Design Is Invisible: Planning, Education, and Society

Socially sustainable design

With Design is Invisible, Lucius
Burckhardt was one of the first to point out that factors that are
invisible can be integrated - they determine the use of objects and
should be part of the design. What is the use of the most attractive
tramway if it does not operate at night? Burckhardt expands on the
meaning of design, in this case by including the timetable, which can
also be optimized.

The relevance of these articles dating from
between 1965 and 1999 can be appreciated today in the current debate on
architecture. Problems arising from social polarization, rural
depopulation, and migration can only be resolved on an interdisciplinary
basis. The articles, for the first time available in English, finally
allow access to key source texts for the purpose of international
debate.

• A new approach to design that takes the invisible parameters into account
• Tools for architecture and urban design
• Introduction to an integrative design model