Community Design Research
Community Design Research
The Cambridge Room is one of the case projects from the Community Design Research Group (CDRG). The purpose of the Community Design Research Group (CDRG) is to function as a research system aimed at generating a positive impact on communities. Our world and society are complex systems and to make a positive change we aim to operate as a research system inside the community to identify key leverage points for positive change.
As a system, the CDRG comprises three components: (1) elements, (2) interconnections, and (3) a function or purpose. The elements are ordinary citizens, the community and our multidisciplinary group from various research areas (sub-systems). CDRG's main purpose is to empower communities by creating a platform where they can take agency in shaping. Our work is driven by the pursuit of resilient, adaptable, and anti-fragile communities. Our primary function is the application of research knowledge and innovation directly to the community.
In collaboration with CRASSH , the CDRG will use the platform to collectively experiment with methodological practices, that could than inform the Cambridge Room methodology. Our common aim in CDRG and Urban Rooms is to humanise the planning and consultation process, and to introduce care to the process so that it could be more inclusive and plural in a way that cultivates and leverages the political energies of ordinary citizens.
