Abstract
By showing that feedback may also mislead the architectural teams to draw wrong implications we are sensitized to the inherent problems in knowing certain things ahead of time. We elaborate on this dilemma and suggest some implications for the theory and management of architectural competitions.
| Original language | English |
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| Journal | Scandinavian Journal of Management |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| Pages (from-to) | 160-166 |
| ISSN | 0956-5221 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2011 |
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Dialogues and the Problems of Knowing : Reinventing the Architectural Competition. / Kreiner, Kristian; Jacobsen, Peter Holm; Jensen, Daniel Toft.
In: Scandinavian Journal of Management, Vol. 27, No. 1, 2011, p. 160-166.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
TY - JOUR
T1 - Dialogues and the Problems of Knowing
T2 - Reinventing the Architectural Competition
AU - Kreiner, Kristian
AU - Jacobsen, Peter Holm
AU - Jensen, Daniel Toft
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - We describe and analyze the introduction of legitimate dialogues in architectural competitions. What happens to the competition when the contestants are allowed to interact with each other and with the competition jury? We consider dialogues to be a supplementary social technology that is becoming embedded in well-known forms of architectural competitions. By enabling feedback on preliminary design ideas and solutions, the dialogues are meant to accelerate processes of clarification and learning, and to enable the contestants to implement changes and improvements during the development of their final design entries. However, in an empirical study the actual effects proved less straight-forward. The feedback allowed the architects to react and adapt, but in some cases they reacted and adapted in ways which they later regretted.By showing that feedback may also mislead the architectural teams to draw wrong implications we are sensitized to the inherent problems in knowing certain things ahead of time. We elaborate on this dilemma and suggest some implications for the theory and management of architectural competitions.
AB - We describe and analyze the introduction of legitimate dialogues in architectural competitions. What happens to the competition when the contestants are allowed to interact with each other and with the competition jury? We consider dialogues to be a supplementary social technology that is becoming embedded in well-known forms of architectural competitions. By enabling feedback on preliminary design ideas and solutions, the dialogues are meant to accelerate processes of clarification and learning, and to enable the contestants to implement changes and improvements during the development of their final design entries. However, in an empirical study the actual effects proved less straight-forward. The feedback allowed the architects to react and adapt, but in some cases they reacted and adapted in ways which they later regretted.By showing that feedback may also mislead the architectural teams to draw wrong implications we are sensitized to the inherent problems in knowing certain things ahead of time. We elaborate on this dilemma and suggest some implications for the theory and management of architectural competitions.
KW - Dialogue-based architectural competitions
KW - Garbage can process
KW - Gap closing
KW - Knowing ahead of time
U2 - 10.1016/j.scaman.2010.12.003
DO - 10.1016/j.scaman.2010.12.003
M3 - Journal article
VL - 27
SP - 160
EP - 166
JO - Scandinavian Journal of Management
JF - Scandinavian Journal of Management
SN - 0956-5221
IS - 1
ER -