The Myth of the Research Framework in Design Theses - Part 2

Send us Fan Mail In the second part of this three-part series on the “context specificity” approach, we explain a design thesis studio philosophy that insists on “real site + real community issues only,” with the focus placed on identifying and solving authentic design problems. The studio runs for a full academic year, structured as: 7 weeks of Special Semester (Brief proposal on site analysis and research) 14 weeks of Design Development 14 weeks of Detailed Design + Specia...