Types of knowledge in RTD.
| Project-based | Situational | Engaging in deliberation concerning the legal, political, cultural, functional, economic and ecological context of the design task. |
| Integrated | Creating a synthesis of contradictory interests, changing restrictions and conflicting agendas while working with various actors, applying diverse methods and operating in a variety of fields. | |
| Form-based | Visual | The development, fabrication, proposal and translation of ideas into words and images. |
| Material | The assessment, exploration and realization of qualities of landscaping schemes and technical constructions, in consideration of the aesthetic, functional and ecological consequences of design choices. | |
| Idea-based | Conceptual | The production of ideas and proposals with space for poetic and speculative approaches that promote imagination and unexpected proposals. |
| Strategic | The assessment of the situation and the creation of future plans; the problem is structured and defined based on the feasible solutions that have been proposed. |
Adapted from Grocott, 2010.