Sally Augustin, Cindy Coleman

The Designer's Guide to Doing Research

Applying Knowledge to Inform Design

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

An essential introduction to applying research for busy architects and designers
The competitive design market and the need to create enduring value place high demands on architects and designers to expand their knowledge base to be able to digest and utilize multiple sources of information. Expected by their clients to be well versed on all aspects of a project, time-constrained architects and designers need quick responses in the face of daily challenges. As a result, these professionals must-more than ever-rely on, and apply, readily accessible information culled from sound research to gain a competitive advantage.
The Designer's Guide to Doing Research serves as an introductory guide on the general concepts and processes that define "good" research. Organized logically with the practical tools necessary to obtain research for all facets of the designer's workflow, this book offers:
Material written in an accessible format specifically for practitioners
Reliable content by experienced authors-a noted environmental psychologist and an interior design educator who is also a practitioner and writer
Tools for planning, executing, and utilizing research presented in an easy-to-follow format along with case studies, sources, and applications
Written for all practices and people concerned with the built environment, from architects and interior designers to facility managers, landscape architects, and urban planners, this book serves as an invaluable starting point for gathering and implementing research effectively. Organized to follow the workflow of an architect or interior designer, this book introduces tools for busy practitioners to find and apply research for their design projects. Tools for planning, executing, and ultilizing research are presented in an easily followed format along with case studies, sources, and applications. While other books on design research are written by PhD-level researchers for an academic setting, this book offers an accessible format specifically for practitioners.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Januar 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 245mm x 198mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 760g
• ISBN-13: 9780470601730
• ISBN-10: 0470601736
• Artikelnr.: 33768929

Autorenporträt

SALLY AUGUSTIN, PHD, is a practicing environmental psychologist, a principal at Design with Science, and the editor of Research Design Connections. She is regularly invited to speak at schools, research institutions, conferences, and on National Public Radio. Sally is the author of Place Advantage: Applied Psychology for Interior Architecture (Wiley). Learn more about using environmental psychology at Sally's websites, www.placecoach.com (for residential applications), www.designwithscience.com (for commercial applications), and www.researchdesignconnections.com. CINDY COLEMAN is a design strategist with Gensler and the editor of the Interior Design Handbook of Professional Practice (published by Interior Design magazine and McGraw-Hill). She is an assistant professor in the Architecture, Interior Architecture, and Designed Objects Department at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago and a contributing editor to both Interior Design magazine and the Chicago chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA Chicago) journal, Chicago Architect.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword: The Necessity for Research vii Acknowledgments ix Introduction:
Before You Do Design Research xi Research versus Insight xiii The
Research/Design Relationship xiv Why This Book? xv Why Research? xvii
Design as Research xviii Knowing xxii Thinking and Knowing xxvi A
Scientific Method xxix Asking the Right Questions xxx Chapter 1 Design
Research and Its Influence on the Practice of Design 1 Generalizing Design
Thinking 1 Design Research as a Means for Attraction and Retention 3 Design
Research as a Means for Social Reform 3 Design Research as a Response to
the Need for Design Speed 3 Design Research to Build a Sustainable
Knowledge Base 4 Design Research to Gain Understanding of Cultural
Distinctions 5 Design Research as a Source of Value 6 Core Concepts 6
Endnotes 7 A Story of Practice: Making the Implicit Explicit 8 Chapter 2
Researching: Context, Process, General Concepts 19 Economic Context of
Design and Research 19 Design Process 22 Research Process 23 "Good"
Research 25 Owning the Information 29 Planning and Organizing a
Project-Specific Comprehensive Research Plan 30 Overview of Types of
Research 32 Differences in Types of Research: Applied or Theoretical 33
Comparing Research Tools 34 Merits of Using Several Different Research
Tools to Answer Any Research Question 40 Core Concepts 40 Endnotes 42
Chapter 3 What to Learn 43 Informing Design-Related Change 43
Design-Project-Based Information Gathering 46 Social-Science-Based
Information Needs 51 Core Concepts 77 Endnotes 78 Chapter 4 The Goals of
Project Initiation 81 Research for Competitive Advantage 81 Secondary
Information 84 Peer-Reviewed Studies 87 Literature Reviews 88 Within-Firm
Archival Research 100 Experience Sampling Method 100 Design Charettes 109
Endnotes 113 A Story of Practice: A Research-Based Marketing Strategy 114
Chapter 5 The Goals of Investigation 125 Research as a Process of
Discovering a Client's Needs 125 Interviews 127 Cognitive Mapping 142
Repertory Grid 144 Annotated Plans 147 Content Analysis--Verbal Material
148 Content Analysis--Visual 152 Surveys 156 Public Parks Survey 173
Endnotes 176 A Story of Practice: It Starts with Programming 177 Chapter 6
The Goals of Integration in Schematic Design 189 How Research Informs the
Schematic Design Process 189 Research Shapes Refining the Design Strategy
191 Geographic Information Systems (GIS) 193 Behavior Mapping 196
Observation 199 Space Syntax 217 Social Network Analysis 218 Discussion
Groups 218 Space Simulation 228 Experiments 232 A Story of Practice:
Schematic Design 236 A Story of Practice: Design Development 244 Endnotes
266 Chapter 7 The Goals of Implementation 255 How Research Informs the
Post-Occupancy Evaluation (POE) 255 Post-Occupancy Evaluations 257 Case
Studies 262 A Story of Practice: Post-Occupancy Evaluation 267 Endnotes 290
Chapter 8 How to Maintain and Access Research Findings 283 Raw Resources
285 Organizational System 287 Additional Considerations 288 Core Concepts
289 Endnote 292 Conclusion: Doing Design Research 291 Additional Sources of
Information for Design Researchers 293 Index 295