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Midterm Review

Midterm Review. 21 June 2007. Introduction & Overview. Dr. Dana Vanier CDRN Board Chair Senior Research Officer National Research Council Canada. Presentation Overview. “. The country is doing dismally in the critically important area of innovation, and the implications of that

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Midterm Review

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  1. Midterm Review • 21 June 2007

  2. Introduction & Overview • Dr. Dana Vanier • CDRN Board Chair • Senior Research Officer • National Research Council Canada

  3. Presentation Overview

  4. “ The country is doing dismally in the critically important area of innovation, and the implications of that failure … show up in the absence of creative policy and investment decisions across all the other domains.” Anne Golden, President, How Canada Performs: A Report Card on Canada Conference Board of Canada, 13 June 2005

  5. Global Competitiveness (Source: p. B7, Globe and Mail, 15 June 2007)

  6. Progress to Date and Years 3 & 4 • Dr. Robert Woodbury • CDRN Scientific Director • Professor • School of Interactive Art and Technology • Simon Fraser University, Surrey

  7. Why We’re Here • In 2006, the Canadian Design Research Network (CDRN) was awarded a Networks of Centres of Excellence, New Initiatives grant to help it develop and connect with receptors across Canada. • Today, we present is accomplishments, plans, structures and some news.

  8. “ In a global economy, design is becoming a critical competitive advantage” Roger Martin, Dean, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto Fast Company, April 2005

  9. Global Competitiveness . . . 63 companies identified as effective users of design outperformed the FTSE 100 index over the full period by 200%.” “ Design Index Emerging Index FTSE 100 FTSE All Share 10 Year Performance of the U.K. Design Index

  10. The CDRN • A national association of design researchers

  11. CDRN Key Accomplishments An inclusive, multidisciplinary and multisectoral network Two-way knowledge and technology transfer Sustainable design

  12. The Network Inclusive Pan-Canadian Multidisciplinary Multisectoral Responsive Open open to all researchers all graduate design schools all design disciplines innovation is design-led to important issues such as sustainability collegial management, receptor direction

  13. A Pan-Canadian Network UAlberta UBC Simon Fraser Emily Carr UCalgary ULaval Dalhousie UManitoba Inclusive Multidisciplinary Multisectoral McGill Carleton NSCAD ETS OCAD UMontréal UWaterloo Concordia York Ryerson UToronto

  14. Multidisciplinary hospital architecture, gender & space art, architecture, graphic design design, art and computation computer science, visualization industrial design sustainable design new media, art, mobile technology engineering, visual analytics communication design, interactive art sustainability, design evaluation sustainable & computational design architectural structures, sculpture graphic design, Asian print culture computational design, architecture Annmarie Adams Philip Beesley Joanna Berzowska Pierre Boulanger Brian Burns Ray Cole Sara Diamond John Dill Diane Gromala Andre Potvin Hugues Rivard Mark West Wendy Siuyi Wong Robert Woodbury

  15. Multisectoral Aerospace Architecture Art Computer Aided Design Digital Media Mobile technology Learning process visualization, Boeing new masonry, CMRI sustainability, Subtle Technologies parametric modeling, SmartGeometry visual workflow, Electronic Arts mobile nation network, Yahoo e-learning repositories, BCcampus

  16. The Network Inclusive Pan-Canadian Multidisciplinary Multisectoral Responsive Open open to all researchers all graduate design schools all design disciplines innovation is design-led to important issues such as sustainability collegial management, receptor direction

  17. The NCE Program Criteria Social, cultural, economic and/or health-related well-being improvement Excellence and contributions of the researchers Development of partnerships Knowledge and/or technology transfer Management of the network

  18. Sustainable Design Visualization & Visual Analytics Interactive Technologies Fabrication & Rapid Prototyping Updated Strategic Plan Outcomes & Impacts sustainability design tools policy productivity societal understanding enhanced design culture Focus Understanding Design Towards Design Policy Advanced Design Technologies Acceleration

