Comments on: Why Horst W.J. Rittel Matters http://www.dubberly.com/articles/why-horst-wj-rittel-matters.html Interaction, Software, and Service Design Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:31:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: The Hammer vs. The Architect « MacroMicro http://www.dubberly.com/articles/why-horst-wj-rittel-matters.html/comment-page-1#comment-106706 The Hammer vs. The Architect « MacroMicro Wed, 28 Dec 2011 01:06:20 +0000 http://www.dubberly.com/?p=153#comment-106706 <p>[...] the 1960s and 70s German design theorist Horst Rittel, along with colleague Melvin Weber, developed the concept of wicked problems. He deemed this class [...]</p> [...] the 1960s and 70s German design theorist Horst Rittel, along with colleague Melvin Weber, developed the concept of wicked problems. He deemed this class [...]

]]> By: How I got here. Where am I going? | design sustainability http://www.dubberly.com/articles/why-horst-wj-rittel-matters.html/comment-page-1#comment-83182 How I got here. Where am I going? | design sustainability Sun, 10 Jul 2011 14:42:46 +0000 http://www.dubberly.com/?p=153#comment-83182 <p>[...] people to tame them because one person cannot possibly remember or keep track of all the variables (Rith & Dubberly, 2007), yet most prevalent educational models (the problem is not exclusive to design education) question [...]</p> [...] people to tame them because one person cannot possibly remember or keep track of all the variables (Rith & Dubberly, 2007), yet most prevalent educational models (the problem is not exclusive to design education) question [...]

]]> By: Eric Dluhosch http://www.dubberly.com/articles/why-horst-wj-rittel-matters.html/comment-page-1#comment-69753 Eric Dluhosch Fri, 15 Apr 2011 00:01:27 +0000 http://www.dubberly.com/?p=153#comment-69753 <p>My name is Eric Dluhosch, PhD U.C. Berkeley, 1972, Professor Emeritus, MIT School of Architecture. I attended most of Horst Rittel's coursesduring my doctoral studies in Berkeley. He was one of the most popular lecturers at that time, vying for students with Christopher Alexander, who was a faculty member during the same years as Rittel. Actually, Horst Rittel was more open for personal contact than Alexander, who did not exactly follow his own 'open door' pattern (Part of his Pattern Language. I donated all my class notes to Prof. Donald P. Grant, PhD (fellow doctoral student at that time), who is still publishing the DESIGN METHODS Journal in San Luis Obispo. It is largely devoted to Rittel's theories. It should also be mentioned that the program at that time (60' and 70's) boasted of a truly stellar faculty, apart from Rittel and Alexander. It was also closely linked to the Building Systems Group, with Ezra Ehrenkrantz at the helm (viz., SCSD-California School Systems Design), Richard Meyer-planning and biologicall science, Dick Bender, Donald Olson and others. Unfortunately, no synthesis between Rittel's mathematically grounded system design initiatives and Alexander's Pattern Language was ever attempted, to the detriment of architectural theory and practice. Instead: Post-Modernism and the adulation of star architects.</p> My name is Eric Dluhosch, PhD U.C. Berkeley, 1972, Professor Emeritus, MIT School of Architecture. I attended most of Horst Rittel’s coursesduring my doctoral studies in Berkeley. He was one of the most popular lecturers at that time, vying for students with Christopher Alexander, who was a faculty member during the same years as Rittel. Actually, Horst Rittel was more open for personal contact than Alexander, who did not exactly follow his own ‘open door’ pattern (Part of his Pattern Language. I donated all my class notes to Prof. Donald P. Grant, PhD (fellow doctoral student at that time), who is still publishing the DESIGN METHODS Journal in San Luis Obispo. It is largely devoted to Rittel’s theories. It should also be mentioned that the program at that time (60′ and 70′s) boasted of a truly stellar faculty, apart from Rittel and Alexander. It was also closely linked to the Building Systems Group, with Ezra Ehrenkrantz at the helm (viz., SCSD-California School Systems Design), Richard Meyer-planning and biologicall science, Dick Bender, Donald Olson and others. Unfortunately, no synthesis between Rittel’s mathematically grounded system design initiatives and Alexander’s Pattern Language was ever attempted, to the detriment of architectural theory and practice. Instead: Post-Modernism and the adulation of star architects.

