Anyone who had suffered writing a clear research paper in the discipline of architecture, or,
anyone who had hard time understanding the differences between architectural design and architectural research, or,
anyone who had sought to understand systematically the systems of inquiry in architecture, designing research methods
in architecutre, clear reasoning and argumentation in architecture, here is a great book by Prof. Groat and Prof. Wang.
The book is basically divided into two parts. The first part provides the theoretical background of architectural research methods,
and the second part provides various case studies on different architectural research methods.
In the first part of the book, reasoning methods (inductive method/ deductive method/ abductive method I & II) are well
articuated theoretically and how they apply in architectural discipline. Researcher's paradigmatic stance (postivist/postpostivist,
intersubjective, constructivist) is articulated in relation to there ontological (research reality), epistemological (researcher's
relatioship to research reality), and reasoning patterns & methods. Standards of quality argumentation and evaluation is
well articulated as well in the first part of the book.
In the second part of the book, seven types of research methods (historical, qualitative, correlational, experimental,
simulation, logical argumentation, and mixed) are well presented and argued.
If a prospect reader is allergic to philosophical terminology or advaced academic reasoning:
Read the second part of the book first and then read the first part of the book.
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Joongwon Lee
here is a great book by Prof
Reviewed in the United States on 8 October 2016Verified Purchase
Amar Hoxha
Also the book is good and useful
Reviewed in the United States on 20 November 2015Verified Purchase
CY
Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on 10 August 2017Verified Purchase
Aviva Shulem
Good source for design research and development in architecture
Reviewed in the United States on 5 March 2018Verified Purchase
lkk17
Great Book
Reviewed in the United States on 2 October 2013Verified Purchase
