Description
Book SynopsisWithin the spatial design disciplines, research through design as a tool and practice has often been neglected. This book provides a much-needed companion to the theories, methods and processes involved in using design-based research in landscape, architecture and urban design.
Aimed specifically at researchers completing PhD projects, supervisors and designers working in practice, it covers applied approaches to help you to use design research in your work. With fully illustrated examples of original international design research PhDs from a variety of programme types, such as individual, structured and practice-based, Design Research for Urban Landscapes offers PhD candidates and supervisors a clear foundational pathway.
Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Crossing fields: Designing and Researching Raumgeschehen 2. Design Research as a Non-Linear Interplay of Five Moments 3. Navigating in Urban Landscapes – Mapping as a Navigational Strategy in Designing Landscapes 4. Walk with Me! How Walking Inspires Designing 5. Design Comments – A Dialogue-Based Approach to Using Designerly Knowledge in Transdisciplinary Contexts 6. On Playing and Designing. Gaining Knowledge and Finding Ideas through Play during the Process of Designing Urban Landscapes Chapter 7. Holding onto the land 8. Urban Landscape Stories – Narratives as a Design Research Tool 9. Creating Future Research Platforms 10. Setting Out. Creative Strategies for the Beginning Phase in Large-Scale Landscape Design 11. Conclusion
