Sookhoo, D., 2023.
Strategies for Collaborative Research in Architectural Practice: Communicating Metropolitan Workshop's A New Kind of Suburbia
| Output Type: | Chapter in a book |
| Publication: | Collective Action! The Power of Collaboration and Co-Design in Architecture |
| Brief Description/Editor(s): | Fiehn, R., Buchanan, K., Haward, M. |
| Publisher: | RIBA Publishing, London |
| ISBN/ISSN: | 9781914124907 |
| URL: | www.ribabooks.com/collective-action-the-power-of-collaboration-and-co-design-in-architecture-2023_9781914124907 |
Despite evidence that architects are increasingly conducting research in practice, few have
published detailed accounts of their experience of designing and implementing research
projects within commercial architectural practices. This represents a distinct barrier to
establishing a shared culture of research within a profession that relies on learning through
practice. This chapter considers A New Kind of Suburbia, a practice-based research project
conducted by Metropolitan Workshop, before discussing strategies to enhance collaboration
through research dissemination and shared research agendas. This is intended to
complement guidance offered by others concerning research design, implementation and
dissemination for shared learning in practice settings. The case study and subsequent
guidance considers the need to reconcile research with the commercial priorities of
architectural practice. These insights are useful for architects undertaking practice-based
research, and potentially, for academics wishing to collaborate with architects to define and
implement their research agenda within commercial practice.