Architects as researchers: we need to be more transparent, systematic and access other research
Quite a while back, after I was commended by the RIBA President's Medal for Outstanding Practice Located Research for The Environmental Design Pocketbook, I was interviewed by the RIBA about research in architecture. They have now published their findings, including 8 case studies of practicing architects who do research, among which a summary of my thoughts from the interview.
I would love to hear what you think about architects as researchers! Email me here!
Below the summary which you can also download here and the full report here as PDFs. I argue that while many architects undertake some research intrinsic to practice, that for the research to be of more value and use to the wider industry and society, we need to be more transparent and systematic/methodical about what we do and how we do it and we need to be aware what others are doing: i.e. we need to ensure we gain access to the latest (academic) research (and feedback into it). Interestingly, since my interview, an article in CIBSE by Paddy Conaghan also notes that there appears a significant gap in research undertaken in academia and it reaching the building industry.
I would love to hear what you think about architects as researchers! Email me here!
Below the summary which you can also download here and the full report here as PDFs. I argue that while many architects undertake some research intrinsic to practice, that for the research to be of more value and use to the wider industry and society, we need to be more transparent and systematic/methodical about what we do and how we do it and we need to be aware what others are doing: i.e. we need to ensure we gain access to the latest (academic) research (and feedback into it). Interestingly, since my interview, an article in CIBSE by Paddy Conaghan also notes that there appears a significant gap in research undertaken in academia and it reaching the building industry.