Grosse, E (2018) A gestalt perspective on co-creation: Action research in architectural practice. In: Gorse, C and Neilson, C J (eds.) Proceedings of 34th Annual ARCOM Conference, 3-5 September 2018, Queen’s University, Belfast, UK.
Abstract
Engagement of stakeholders across different disciplines are a matter of concern in both design and construction management practice as well as in research. Engagement of stakeholders relates to issues of how to deal with fragmentation between disciplines and transdisciplinary collaboration in construction. Such issues of fragmentation and transdisciplinarity are emerging in the 'knowledge society' and are also stressed by political policies for academic research. Much research in construction management has focused on understanding, describing and measuring what these issues of engagement and fragmentation are, but less have focused on how to pro-actively cope with them. One way to approach this is through action research (AR) which is actionable and addresses 'how to do something' in the practice where it occurs, aiming at achieving change. AR also offers a theoretical foundation when studying change in social systems, which is relevant regarding inter-relational phenomena such as engagement and collaboration. This AR study illustrates with two cases, that focus on the process of co-creation, have effects on engagement. Especially co-creation processes based in the theory of collective intelligence, can offer methods of how to create engagement and bridge fragmentation in both practice as in research. By changing the way we do things, we allow for different ideas and solutions to emerge. This paper aims to illustrate this method with a co-creation experiment: starting with the co-creation in the pier-review process, and if given a chance to present at the conference, perform a condensed micro-process together with the ARCOM conference participants. The common experience and reflection on the process will contribute to the AR: co-creation in practice and research. The presented and experienced methodology can provide design and construction management practice, as well as research, with insights on how to co-create and thereby effect engagement and bridge fragmentation.
| Item Type: | Conference Paper (Paper) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | engagement; collaboration; co-creation; action research; gestalt; sustainable design |
| Index terms: | experiment, conference, social system, fragmentation, action research, sustainable design, society, co-creation, design and construction, architectural practice, reflection, collaboration, management practice, methodology |
| Subjects: | research dissemination and communication, data collection methods, business, contractual arrangements, social theory, design process, professional development, management, research methods, communities and social development |
| Topics: | Organizational Design, Design Practice, Stakeholder Management, Procurement, Business Strategy, Research Practice, Information Management |
| Descriptive scope: | 4 PCTE |
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