Getting Started
To help you get started with your design research, this section features an overview of the research process. It provides several resources, tips, and tools to help you navigate and understand research methodologies.
The Research Process
Research is often an iterative process that looks differently for every person and project.
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Research Tools
- Lean Library is a browser extension that provides quick access to full-text resources. If the content you’d like to use does not seem accessible, the extension will automatically check for open-access versions of the article.
- Zotero is a free, easy-to-use tool that helps you collect, organize, annotate, cite, and share research.
- Powernotes is a browser extension that helps you gather research and take notes efficiently.
Research Methodologies
The Little Book of Research Writing by This book is about the first challenge of research writing: how to structure many, complex details into a coherent whole.
Architectural Research Methods by This book aims to help professional designers and researchers better conduct and understand research.
Research Methods for the Architectural Profession by This book introduces research as a systematic process, describes how to formulate research questions, provides an in-depth explanation of different research methods (qualitative, quantitative, and experimental), and explains how to select appropriate research methods and execute research studies.
Research in Landscape Architecture by This book provides guidance on selecting methods and offers direction to help frame and design academic research on landscape architecture.
Operative Design by ISBN: 9789063692896The core idea for this book is the use of operative verbs as tools for designing space. These operative verbs abstract the idea of spatial formation to its most basic terms, allowing for an objective approach to create the foundation for subjective spatial design.
