A Guide to Socially-Informed Research for Architects and Designers

This book offers an efficient set of step-by-step tips and overarching lessons about how to gather useful, meaningful, and socially-informed data about clients' experiences in architecture and interior design professions.

Autorentext

Michelle Janning is the Raymond and Elsie DeBurgh Chair of Social Sciences and Professor of Sociology at Whitman College.

Inhalt

Introduction: Incorporating Socially-Informed Research into Design The WHY 1. Framing a Project's Goals and Research Question The WHAT 2. Choosing a Research Method to Inform Design The HOW 3. Choosing a Sample and Communicating with People during the Research Process The WHO 4. Setting and Pace for Data Collection The WHERE and WHEN 5. Telling the Data Story with Analysis and Presentation Continuing the HOW Conclusion: Informing Future Design and Designing Socially Sustainable Communities Revisiting the WHY