]]> By: Eric Dluhosch http://www.dubberly.com/articles/why-horst-wj-rittel-matters.html/comment-page-1#comment-69754 Eric Dluhosch Fri, 15 Apr 2011 00:01:27 +0000 http://www.dubberly.com/?p=153#comment-69754 <p>My name is Eric Dluhosch, PhD U.C. Berkeley, 1972, Professor Emeritus, MIT School of Architecture. I attended most of Horst Rittel's coursesduring my doctoral studies in Berkeley. He was one of the most popular lecturers at that time, vying for students with Christopher Alexander, who was a faculty member during the same years as Rittel. Actually, Horst Rittel was more open for personal contact than Alexander, who did not exactly follow his own 'open door' pattern (Part of his Pattern Language. I donated all my class notes to Prof. Donald P. Grant, PhD (fellow doctoral student at that time), who is still publishing the DESIGN METHODS Journal in San Luis Obispo. It is largely devoted to Rittel's theories. It should also be mentioned that the program at that time (60' and 70's) boasted of a truly stellar faculty, apart from Rittel and Alexander. It was also closely linked to the Building Systems Group, with Ezra Ehrenkrantz at the helm (viz., SCSD-California School Systems Design), Richard Meyer-planning and biologicall science, Dick Bender, Donald Olson and others. Unfortunately, no synthesis between Rittel's mathematically grounded system design initiatives and Alexander's Pattern Language was ever attempted, to the detriment of architectural theory and practice. Instead: Post-Modernism and the adulation of star architects.</p> My name is Eric Dluhosch, PhD U.C. Berkeley, 1972, Professor Emeritus, MIT School of Architecture. I attended most of Horst Rittel’s coursesduring my doctoral studies in Berkeley. He was one of the most popular lecturers at that time, vying for students with Christopher Alexander, who was a faculty member during the same years as Rittel. Actually, Horst Rittel was more open for personal contact than Alexander, who did not exactly follow his own ‘open door’ pattern (Part of his Pattern Language. I donated all my class notes to Prof. Donald P. Grant, PhD (fellow doctoral student at that time), who is still publishing the DESIGN METHODS Journal in San Luis Obispo. It is largely devoted to Rittel’s theories. It should also be mentioned that the program at that time (60′ and 70′s) boasted of a truly stellar faculty, apart from Rittel and Alexander. It was also closely linked to the Building Systems Group, with Ezra Ehrenkrantz at the helm (viz., SCSD-California School Systems Design), Richard Meyer-planning and biologicall science, Dick Bender, Donald Olson and others. Unfortunately, no synthesis between Rittel’s mathematically grounded system design initiatives and Alexander’s Pattern Language was ever attempted, to the detriment of architectural theory and practice. Instead: Post-Modernism and the adulation of star architects.

]]> By: Quora http://www.dubberly.com/articles/why-horst-wj-rittel-matters.html/comment-page-1#comment-51276 Quora Mon, 20 Dec 2010 20:44:59 +0000 http://www.dubberly.com/?p=153#comment-51276 <p><strong>How would you define a "wicked problem," and how would you going about designing a possible solution?...</strong></p> <p>Additional info: "A wicked problem is one for which each attempt to create a solution changes the understanding of the problem. Wicked problems cannot be solved in a traditional linear fashion, because the problem definition evolves as new possible so...</p> How would you define a “wicked problem,” and how would you going about designing a possible solution?…

Additional info: “A wicked problem is one for which each attempt to create a solution changes the understanding of the problem. Wicked problems cannot be solved in a traditional linear fashion, because the problem definition evolves as new possible so…

