TY - JOUR
T1 - Architectural design research through reflection
T2 - a sub-approach under “research by design”
AU - Uzunkaya, Aslı
AU - Paker Kahvecioğlu, Nurbin
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022, Emerald Publishing Limited.
PY - 2022/9/27
Y1 - 2022/9/27
N2 - Purpose: This study is based on a research approach proposal aiming to reveal tacit knowledge that shapes architectural design processes through subjective accumulations and tools. With the premise that design embodies tacit and personal knowledge, it proposes an alternative way to decipher this subjective medium. Design/methodology/approach: The proposed research approach, “(architectural) design research through reflection”, basically belongs to “research by design” method and narrowed in the focus of reflection. It enables to study how tacit knowledge functions within processes of architectural design without being its very subject. The proposal and the product of the approach, revealing diagram, are developed through the “architect's” tools and the involvement of the “researchers” in the process. It is also supported by a conceptual basis created from literature on reflection. Findings: By means of the proposal, the reflective accumulation of the subjects, that is, the tacit knowledge, is investigated in relation to practice. The revealing diagram is presented as a tool through which relations can be interpreted within the framework of subjects. It is a tool by which the subjects, tools and processes of the architectural design product can be analysed. Originality/value: The study contributes to architectural research by shifting the perspective on reflective knowledge that shapes design processes.
AB - Purpose: This study is based on a research approach proposal aiming to reveal tacit knowledge that shapes architectural design processes through subjective accumulations and tools. With the premise that design embodies tacit and personal knowledge, it proposes an alternative way to decipher this subjective medium. Design/methodology/approach: The proposed research approach, “(architectural) design research through reflection”, basically belongs to “research by design” method and narrowed in the focus of reflection. It enables to study how tacit knowledge functions within processes of architectural design without being its very subject. The proposal and the product of the approach, revealing diagram, are developed through the “architect's” tools and the involvement of the “researchers” in the process. It is also supported by a conceptual basis created from literature on reflection. Findings: By means of the proposal, the reflective accumulation of the subjects, that is, the tacit knowledge, is investigated in relation to practice. The revealing diagram is presented as a tool through which relations can be interpreted within the framework of subjects. It is a tool by which the subjects, tools and processes of the architectural design product can be analysed. Originality/value: The study contributes to architectural research by shifting the perspective on reflective knowledge that shapes design processes.
KW - Architectural design research
KW - Reflection
KW - Research by design
KW - Tacit knowledge
KW - Tools
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85134400159&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1108/OHI-07-2021-0155
DO - 10.1108/OHI-07-2021-0155
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85134400159
SN - 0168-2601
VL - 47
SP - 688
EP - 709
JO - Open House International
JF - Open House International
IS - 4
ER -