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IMPROVED GENERAL RESEARCH PLAN - Coggle Diagram
IMPROVED GENERAL RESEARCH PLAN
RESEARCH SOURCES
BOOKS I HAVE DIRECT ACCESS TO
The Poetics of Space - Gaston Blanchard
Modern Architecture: A Critical History - Kenneth Frampton
Architectural Graphics - Francis D.K Ching
The Architects Handbook - Quentin Pickard
Towards a New Architecture - Le Corbusier
BOOKS IN THE HARTLEY LIBRARY
Detail in Contemporary Bar and Restaurant Design - Drew Plunkett, Olga Reid
Learning From Las Vegas - Robert Venturi, Steven Izenour, Denise Scott Brown
The Eyes of the Skin: Architecture and the Senses - Juhani Pallasmaa
Buildings Must Die: A Perverse View of Architecture - Stephen Cairns, Jane M. Jacobs
BOOKS I CANNOT ACCESS FREELY
The Elements of Modern Architecture: Understanding Contemporary Buildings - Anthony Radford, Amit Srivastava, Selen B. Morkoc
TOPICS COVERED BY BOOKS I HAVE DIRECT ACCESS TO
Architectural drafting skills
Useful for later sketching
The history of modern architecture worldwide from 1800s-modern day
Will allow me to better understand modern architecture and find styles/architects that interest me
General Architectural Planning
Links with architectural drafting skills, will example more general skills of planning along with drawing
The theory behind modern architecture
Links to both history and philosophy, important as i am designing a modernist building
The philosophy behind experiencing architecture
Links to architecture history and planning, should help me understand certain design choices better
TOPICS COVERED BY BOOKS I DO NOT HAVE DIRECT ACCESS TO
Critiques of modern architecture
Would be useful to provide alternative views and design choices to consider
Bar and Restaurant Planning
Important as i am designing a restaurant, but will be covered during my restaurant research
Theory of senses in architecture
Very useful as will allow me to fully understand architectural experience, links to philosophy behind experiencing architecture
Viewing architecture as something that can die
Interesting, and could be relevant for other academic pieces on architecture but doesn't link to my other research
Breaking down features of modern architecture
Important to understand and links to other pieces of research
HARTLEY LIBRARY PROBLEM
PROBLEM: i cannot take out books from the hartley library to take home, yet i have no time or money to be able to directly go the the library to use the books there
SOLUTIONS
Ask the school library to buy the books for me
PROS: Will give me easy access to books, does not cost me money
CONS: Large amount of books needed- do not want to cost too much, will take time
Remove all the Hartley Library Books from my research
PROS: Will narrow down my research a lot, allow me to focus on other things, Simplest solution, could replace the books with other pieces of research
CONS: will remove vital topics from my research, will need to spend time finding new research sources
Look online to see if i can find downloadable PDFs of the books
PROS: Easy to do, could find PDF's for free, will increase my technology use for EPQ
CONS: PDF's could be pirated online, least likely to find PDF's online, May be hidden behind paywalls, will take a long amount of time, not comfortable to read off the screen
Pay for a membership and be able to take books out of the library
PROS: Will give me access to a lot of resources apart from the books i need- could be used in future, will allow me to take books home, not overly expensive - around £50 for a year membership
CONS: £50 is still good money, will still have to travel to and from the library to take out and return books
FINAL SOLUTIONS
Ask school to see if they can find the books for me from other sources
School has better connections than me and may be able to find them, will order the book if they cannot find it
Remove certain books which do not have links to other research or will be covered by later research
Easy to do, will remove non crucial research and therefore more target my research
PLAN STAGES
STAGE 1)
Find a range of research sources, choose a number to read
STAGE 2)
Read these selected books, make notes on: interesting content or ideas, interesting architects or architecture styles, anything that may invalidate or discredit the research, quotes with page numbers
STAGE 3)
Complete a CRAAP Analysis of each source after i complete it, in order to determine if it is useable in my development
STAGE 4)
Compile all the findings from my valid sources to use into one document, include findings from invalid evidence if it is very interesting (With Disclaimers) or use it to explain choices I make