybe understanding empathy better would provide more robust content to the notion of empathy and to the design work claiming it to be central in user-oriented design. At the National...
Towards a Circular Denim Industry
Lieke van Raan was an exchange student at AHO from TU Delft in 2018, where she spent a semester learning SOD. She came to AHO to learn Systems Oriented Design. See her project from then here. She went back to TU Delft and did her master thesis with honours...
Master Thesis: A Circular Denim Industry
Lieke van Raan was an exchange student at AHO from TU Delft in 2018, where she spent a semester learning SOD. See her project from then here. She went back and did her master thesis with honours degree. This was a SOD project investigating one of the big problems...
Resilience, Systemic Innovation and Circular Design in Mountain Communities
This poster “Reaching New Heights” describes the resiliency of a mountain community in the Italian Alps, where systemic innovation is fostered by a real-world laboratory with a set of “design tools for change”, i.e. different types of circularities. The goal is...
New information on the SOD web
Here are some updates on the SOD web. Since the last update a lot of things have happened. We had a very successful RSD8 at IIT institute of design , Chicago. Updates will follow and the proceedings will come online on systemic-design.net I reorganised the gigamapping...
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...
Bridging Silos
Bridging Silos: A New Workshop Method for Training Silo Busting With SOD, we developed a workshop method to bridge silos between different actors. The method is based partly on gigamapping and was developed under Andreas Wettre’s lead. Disconnection between...
Tobias Luthe joins SOD at AHO
We are happy to announce that Tobias Luthe has joined the SOD group at Oslo School of Architecture and Design in a part time 50% position. Tobias is professor dr. at ETH Zürich, Dept of Civil, Env. and Geomatic eng. Institute for Spatial and Landscape...
Memmen
The Memmen project presents a concept for a more sustainable garbage handling system The report is in Norwegian. The project was done with Baard Røsvik from Semcon as partner. Tutors: Linda Blaasvær, Birger Sevaldson and Andreas Wettre. Project Team:Madeleine...
Spire
The Memmen project presents a concept for home growing of vegetables The report is in Norwegian. The project was done with Baard Røsvik from Semcon as partner. Tutors: Linda Blaasvær, Birger Sevaldson and Andreas Wettre. Project Team:Ida Lahm, Ida Lahm,Clementine...
Rollo
Null 2040 The Rollo project describes a concept of a future sustainable sewage system including a new structure, a service an autonomous control and a maintenance robot system. The project was done with Baard Røsvik from Semcon as a partner. Tutors: Linda Blaasvær,...
Lave
The LAVE project describes a concept study of sno management in urban settings. How can we combine snow removal with play? The report is in Norwegian. The project was done with Baard Røsvik from Semcon as partner. Tutors: Linda Blaasvær, Birger Sevaldson and Andreas...
Luftlinjen
The Luftlinjen project describes a concept study of an alternative urban transportation system. The report is in Norwegian. The project was done with Baard Røsvik from Semcon as partner. Tutors: Linda Blaasvær, Birger Sevaldson and Andreas Wettre. Project Team:Agata...
Master Exchange students in SOD
If you want to study SOD and you are in one of the Exchange schools for AHO you can apply as an exchange student. The deadline for applicaiton is 1st April. To apply go to https://aho.no/en/studier//430-none ...