  19. Understanding Design Subtle Technologies Future Wood Mobile Nation I & II Podcasts Canadian Architect Design Repositories edited book book & exhibition catalogue & proceedings 22000+ downloads special issue design communities

  20. Sustainable Design Ecologez Greening the Curricula Beesley artwork Pictou landing CIRS design competition workshop exemplary artwork exemplary building exemplary building

  21. Understanding Design Two-way knowledge and technology transfer • Ian Chodikoff, OAA, MRAIC • Editor • Canadian Architect Magazine

  22. Understanding Design • Canadian Architect acts as • a translator & disseminator • for the CDRN • It is the journal of record for • the RAIC (Royal Architectural Institute of Canada) • It has a readership of close • to 12,000 • This collaboration connects • the CDRN to end-users and • makes its research accessible • to a broader audience The CDRN collaborated with Canadian Architect on the June issue of the magazine, which focuses on the Future of Design.

  23. Understanding Design • The CDRN & Canadian • Architect also collaborated • on a workshop called • Managing Digital Fabrication • that was part of both the • Construct Canada and RAIC • conferences • This workshop was accredited • by the Ontario Association of • Architects for its continuing • education program • Stanis Smith, CEO Stantec • flew some of the workshop • leaders to Vancouver to share • their findings with his staff Sample page on Rapid Prototyping article, Canadian Architect, June 2007

  24. Understanding Design • The CDRN provides research • that is essential to the future • of the design professions • Canadian Architect • re-positions that research • so that practitioners can • incorporate it into their • own work Sample page, Canadian Architect, June 2007

  25. Canadian Design:International Leadership? Fabric-formed Concrete, University of Manitoba (Mark West) Massive Change Exhibit (Bruce Mau) The Centre for Interactive Research in Sustainability, UBC (Busby Perkins & Will) Garbo Trash Can, Umbra (Karim Rashid) Manitoba Hydro Building (KPMB) Blackberry, RIM

  26. Impact: Sustainable Design • Kevin Hydes • CDRN Board Member • Chair, World Green Building Council • Vice-President • Stantec Consulting

  27. Sustainability The heating and cooling of buildings emits 30% of Canada’s greenhouse gases (Source: NRCAN, 2003) Using the most efficient building technologies could avert as much carbon dioxide as is produced by 800 one-gigawatt coal power plants (Source: Princeton University's Carbon Mitigation Initiative )

  28. World Green Buildings Council The heating and cooling of buildings emits 30% of Canada’s greenhouse gases May 11, 2007 - the World Green Building Council announced the selection of Toronto as the home of the WorldGBC secretariat The Secretariat will be housed just north of Toronto in the Living City Campus

  29. Buildings & Reducing Greenhouse Gases (Source: UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change)

  30. CDRN Sustainable Design Research Map

  31. Network Management • Douglas MacLeod • CDRN Executive Director & Network Manager

  32. Key Management Principles Open, inclusive, collegial and transparent Fiscal prudence and responsibility A human touch

  33. Management Structure: Organization Chart

  34. Highlights of Our Work to Date • Parametric Modeling and Digital Wood Fabrication • Workshop and Symposium • February 15-24 Vancouver • Ecologez - A National Collegial Competition in • Integrated Building Design • February 24-25, Montréal • New Masonry and Ceramic Technologies Workshop • March 1-4, Winnipeg • Sensing Workshops, Mobile Nation Conference • March 22-25, Toronto • Design as an Instrument of Public Policy Report, • Asia Pacific Foundation • May, Singapore and South Korea • Policy Roundtable, Visualization Panels, Ourtopias • Conference • June 14-16, Toronto • 12 events (2100 participants), 3 books, 1 theme issue • of Canadian Architect, 5 podcasts (20,000 downloads) • 13 more events in the planning stages

