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  • 《景觀設(shè)計(jì)學(xué)》2020年第4期

    作 者:
    張子豪(ZHANG Zihao),劉?。↙IU Xun),魏方(WEI Fang)等
    類 別:
    景觀
    出 版 社:
    高等教育出版社有限公司
    出版時(shí)間:
    2020年8月

俞孔堅(jiān)?實(shí)踐研究:創(chuàng)新知識(shí)和方法的范式——《景觀設(shè)計(jì)學(xué)》2020年第4期“主編寄語”

Practice Research: A Paradigm for the Innovation of Knowledge and Methodology, By Yu Kongjian 


2020年6月9日晚,一場中美國際線上研討會(huì)持續(xù)了近兩個(gè)小時(shí)。這是“實(shí)踐研究”系列討論的第一場,旨在揭示大學(xué)和規(guī)劃設(shè)計(jì)機(jī)構(gòu)如何通過研究,就具體實(shí)踐問題實(shí)現(xiàn)理論、方法和技術(shù)創(chuàng)新,并促進(jìn)相關(guān)應(yīng)用與推廣。


本次研討會(huì)由麻省理工學(xué)院終身教授、著名景觀和生態(tài)學(xué)者安妮?惠斯頓?斯本發(fā)起。她曾深入研究美國生態(tài)規(guī)劃的開創(chuàng)者伊恩?L?麥克哈格在賓夕法尼亞大學(xué)和他本人創(chuàng)立的WMRT事務(wù)所進(jìn)行的實(shí)踐研究(包括其著名的創(chuàng)新性實(shí)踐研究成果《設(shè)計(jì)結(jié)合自然》),以及兩個(gè)機(jī)構(gòu)間的互動(dòng)關(guān)系。她亦非常好奇中國的相關(guān)實(shí)踐研究如何進(jìn)行,并為此于麻省理工學(xué)院設(shè)立了專門的研究課題,重點(diǎn)探討過去20年間北京大學(xué)建筑與景觀設(shè)計(jì)學(xué)院和土人設(shè)計(jì)的實(shí)踐研究,以及這兩個(gè)機(jī)構(gòu)之間如何互動(dòng)并進(jìn)行知識(shí)創(chuàng)新,以解決中國城鎮(zhèn)化過程中出現(xiàn)的緊迫問題。受斯本教授的啟發(fā),我回顧了“北大-土人”實(shí)踐研究的模式以及遇到的種種挑戰(zhàn),由此總結(jié)了三點(diǎn)思考,與讀者分享:


第一,為什么要做實(shí)踐研究?當(dāng)我們面對(duì)全新而陌生的問題,且缺乏成熟的解決方案或技術(shù)支持時(shí),針對(duì)性研究便十分必要。例如,由于文化背景、社會(huì)制度及地域條件的不同,中國城鎮(zhèn)化進(jìn)程中出現(xiàn)的一系列城市問題,均難以從其他國家的經(jīng)驗(yàn)和教訓(xùn)中直接找到可靠的預(yù)測模式和可借鑒的解決方案;同時(shí),現(xiàn)存的理論方法繁多,但哪種方法更適用于當(dāng)下中國所面臨的具體問題亦不得而知。在某種意義上,這便是“摸著石頭過河”——只有通過實(shí)踐研究才能得到真正有用的知識(shí)和解決實(shí)際問題的方法,在不斷的嘗試中積累經(jīng)驗(yàn),最終解決問題。


第二,誰來做實(shí)踐研究?一般而言,院校教師、科研機(jī)構(gòu)的研究員、學(xué)生,以及在實(shí)踐一線的規(guī)劃設(shè)計(jì)師是實(shí)踐研究的主體。但事實(shí)上,國內(nèi)現(xiàn)行的學(xué)術(shù)考核方式并不鼓勵(lì)實(shí)踐研究,而是片面追求論文引用,對(duì)實(shí)踐的理解偏差使得學(xué)者更傾向于做學(xué)究式的研究,從故紙堆里去尋找課題,熱衷于申請(qǐng)由政府設(shè)立的所謂“縱向項(xiàng)目”,而較少考慮由企業(yè)資助的、用于解決實(shí)際問題的“橫向項(xiàng)目”。在成果評(píng)定中,直接與社會(huì)實(shí)踐相結(jié)合的研究課題或多或少會(huì)受到忽視。事實(shí)上,在“以文章論英雄”的大學(xué)里,從職位招聘開始就已經(jīng)注定了實(shí)踐研究的弱勢(shì)地位,也奠定了院校的研究氛圍:脫離實(shí)踐的空泛研究不僅于解決當(dāng)下的實(shí)際問題毫無益處,也使學(xué)生們?cè)诋厴I(yè)后無法快速適應(yīng)社會(huì)需求。長此以往,學(xué)科和專業(yè)的創(chuàng)新能力和解決問題的能力便每況愈下,學(xué)科也將失去其存在的意義。


