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Design Capital - The Hidden Value of Design in Infrastructure (Hardcover)
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Design Capital - The Hidden Value of Design in Infrastructure (Hardcover)
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Well-designed infrastructure brings social value that far exceeds
its initial construction expenditure, but competition for scarce
government funds and a general public perception of infrastructure
as mere efficiency, has often left design ill-considered. This book
provides designers with the tools needed to argue for the value of
design: the 'design capital' as the authors term it. In naming and
defining design capital, design can once again become part of the
discussion and realization of every infrastructure project. Design
Capital offers strategies and tools for justifying public spending
on design considerations in infrastructure projects. Design has the
ability to make infrastructure resonate with cultural or social
value, as seen in the case studies, which bestows infrastructure
with the potential to accrue design capital. Support for this
proposition is drawn from various methodologies of economic
valuation and Bourdieu's theory of cultural capital, explanation of
design methodology and education and a series of historical and
contemporary case studies. The book also addresses some of the more
controversial outcomes associated with contemporary infrastructure:
gentrification, globalization and consumer tourism. With this book,
designers can make a stronger case for the value of design in
public infrastructure.
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