Ajla Aksamija

Research Methods for the Architectural Profession (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

Research Methods for the Architectural Profession introduces research as a systematic process, describes how to formulate research questions, provides an in-depth explanation of different research methods (qualitative, quantitative, and experimental), and explains how to select appropriate research methods and execute research studies. It describes the process of documentation, knowledge dissemination, and application of research results in architectural design and practice. Most importantly, it provides guidelines for integrating research into profession and uses extensive case-studies and practice-relevant examples to illustrate main concepts, procedures, and applications.

Integrating research into practice is essential for developing new knowledge, solving design and technical problems, overcoming different types of challenges present in the contemporary profession, and improving the design outcomes. Innovation requires a much stronger correlation between research and design, and it is pertinent for the future of architectural practice that research becomes an integral part of architectural profession. This book provides a roadmap for successfully integrating research into architectural design and for establishing innovative practices, regardless of a firm's size.

Written by an architecture professor with an extensive research and professional background-specifically focusing on integrating research into practice-and richly illustrated with over 150 color images, this reference will be useful for both students and practitioners.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. März 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000343670
• Artikelnr.: 60993807

Autorenporträt

Ajla AkSamija, PhD, LEED AP BD+C, CDT is a faculty member in the Department of Architecture at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Her interdisciplinary research expertise includes performance-based design, building science, building enclosures, emerging building technologies, digital design, and innovations in architecture. AkSamija has authored two previously published books, Integrating Innovation in Architecture: Design, Methods and Technology for Progressive Practice and Research (2016) and Sustainable Facades: Design Methods for High-Performance Building Envelopes (2013). She has contributed to many other books and numerous research publications. As one of the pioneers of practice-based architectural research, she established the Perkins and Will Building Technology Laboratory ("Tech Lab") in 2008, one of the first practice-driven research laboratories in the architectural profession.

Inhaltsangabe

1: Introduction 1.1 What is Research and How it Relates to Architectural
Design? Case Study 1.1: Example of Project Specific Research, Performance
Analysis for a Commercial Building Case Study 1.2: Example of Broader
Research, Energy-Efficient Retrofits of Existing Commercial Buildings 1.2
Why Doing Research? 1.3 Research in Academic Contexts 1.4 Research in
Professional Contexts 1.5 Chapter Summary 2: Research Process 2.1 Overview
of Research Process 2.1.1 Defining Research Scope and Objectives 2.1.2
Literature Review 2.1.3 Identifying Gaps in Knowledge 2.1.4 Formulating
Research Questions 2.1.5 Selecting Research Methods 2.1.6 Execution of the
Research Study 2.1.7 Data Collection and Analysis 2.1.8 Conclusions and
Dissemination of Research Findings 2.2 Formulation of Research Questions
and Selection of Research Methods 2.2.1 Selection of Research Methods in
Architectural Context 2.2.2 Preparation of a Research Proposal 2.3 Research
Processes and Execution of Research Studies 2.4 Dissemination of Research
Results 2.5 Application of Research Results 2.6 Chapter Summary 3: Research
Methods 3.1 Overview of Research Methods 3.2 Qualitative Research Methods
3.2.1 Archival Research 3.2.2 Interviews 3.2.3 Focus Groups 3.2.4
Observations 3.2.5 Qualitative Surveys 3.2.6 Case Study Research 3.3
Quantitative Research Methods 3.3.1 Simulations and Modeling 3.3.2
Quantitative Surveys 3.3.3 Correlational Research 3.4 Experimental Research
Methods 3.4.1 Prototyping 3.4.2 Testing 3.4.3 Experiments 3.5 Mixed-Mode
Research Methods 3.6 Chapter Summary 4: Integration of Research in
Architectural Practice 4.1 Role of Research in Innovative Practices 4.2
Organization, Research Management and Models for Integrating Research in
Practice Case Study 4.1: Internal Model for Integrating Research into
Practice Case Study 4.2: Collaborative Research Between Practice and
Academia as External Model for Integrating Research into Profession Case
Study 4.3: Non-Profit Research Entities as Hybrid Model for Integrating
Research into Profession 4.3 Funding Mechanisms 4.4 Implementation of
Research and Integration with Design Process Case Study 4.4: Research
Conducted during the Design of Rush University Medical Center 4.5 Risk and
Liability 4.6 Chapter Summary 5: Case Studies 5.1 Qualitative and
Quantitative Research for a Historically Significant Building: Building
Performance Analysis of a Brutalist Building 5.2 Qualitative and
Quantitative Research for Adaptive Reuse: Designing for Net-Zero Energy 5.3
Quantitative Research for Building Systems: Comparative Analysis of Facade
Systems and Impacts of Climate Change 5.4 Qualitative, Quantitative and
Experimental Research for Design Process: Integration of Augmented and
Virtual Reality with the Design 5.5 Quantitative and Experimental Research:
Intelligent Facade Systems