Evidence-Based Design (EBD)
Evidence-based design, illustrated through healthcare architecture research pushed by The Center for Health Design, grounds design decisions in credible, peer-reviewed research and is presented as the direct opposite of pseudo-design.
'Evidence-Based Design (EBD) in healthcare architecture provides a clear example of a research-based procedure. Pushed by organizations like The Center for Health Design, EBD explicitly mandates that design decisions be grounded in credible, peer-reviewed research to achieve the best possible patient, family, and staff outcomes', citing 'Roger Ulrich's seminal 1984 study' on patient rooms with views of nature (Ch13 §134). It is offered as a 'prime example' of the book's own research-based procedures variable, defined as 'procedures explicitly grounded in systematic inquiry, empirical evidence, theoretical knowledge, or validated research findings', of which 'this evidence-based approach is the direct antithesis of Pseudo-Design' (Ch13 §134).
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Examples
- Center for Health Design · both placed under Research-based
- Sense-Making Methodology (Brenda Dervin) · both placed under Research-based
- European Union's Professional Qualifications Directive (2005/36/EC) · discussed together in section 134
- Kigumi · discussed together in section 134
- Natasha Jen's critique of “Design Thinking” · discussed together in section 134
Methods
- Sense-Making Methodology (Brenda Dervin) · both placed under Research-based
- Design Thinking · discussed together in section 134
- Vernacular · discussed together in section 134
In the Framework
- Research-based · variable
- Procedures Component
- Pseudo-Design · element
In the book
- Chapter 13, section 134 · Variables
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Methods