ARCH 512 | ARCHITECTURAL RESEARCH

Slideshow developed by: Arch. Edeliza V. Macalandag, UAPBohol Island State UniversityCollege of Architecture & Engineering

ARCHITECTURAL RESEARCH

Architectural Research Defined*

• Architectural research is the search for new knowledge and new ideas about the built environment.

*Source: the Initiative for Architectural Research –AIA, ACSA and ARCC

PRACTICE

THEORY

CASE STUDY

RESEARCH

EXPERIMENT

CASE STUDY

RESEARCH

EXPERIMENT

INDUCTION

DEDUCTION

Architectural Research Defined*

Research can be conducted in a variety of sub-disciplines, including: building technology environment-behavior studies history of architecture computing technology

*Source: the Initiative for Architectural Research –AIA, ACSA and ARCC

Architectural Research Defined*

Certain presuppositions and fundamental beliefs guide and determine the appropriate focus and method of inquiry, as well as the significance and merit of each research project.

*Source: the Initiative for Architectural Research –AIA, ACSA and ARCC

Architectural Research Defined*

While the parameters of these research approaches vary, there are some common characteristics among them:

They have clearly identifiable goals at the outset of the research, where the project is directed to respond to a question.

*Source: the Initiative for Architectural Research –AIA, ACSA and ARCC

Architectural Research Defined*

In pursuing that question, one follows a credible, systematic method or mode of inquiry, relevant and acceptable to the research paradigm under which one is operating

*Source: the Initiative for Architectural Research –AIA, ACSA and ARCC

Scientific Research

Goal

Results

Architectural Research Defined*

This process results in significant results (and in a thorough, documented manner which reflects a solution or enhances understanding/ knowledge within the research domain).

*Source: the Initiative for Architectural Research –AIA, ACSA and ARCC

Architectural Research Defined*

It should be noted that design can be a form of research inquiry if it incorporated the three characteristics listed above.

*Source: the Initiative for Architectural Research –AIA, ACSA and ARCC

Place of Architectural Research Methods in the Curriculum

Theories of Architecture

Architectural Programming

Architectural Research Methods

Thesis Research, Programming, and Schematic Design

Thesis preparation

Image Sources:Slide 1: 'Minimal Complexity‘ by Vlad Tenu exhibited at the Bartlett School of Architecture's Constructing Realities, 2010. http://www.aac.bartlett.ucl.ac.uk/img/vlad_minimal_complexity_a.jpgSlide 2: Bird’s Nest, Beijing, China (Herzog and de Meuron). Photo by Liza Macalandag.Slide 5: Marina Bay Sands, Moshe Safdie Architects. http://www.luxurylaunches.com/entry_images/0410/28/Marina-Bay-Sands.jpgSlides 8-10. The Liliypad Project, Vincent Callebaut. http://architecturelinked.com/profiles/blogs/lilypad-1Slide : Tree Swing Development Requirements. http://blog.thingsdesigner.com/uploads/id/tree_swing_development_requirements.jpg