]]> By: DP http://www.dubberly.com/articles/why-horst-wj-rittel-matters.html/comment-page-1#comment-27424 DP Tue, 27 Apr 2010 02:50:56 +0000 http://www.dubberly.com/?p=153#comment-27424 <p>Did you ever meet the man? He was an inspiration to everyone he met, stimulating and thought provoking, he thought very deeply. I studied under him at CAL in the early 1980s, writing a thesis, combining Alexander's "Pattern Language" and his problem solving systems. His most memorable comment to me still resonates daily in my life that "Bold thinking liberates thought." He lived his life in this way, puffing away on his cigars, which he said stimulated his thoughts, daily, even during his student office hours at CAL.</p> Did you ever meet the man? He was an inspiration to everyone he met, stimulating and thought provoking, he thought very deeply. I studied under him at CAL in the early 1980s, writing a thesis, combining Alexander’s “Pattern Language” and his problem solving systems. His most memorable comment to me still resonates daily in my life that “Bold thinking liberates thought.” He lived his life in this way, puffing away on his cigars, which he said stimulated his thoughts, daily, even during his student office hours at CAL.

]]> By: Why design is political | My Career Lead http://www.dubberly.com/articles/why-horst-wj-rittel-matters.html/comment-page-1#comment-24099 Why design is political | My Career Lead Sat, 20 Feb 2010 04:03:36 +0000 http://www.dubberly.com/?p=153#comment-24099 <p>[...] published as part of Why Horst W.J. Rittel Matters by Chanpory Rith (that’s me!) and Hugh Dubberly, in Design Issues: Volume 23, Number 1, [...]</p> [...] published as part of Why Horst W.J. Rittel Matters by Chanpory Rith (that’s me!) and Hugh Dubberly, in Design Issues: Volume 23, Number 1, [...]

]]> By: Why design is political http://www.dubberly.com/articles/why-horst-wj-rittel-matters.html/comment-page-1#comment-6749 Why design is political Thu, 02 Apr 2009 13:05:25 +0000 http://www.dubberly.com/?p=153#comment-6749 <p>[...] published as part of Why Horst W.J. Rittel Matters by Chanpory Rith (that’s me!) and Hugh Dubberly, in Design Issues: Volume 23, Number 1, [...]</p> [...] published as part of Why Horst W.J. Rittel Matters by Chanpory Rith (that’s me!) and Hugh Dubberly, in Design Issues: Volume 23, Number 1, [...]

]]> By: FANOLA J KAYODE http://www.dubberly.com/articles/why-horst-wj-rittel-matters.html/comment-page-1#comment-5828 FANOLA J KAYODE Tue, 24 Feb 2009 13:04:03 +0000 http://www.dubberly.com/?p=153#comment-5828 <p>you are doing a marvelous job without knowing it. your site has helped the Road Safety Academy Nigeria to get insights into understanding the human elements in road safety.We have a job to deal with high road fatalities in Nigeria which you,ll agree is a wicked problem. thank you.</p> you are doing a marvelous job without knowing it. your site has helped the Road Safety Academy Nigeria to get insights into understanding the human elements in road safety.We have a job to deal with high road fatalities in Nigeria which you,ll agree is a wicked problem. thank you.

]]> By: 2020 http://www.dubberly.com/articles/why-horst-wj-rittel-matters.html/comment-page-1#comment-1675 2020 Tue, 07 Oct 2008 13:37:20 +0000 http://www.dubberly.com/?p=153#comment-1675 <p>Some papers by Rittel and JP (scanned pdf) can be found in the following site</p> <p>http://www-static.cc.gatech.edu/~ellendo/rittel/rittel.html</p> Some papers by Rittel and JP (scanned pdf) can be found in the following site

http://www-static.cc.gatech.edu/~ellendo/rittel/rittel.html

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