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Sustained innovation: How to systematically innovate using the power of interactions in an urban context
Journal of Urban Regeneration and Renewal,
13
(1),
18-26
(2019)
Abstract
This paper argues for the shift from fragmented solutions to sustained innovation in planning and design. What is termed ‘sustained innovation’ unequivocally calls for coordinated trans-disciplinary and trans-continental interactions. It is argued that such interactions are the key to an approach to innovation that can sustain itself across time, resulting in a sustained innovation. Innovation is neither an answer nor a solution, but a means to a systematic approach to a process of innovation.
Keywords: urban vision; interaction; sustainability; facilitating; iterative process; participatory process
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Author's Biography
Stephanie Akkaoui Hughes is founder and CEO of AKKA Architects. Architect, speaker and author, Stephanie is part of a new breed of visionary architects who operate beyond the traditional realm of architecture. An advocate of value created through cross-disciplinary interactions, she believes that sustainable innovation happens at the intersection of different fields. Stephanie’s book, Architecting: How to Innovate through Interactions, was published in 2017.
