Sookhoo, D., 2023.

Strategies for Collaborative Research in Architectural Practice: Communicating Metropolitan Workshop's A New Kind of Suburbia

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.