104th ACSA Annual Meeting Proceedings, Shaping New Knowledges

Constitutional: Finnish Frameworks of Architecture and Design in the Public Sector

Annual Meeting Proceedings

Author(s): Frances Hsu

This essay examines the work of Helsinki Design Lab, a Finnish model of design andresearch that brings architects into an expanded design process to address publicpolicy formation. Part of initiatives put in place by the Finnish Parliament, in a culturewhere design is a part of governance processes, the model connects academic, activist,professional, government and industrial fields in transformative collaborations andprocesses that embed design into everyday life.

Volume Editors
Robert Corser & Sharon Haar

ISBN
978-1-944214-03-6