Synergy in the systemic approach to architectural performance

This article integrates a series of diverse projects that together exemplify and interpret the Systemic Approach to Architectural Performance (SAAP) that has been developed by the author. SAAP is a fusion of several process-based fields and their media, involving namely: a) ‘Systems Oriented Design’; b) ‘Performance Oriented Architecture’; 3) ‘Prototypical Urban Interventions’; d) ‘Time-Based Design’; e) ‘Service Design’; f) ‘Co-Design, Co-Creation and DIY’. The article presents SAAP’s relations to these fields and concludes with their integration and synergy in a ‘Real Life Co-Design Laboratory’ where collaborative and collective processes are seen as the resulting design objects.