IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/cog/urbpla/v4y2019i3p63-75.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

The Circular Economy Concept in Design Education: Enhancing Understanding and Innovation by Means of Situated Learning

Author

Listed:
  • Alexander Wandl

    (Department of Urbanism, Faculty of Architecture, TU Delft, The Netherlands)

  • Verena Balz

    (Department of Urbanism, Faculty of Architecture, TU Delft, The Netherlands)

  • Lei Qu

    (Department of Urbanism, Faculty of Architecture, TU Delft, The Netherlands)

  • Cecilia Furlan

    (Department of Urbanism, Faculty of Architecture, TU Delft, The Netherlands)

  • Gustavo Arciniegas

    (Department of Urbanism, Faculty of Architecture, TU Delft, The Netherlands / Geo-Col GIS and Collaborative Planning–REPAiR Project, The Netherlands)

  • Ulf Hackauf

    (Department of Urbanism, Faculty of Architecture, TU Delft, The Netherlands)

Abstract

The concept of circular economy (CE) is high on the agenda of many planning agencies in European countries. It has also become a prominent issue in European academic education institutions. It is expected that spatial planning and design can support and add the spatial quality dimension of such a transition towards CE. However, incorporating the concept of CE in an integrative manner in urban design and planning courses is challenging because of its metabolic and complex nature. This article presents the first results of integrating design-teaching activities at a faculty of architecture with an H2020-financed research project. The integration of research and design education provided the students with a situated and indeed transdisciplinary learning environment. Students understood that they needed to address challenges from a systemic perspective rather early in the design process, meaning to understand what the relations between different subsystems and their spatial structures are. Furthermore, the experiment provided evidence that the eco-innovative solutions developed by the students are seen as an effective option to achieve objectives for a transition towards CE by stakeholders.

Suggested Citation

  • Alexander Wandl & Verena Balz & Lei Qu & Cecilia Furlan & Gustavo Arciniegas & Ulf Hackauf, 2019. "The Circular Economy Concept in Design Education: Enhancing Understanding and Innovation by Means of Situated Learning," Urban Planning, Cogitatio Press, vol. 4(3), pages 63-75.
    • Handle: RePEc:cog:urbpla:v4:y:2019:i:3:p:63-75
    DOI: 10.17645/up.v4i3.2147
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://www.cogitatiopress.com/urbanplanning/article/view/2147
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.17645/up.v4i3.2147?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Sue Ellen Taelman & Davide Tonini & Alexander Wandl & Jo Dewulf, 2018. "A Holistic Sustainability Framework for Waste Management in European Cities: Concept Development," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 10(7), pages 1-33, June.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Alexander Wandl & Verena Balz & Lei Qu & Cecilia Furlan & Gustavo Arciniegas & Ulf Hackauf, 2019. "The Circular Economy Concept in Design Education: Enhancing Understanding and Innovation by Means of Situated Learning," Urban Planning, Cogitatio Press, vol. 4(3), pages 63-75.
    2. Philipp Kehrein & Mark van Loosdrecht & Patricia Osseweijer & John Posada & Jo Dewulf, 2020. "The SPPD-WRF Framework: A Novel and Holistic Methodology for Strategical Planning and Process Design of Water Resource Factories," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(10), pages 1-31, May.
    3. Alaeddin Koska & Mehri Banu Erdem, 2023. "Performance Analysis of Manufacturing Waste Using SWARA and VIKOR Methods: Evaluation of Turkey within the Scope of the Circular Economy," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(16), pages 1-17, August.
    4. Magdalena Graczyk-Kucharska, 2021. "Human Resources Responsibilities in Logistic System of Waste Management for Sustainable Growth and Circular Economy," European Research Studies Journal, European Research Studies Journal, vol. 0(Special 2), pages 221-233.
    5. Alena Harbiankova & Sławomir Kalinowski, 2023. "MSW Management to Zero Waste: Challenges and Perspectives in Belarus," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(3), pages 1-22, January.
    6. Andreea Simona Saseanu & Rodica-Manuela Gogonea & Simona Ioana Ghita & Radu Şerban Zaharia, 2019. "The Impact of Education and Residential Environment on Long-Term Waste Management Behavior in the Context of Sustainability," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(14), pages 1-17, July.
    7. Edza Aria Wikurendra & Arnold Csonka & Imre Nagy & Globila Nurika, 2024. "Urbanization and Benefit of Integration Circular Economy into Waste Management in Indonesia: A Review," Circular Economy and Sustainability, Springer, vol. 4(2), pages 1219-1248, June.
    8. Elena Cervelli & Ester Scotto di Perta & Stefania Pindozzi, 2020. "Identification of Marginal Landscapes as Support for Sustainable Development: GIS-Based Analysis and Landscape Metrics Assessment in Southern Italy Areas," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(13), pages 1-25, July.
    9. repec:ers:journl:v:xxiv:y:2021:i:special5:p:234-247 is not listed on IDEAS
    10. Gustavo Arciniegas & Rusné Šileryté & Marcin Dąbrowski & Alexander Wandl & Balázs Dukai & Max Bohnet & Jens-Martin Gutsche, 2019. "A Geodesign Decision Support Environment for Integrating Management of Resource Flows in Spatial Planning," Urban Planning, Cogitatio Press, vol. 4(3), pages 32-51.
    11. Mohd Helmi Ali & Suhaiza Zailani & Mohammad Iranmanesh & Behzad Foroughi, 2019. "Impacts of Environmental Factors on Waste, Energy, and Resource Management and Sustainable Performance," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(8), pages 1-16, April.
    12. repec:ers:journl:v:xxiv:y:2021:i:special5:p:221-233 is not listed on IDEAS
    13. Luca Adami & Marco Schiavon, 2021. "From Circular Economy to Circular Ecology: A Review on the Solution of Environmental Problems through Circular Waste Management Approaches," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(2), pages 1-20, January.
    14. Mingfu Meng & Zongguo Wen & Weijun Luo & Shijie Wang, 2021. "Approaches and Policies to Promote Zero-Waste City Construction: China’s Practices and Lessons," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(24), pages 1-22, December.
    15. Denise P. Lozano Lazo & Alexandros Gasparatos, 2019. "Sustainability Transitions in the Municipal Solid Waste Management Systems of Bolivian Cities: Evidence from La Paz and Santa Cruz de la Sierra," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(17), pages 1-34, August.
    16. Jean-François Perrot & Alison Subiantoro, 2018. "Municipal Waste Management Strategy Review and Waste-to-Energy Potentials in New Zealand," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 10(9), pages 1-12, August.
    17. Ömer Apaydin & Gül Sümeyra Akçay Han, 2023. "Analysis of Municipal Solid Waste Collection Methods Focusing on Zero-Waste Management Using an Analytical Hierarchy Process," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(17), pages 1-20, September.
    18. Silvia Mara Bortoloto Damasceno Barcelos & Rodrigo Salvador & Maria da Graça Guedes & Antonio Carlos de Francisco, 2020. "Opportunities for Improving the Environmental Profile of Silk Cocoon Production under Brazilian Conditions," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(8), pages 1-21, April.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:cog:urbpla:v4:y:2019:i:3:p:63-75. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: António Vieira or IT Department (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://www.cogitatiopress.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.