在中國的城鎮(zhèn)化和市場化的大潮到來之前,規(guī)劃設(shè)計(jì)機(jī)構(gòu)原本有著非常深厚的研究傳統(tǒng),為解決城鄉(xiāng)發(fā)展過程中的癥結(jié)開展了大量名副其實(shí)的研究,因此常被稱為“規(guī)劃設(shè)計(jì)研究院”。后來,越來越多的研究院所改制為公司,進(jìn)入市場;與此同時(shí),在巨變的社會(huì)經(jīng)濟(jì)環(huán)境中,新問題層出不窮,對(duì)知識(shí)創(chuàng)新和模式創(chuàng)新的需求也隨之增加。然而,模式套用之風(fēng)大行其道,諸如“一軸N廊N中心”“南擴(kuò)、北控、東拓、西優(yōu)”的盲目照搬充斥于大江南北各個(gè)城市的規(guī)劃中,“跨江發(fā)展”“向海發(fā)展”成了套路,濱江大道、濱河大道蔚然成風(fēng)。建筑與景觀設(shè)計(jì)行業(yè)中千篇一律、自欺欺人的規(guī)劃設(shè)計(jì)招投標(biāo)、惡劣的低價(jià)競標(biāo),以及近20年不變的低取費(fèi)標(biāo)準(zhǔn),導(dǎo)致規(guī)劃設(shè)計(jì)人員鮮少能夠投入足夠的時(shí)間精力對(duì)實(shí)踐中的問題進(jìn)行深入研究,由此造成行業(yè)內(nèi)劣幣驅(qū)逐良幣、從業(yè)者薪資和企業(yè)利潤低下的狀況,整體上使一個(gè)具有研究性的實(shí)踐行業(yè)退化為“廉價(jià)勞動(dòng)力”主導(dǎo)的生產(chǎn)性行業(yè)。在自然資源保護(hù)與城鄉(xiāng)規(guī)劃系統(tǒng)內(nèi),專業(yè)和行業(yè)難以適應(yīng)國家行政機(jī)構(gòu)的調(diào)整和國家需求的重大轉(zhuǎn)變,亦暴露出過去數(shù)十年來實(shí)踐研究的嚴(yán)重缺位。


第三,面對(duì)當(dāng)前的不利狀況,如何推動(dòng)實(shí)踐研究和知識(shí)創(chuàng)新?首先,我們希望高校及研究機(jī)構(gòu)能夠認(rèn)識(shí)到實(shí)踐研究的價(jià)值,并由此改變各種有損于實(shí)踐研究積極性的“指揮棒”——事實(shí)上,此次新冠肺炎疫情已經(jīng)以生命為代價(jià),無情地揭示了中國實(shí)踐研究的窘境,也迫使有關(guān)部門名義上取消了唯論文和引用率為導(dǎo)向的評(píng)價(jià)體系[1];其次,少數(shù)有情懷的學(xué)者對(duì)社會(huì)問題異常敏感,且富有研究熱情,他們利用自身影響力引領(lǐng)后輩積極開展實(shí)踐研究,這些努力和嘗試應(yīng)該被鼓勵(lì);再次,隨著市場機(jī)制逐步發(fā)揮作用,實(shí)踐研究將使研究性規(guī)劃設(shè)計(jì)機(jī)構(gòu)具備持續(xù)的競爭優(yōu)勢(shì),使他們可以有更高的取費(fèi)用于長期創(chuàng)新和研發(fā),用更高的薪酬吸引優(yōu)秀人才,以形成市場選擇下優(yōu)勝劣汰的良性循環(huán)。正如恩格斯百余年前所言:社會(huì)一旦有技術(shù)上的需要,則這種需要就會(huì)比十所大學(xué)更能把科學(xué)推向前進(jìn)[2]。因此,規(guī)劃設(shè)計(jì)實(shí)踐的充分市場化是實(shí)踐研究最終獲得重視和可持續(xù)發(fā)展的真正動(dòng)力。


茍日新,日日新,又日新[3]。實(shí)踐研究是面對(duì)動(dòng)態(tài)的社會(huì)和自然挑戰(zhàn),不斷創(chuàng)新思想、理論、方法和技術(shù)的必由途徑,對(duì)于景觀設(shè)計(jì)和城鄉(xiāng)規(guī)劃設(shè)計(jì)學(xué)科而言尤其如此。說到底,規(guī)劃設(shè)計(jì)實(shí)踐本身就是針對(duì)某一個(gè)或一組問題,尋求最優(yōu)解的研究過程。而本期所探討的“原型研究”作為一種創(chuàng)新知識(shí)和方法的范式,即為實(shí)踐研究的一種。面向未來挑戰(zhàn)的原型研究成果將不斷拓寬景觀設(shè)計(jì)學(xué)科的發(fā)展路徑,為設(shè)計(jì)師及相關(guān)領(lǐng)域的學(xué)者提供更具前瞻性的設(shè)計(jì)思路和更有彈性的工作方法,以促使我們更好地適應(yīng)充滿不確定性挑戰(zhàn)的未來。


In the evening of June 9, 2020, a two-hour online China-US seminar took place as the first session of the Practice Research serial seminars, aiming to explore what planning and design colleges and institutions should do to encourage theoretical, methodological, and technological innovations on practical issues and promote associated applications.