  35. Staff • Scientific Director • Robert Woodbury • Full time • Douglas MacLeod, Executive Director & Network Manager • Kate Andronov, Communications Coordinator • Part time • Davis Marques, Student Representative & Web Master • Colin Knight, Accounting • Inkind • Simon Fraser University, Administrative Staff • Our membership has contributed almost $275,000 in inkind labour for our completed projects alone

  36. Internal Operational Policies • Full Time • Douglas MacLeod, Executive Director & Network • Full time • Douglas MacLeod, Executive Director & Network Manager • Kate Andronov, Communications Coordinator • Part time • Davis Marques, Student Representative & Web Master • Colin Knight, Accounting • Inkind • Simon Fraser University, Administrative Staff • Our membership has contributed almost $275,000 in inkind labour for our completed projects alone

  37. Management Practices • Decision Making on Funding Allocations • Theme planning phone calls and meetings • Call for Proposals (supported by Event Planning Manual & templates) • Project Review Committee • Board approval • Budget • Templates for planning and invoicing • Reviewed by CDRN and Simon Fraser University staff • Since its inception all projects have been on budget • CDRN budget templates were even shared with other • networks for the Midterm Review

  38. Acceleration: Breaking News • Dr. Rob Woodbury • CDRN Scientific Director • Professor • School of Interactive Arts and Technology • Simon Fraser University, Surrey

  39. Breaking News WGBC Congress Boeing offset grant DRDC/DHS MOU Design Thinking CAADFutures CDEN Electronic Arts Dr Branko Kolarevic partner event process visualization visual analytics with Stanford d.School 2009 conference Winnipeg meeting visual workflow UCalgary Haworth Chair

  40. Thank You

  41. Research Excellence The Living Book of Senses by Diane Gromala (SFU) extends the traditional book into radically new, sensorially interactive experience. Wearable Technologies by Joanna Berzowska (Concordia) embeds interactive technologies in fabrics and garments Pierre Boulanger’s (Alberta) Virtualized Reality systems enable remote control and intuitive information queries Experimental ambient intelligence games by Ron Wakkary (SFU) explore new forms of game play enabled by advanced sensing technology and user modeling. Medicine by Design (2007) by AnnMarie Adams (McGill) relates hospital design to 20th C. architecture. A multi-sensory theory of human comfort by André Potvin (Laval)combines physiological, behavioural and psychological reactions to objective measures of environmental conditions

  42. Financial Summary

  43. Management Practices • Decision Making on Funding Allocations • Theme planning phone calls and meetings • Call for Proposals (supported by Event • planning Manual & templates) • Project Review Committee • Board approval • Budget • Templates for planning and invoicing • Reviewed by CDRN and Simon Fraser • University staff • Since its inception all projects have been • on budget • CDRN budget templates were shared with • other networks for the Midterm Review

  44. Towards Design Policy • Asia Pacific Foundation • Grant to study “Design as an Instrument of Public • Policy in Singapore and South Korea • Industry Canada • Advisory Committee on Product Design & Development Initiative • Design Exchange and Design Industry Advisory Committee • Roundtable on “Design Economy and Policy” • Report on “Global Context” • Response to Conference Board of Canada report on • innovation • Outreach • 32 presentations/consultations (7 since the Midterm • Report and 3 on this trip)

  45. AnnMarie Adams (McGill) Medicine by Design (2007) reveals the impact of hospital design on early twentieth-century architecture.

  46. Alissa Antle (SFU) Responsive Environments for Children enhance children’s engagement with problem solving and artistic expression.

  47. Philip Beesley (Waterloo) Orgone Reef used rapid prototyping and digital sensing systems to create complex interactive artworks.

  48. Joanna Berzowska (Concordia) Wearable Technologies brings together the age-old power of garments to communicate with the interactive possibilities of embedded computation.

  49. Pierre Boulanger (Alberta) Virtualized Reality systems combine visualization with sensing and information retrieval to enable remote control and intuitive information queries.

  50. Ray Cole (UBC) Ray Cole (UBC) was the principal author of LEED Canada Green Building Rating System.

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