Architecture Research Methods ARCH 5365

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Architecture Research MethodsARCH 5365

• Gary W. Smith, 2006

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• Research
• is
• hard
• work

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• Age of Mis-Information
• Examples
• Web
• Newspapers
• Popular magazines
• Faulty research

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• too many people accept too many opinions based
  on poor evidence
• BE SKEPTICAL OF MOST OF THE RESEARCH YOU READ!

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• Why write up your research?
• To remember
• To understand
• To gain perspective

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• KNOW YOUR AUDIENCE!
• Why are they interested (or should they be)?
• What are they hoping to learn from the
  experience?

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• FIND A TOPIC YOU CARE ABOUT
• WITH A QUESTION
• YOU WANT TO ANSWER.

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• THINK FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF YOUR READER
• When writing, anticipate your readers questions.

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• PROVE YOUR CASE USING
• YOUR THOUGHTS,
• THE PRESENTATION OF OTHERS
• IDEAS,
• AND
• YOUR ANALYSIS OF THOSE CONCEPTS OR THEORIES AS
  IT APPLIES TO YOUR RESEARCH QUESTION (THESIS)

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Notes

• Information in these lectures was adapted from
  the following sources
• Booth, Wayne C., Colomb, Gregory G., Williams,
  Joseph M. 2003. The Craft of Research. Second
  Edition. Chicago University of Chicago Press.
• Groat, Linda N. and Wang, David C. 2002.
  Architectural Research Methods. New York John
  Wiley.