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Criterion
Paper illustration for Risk Storming.
Architecture
Risk Storming
Paper illustration of Design Charrette with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Design Charrette
Paper illustration of an eight-panel idea sheet with varied sketches beside a timer set to eight minutes.
Innovation
Crazy 8s
A paper-based illustration representing Brainstorming with its core stages and visible working result.
Innovation
Brainstorming
Purposedifferent
Helps clarify architecture context, options, and consequences in concrete terms. It organizes technical context, alternatives, and consequences. The result is captured as an Annotated Diagram, a Prioritized Risk List, and an Action Backlog.In a tightly timed design process with many participants, the method pools several lines of thinking in a short time. It brings parallel design energy without letting the discussion tip into endless coordination. This quickly produces solid directions for architecture or space.With only a few minutes available and a still-fuzzy solution search, the method forces a wide range of variants. It produces fast sketches before the first idea can settle in, making different directions directly comparable and open to further development.When a team faces an open question with many obvious directions, the method first creates breadth instead of premature commitment. It separates idea flow from evaluation and makes lines of thought visible, creating a pool for selection and further development.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumLowLow
Timedifferent
60-90 minHalber Tag bis mehrere Tage8-15 min30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
4-1210-501-104-12
Formatsame
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Annotated Diagram, Prioritized Risk List, Action BacklogSketches and Concepts, Consolidated Solution Sketch, Prioritized DirectionSketch Set, Idea Shortlist, Direction OptionsIdea pool, Theme clusters, Shortlist
Tagsno overlap
RiskArchitectureWorkshopValidation
BrainstormingWorkshopCollaborationIdeation
BrainstormingSketchingSpeedDivergenceDesign sprint
BrainstormingIdeationCreativityWorkshopDivergence
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