NDS DESIS Lab, Curitiba, Brazil
NDS DESIS Lab, Curitiba, Brazil
Center for Design and Sustainability
address: R. General Carneiro, 460. 7º Andar, Sala 717. CEP 80060-150. Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil. Telephone number: +55 41 3360-5313.
Website: http://www.design.ufpr.br/nucleo/
Hosting Institution: Federal University of Paraná, Design Department
address: Edifício D. Pedro I - R. General Carneiro, 460 - 8° andar, Curitiba, Paraná, Brasil. Telephone number: + 55 41 3360-5360
Website: http://www.design.ufpr.br/
Coordinator: Aguinaldo dos Santos
address: R. General Carneiro, 460. 7º Andar, Sala 717. CEP 80060-150. Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil. Telephone number: +55 41 3360-5313
e-mail: asantos@ufpr.br
Operations manager: Liliane Iten Chaves,
address: R. General Carneiro, 460. 7º Andar, Sala 717. CEP 80060-150. Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil. Telephone number: +55 41 3360-5313
e-mail: liliane.chaves@ufpr.br
The Design & Sustainability Research Center from the federal University of Paraná or NDS/UFPR (Núcleo de Design & Sustentabilidade da Universidade Federal do Paraná)was founded in 2003 with resources received trough a project which were approved at FINEP.
Yet in 2003 the Research Centre acquired the primary principles of sustainability in its proposal, taking in account the environmental, social and economical dimensions in design projects, focusing on the product life cycle assessment. A concept brought us by Professor Dr. Carlo Vezzoli from the Milan Polytechnic.
The NDS/UFPR has the support from researchers who come from many other departments in UFPR as well as other Universities in Brazil and worldwide. This fact provides an extremely collaborative environment to develop researches.
In 2007 NDS/UFPR was one of the research groups that joined the implementation of the Design Postgraduate Program at UFPR.
Objectives:
To develop research projects: always done in a partnership with characters that part of our society (companies, foundations, universities, tec.) in such a way to obtain trustful results under practical and scientific criteria.
To promote activities of social interest: disseminate knowledge trough courses outside college, scientific events and publications.
To support the academic formation: generate didactic and pedagogical tools for the undergraduate and post-graduate design courses.
Activities (past and present):
DESIS Project:
In UFPR it was chosen for project DESIS participation to prepare students regarding Social Innovation thematic. Since 2008 till 2010, the course System Design for Social Innovation was offered three times in the Design Department, UFPR.
Introduced end of 2008, the discipline was offered the first time in an extension course format, open to the community. In 2009, the discipline was offered as an elective course for undergraduates students of design. Next year, 2010, it was offered for students of the master in design. The first course was given in 32 hours and with 9 inscriptions: 5 were graduate students of product design, one was a professor from another institution and 3 were students from others areas and institutions. In this first course three cases of promising initiatives were raised.
In 2009 the course was offered as an elective discipline, System Design for Social Innovation, for the undergraduate, total of 60 hours having 20 inscriptions, mainly students of the third year of product design course, UFPR. They have raised five new promising cases. The discipline offered for the master level had had 12 participants and a total of 45 hours. These students have raised more three different cases.
The table below present the 11 cases raised in the three disciplines.
| Discipline format | Title of the cases raised in portughese | Cases Description |
| Extension Course | Jardinagem Libertária (Gardening Libertarian) | Group of people who plants gardens in public places. |
| Bicicletada (Bicycling) | Group of persons that meets to ride together. | |
| Shared laundry | A shared laundry room in a private familiar building. | |
| Undergraduated course | Carona Brasil (Brazil Ride) | Online tool for people sharing their way by car. |
| Casa da Videira (Videira’s House) | A family that inspiring environmental sustainability domestic solutions for local community, by providing simple examples of sustainable practices to be implemented. | |
| Cursinho em Ação (Course in Action) | Preparatory course for the exam for University former by voluntarily students. | |
| Freecycle | Online tool to promote the exchange of objects between donors. | |
| PROBEM | Campaign for adoption of abandoned dogs, organized by volunteers. It is a non-profit organization that promotes people education for responsible practices and conviviality with domestic animals. | |
| Master course | Projeto Noé (Noe’s project) | Group of residents who meets to plan actions for improvement in their neighborhood. |
| Instituto AgroEcológico | Group of professionals from different fields, just graduates, who voluntarily develop projects related to good agricultural practices (family agriculture, organic agriculture,...). | |
| Aldeia coWorking | Shared office space for professionals. |
Other Projects:
2004: Corrugated paperboard project, Ornamental Rocks for Simagran;
2005: Rasa island project (packagings for oysters produced bylocal community, using PET bottles as raw material), Automotive Glass Recycling project;
2006: Molded wood project;
Conference Organization:
• II International Symposium on Sustainable Design - Coordenação Científica. 2009.
• III International Symposium on Sustainable Design. 2011.
• I International Symposium on Sustainable Design. 2007.
• 7° Brazilian Conference on Design Research & Development. 2006. (Congresso)
Primary research areas:
Design for sustainability (social, economic and environmental dimension)
Main partners:
- Politécnico di Milano: www.design.polimi.it
- FUNPAR: Fundação da Universidade Federal do Paraná, www.funpar.ufpr.br
- CNPq: Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico, www.cnpq.br
- Finep: Financiadora de Estudos e Projetos Ministério de Ciência e Tecnologia, www.finep.gov.br
- SEBRAE: Serviço Brasileiro de Apoio às Micro e pequenas empresas, www.sebrae.org.br
- Paraná Metrologia - Rede Paranaense de Metrologia e Ensaios, www.paranametrologia.org.br
- COHAPAR: Companhia de Habitação do Paraná, www.cohapar.com.br
- COHAB – CT, Companhia de Habitação Popular de Curitiba, www.cohabct.com.br
- Inforline, www.inforline.com.br
- Embafort, embafort.com.br
- Lojas MM, Mercado Móveis, www.lojasmm.com.br
- Masisa, www.masisa.com
- Nani Carvalho, www.nanicarvalho.com.br
- Audi-Volkswagen, www.audi-volkswagen.com
- Plataforma Design Gráfico, www.plataformabrasil.com.br
- Bolsa Reciclagem FIEP, www.bolsafiep.com.br
- Eletrolux, www.eletrolux.com.br
- Embrart, www.embrart.com.br
- Forplas, www.forplas.com
- Whirlpool, http://www.whirlpool.com.br/
List of projects & research:
2004: Corrugated paperboard project, Ornamental Rocks for Simagran;
2005: Rasa island project (packagings for oysters produced bylocal community, using PET bottles as raw material), Automotive Glass Recycling project;
2006: Molded wood project;
2007: Packaging design for corrugated paperboard using CFG (Cushion Folder Gluer) technology; Certified Design (Furniture Design using certified wood waste);
2008: Kits Do-it-yourself; Embafort Sustainable House;
2009 till know: Hydro project (aims to develop a product-service system for collecting rainwater for non-potable use, focused on social housing), EcoAgregado: new product development using recycled construction and demolition waste as main raw material for low incomes public.
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