This seminar was initiated by Anne Whiston Spirn, a tenured professor of MIT and a reputed landscape architect and ecologist. She has conducted extensive studies on the practice research carried out by Ian L. McHarg at the University of Pennsylvania and the WMRT Firm led by himself, including one of his most notable achievements of innovative practice research, Design with Nature. Meanwhile, she is curious about the practice research in China, and has started a program at MIT focusing on the work of the College of Architecture and Landscape of Peking University and Turenscape over the past two decades, and how the interaction between research and practice has promoted knowledge innovation to address the pressing issues of the urbanization in China. Inspired by Professor Spirn, my thoughts on the patterns and challenges of practice research by Peking University-Turenscape can be concluded into the answers to three questions:


First, why do we need practice research? Targeted practice research can help improve our understanding to new discourses and generate theoretical guidance or technical roadmaps to new challenges. For instance, issues arising midst the urbanization in China see few references of prediction patterns or solutions from other countries, given the regional differences in cultural contexts, social institution, and geographical conditions. Also, the applicability of the current wide-ranging theories and methods remains unknown to Chinese cases. In some sense, it requires the spirit of “crossing the river by feeling the stones”—Only by conducting practice research can we gain the knowledge and methodologies to address authentic practice issues with constant attempts.


Second, who does practice research? They can be college faculties and students, researchers, and planners / designers. However, the instructional evaluation of faculties of most Chinese design colleges measures the number of published papers and citations, rather than practice research, leading to a pedantic ecology where scholars are keen on studying the subjects commissioned by the government, instead of those sponsored by private enterprises coping with the problems in practice. In addition, the subjects on social topics are usually less studied. This “paper-first” instructional institution also defines the faculty structure of colleges and universities, neglecting practice research in curriculum design and teaching systems. The research that divorces from practice is bound to fail to solve actual problems, and such a college training would not guarantee the graduates to be prepared for real design tasks. This deteriorates the innovation capacity and problem-solving ability of design professionals and hinders the development of design disciplines to respond to contemporary missions.


In China, before the aggressive urbanization and market reform, many state-owned planning and design institutes had a good tradition of “practice as research” with authentic cases of urban-rural development; Afterwards, with the rapid changes of China’s socio-economic environment, these institutes have finished their transformation into capital-driven firms, which have faced new challenges in knowledge and technical innovation and working-mode reform so as to fulfill the profession’s contemporary tasks. However, generic planning schemes are popularly employed, and stereotypes like “axes-corridors-centers,” “cross-river development,” or “coastal growth” are prevailing across China. Worse, the fraudulent or vicious bidding and the low payment standard never raised for almost 20 years have hindered the industry’s inputs in practice research. As a result, planning and design professionals have seen a degradation in research capacity and innovative intelligence, who now become nothing but “cheap labor force” for repetitive works, failing to respond to the new requirements of the state’s institutional reforms in natural resource conservation and urban-rural planning.


Third, how to promote practice research and knowledge innovation? First of all, colleges and research institutes should re-emphasize the importance of practice research for design disciplines, and then abolish the mechanisms impeding research enthusiasm—Alarmed by the cost of lives during COVID-19 pandemic and the problems exposed in this period, the “paper-first” evaluation system of college faculties has been called off by related departments[1]. Moreover, researchers who are enthusiastic for addressing social issues through design interventions and influencing younger scholars to put more efforts in practice research should be more rewarded. Also, the increasingly market-oriented industry is reshaping the climate in the fields of planning and design, where the institutes good at practice research would be more competitive in business and talent recruitment. As stated by Friedrich Engels over a century ago, one market demand works better than ten universities to stimulate technical progress[2]. Therefore, the healthy development and long-term promotion of practice research relies on the growth of the market-oriented industry.


As an ancient Chinese adage advises, if one can make things better for one day, he should make them better every day[3]. In face of the ever-changing social and natural challenges, practice research paves the path for innovations in theory, methodology, and technology. This is particularly true for Landscape Architecture and Urban and Rural Planning, because planning and design practices are essentially a research process to find out the optimal solutions. As one type of the practice research, “prototype study” discussed in this issue offers a paradigm for the innovation of knowledge and methodology. Oriented to future challenges and uncertainties, it would help extend the horizon of Landscape Architecture, providing designers and scholars with prospective design insights and flexible working methods.


REFERENCES

[1] Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China. (2020, February 20). Notice from the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Science and Technology on Issuing “Several Opinions on Regulating the Use of Related Indicators of SCI Papers in Colleges and Universities to Establish Rational Evaluation Orientation”. Retrieved from http://www.moe.gov.cn/srcsite/A16/moe_784/202002/t20200223_423334.html

[2] Lu, J. (2008). Interpretation of Marxism Literature. Beijing: China Social Sciences Press.

[3] Zeng, S. (2018). The Great Learning (Q. Liu, Tran.). Nanjing: Phoenix Science Press.


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