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The Centre and the Periphery: some reflections on the nature and conduct of architectural research

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 August 2008

Dean Hawkes
Dean Hawkes
Affiliation:
Welsh School of ArchitectureUniversity of Wales College of CardiffBute BuildingKing Edward VII AvenueCardiff CF1 3APUnited Kingdom
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Abstract

This paper, which is based upon a talk given to the Martin Centre Research Society at the Department of Architecture at Cambridge in October 1994, examines the continuing relevance of the model of architectural research which was proposed at the Oxford Conference on architectural education in 1958. It suggests that the Oxford model, with its roots in the procedures of the sciences, in which ‘fundamental’ research precedes ‘development’, before leading into practical application, fails to account for the role of the designer in the evolution of the state of architecture. It also proposes that developments in architectural education, in particular the growth of the unit system of studio instruction, have added a further element to the productive and investigative potential of the schools of architecture, and that this must be accounted for in any valid model of research.

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arq: Architectural Research Quarterly , Volume 1 , Issue 1 , Autumn 1995 , pp. 8 - 11
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1995

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