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Ways to aStudy Proposal
Prof.dr.ir. Taeke M. de Jong
Classical empirical research proposals
• problem statement (problem isolation)• clear aim• reference• starting points• hypothesis• variables• data• method• content• publish
Design related study
• can not isolate problems from a coherent field of problems• brings aims together in a field of aims, a concept• has many references, not only written text but especially
images: forms, types, models, concepts, programmes• has many starting points• has designs as hypothesis stating: “This will work”• has many context variables (“parameters”)• while the object still varies in your head• has many ways to study (in a book with 10 000 key words)• content grows drawing, calculating and writing• publishes with the medium as a message
Design related study orempirical research
• Research produces probabilities by causes
• Design produces possibilities by conditions
Ways to Study and Researchurban, architectural and technical design
CONTENTSIntroductionA. Naming and describingB. Design research and typologyC. EvaluatingD. ModellingE. Programming and optimisingF. Technical Study G. Design StudyH. Study by designEpilogue
determined variable OBJECTdetermined Design Research Design Studyvariable Typological research Study by designCONTEXT
Study by design
Empirical research
Ideal contents of adesign related
Study Proposal
1.OBJECT OF STUDY AND ITS CONTEXT
2.MY STUDY PROPOSAL
3.ACCOUNTS
1 OBJECT OF MY STUDY AND ITS CONTEXT
1.1. Object of my study
1.2. Probable future context: field of problems
1.3. Desired impacts of my study: field of aims
1.4. My designerly references: field of means
1.5. My portfolio and perspective: field of abilities
2 MY STUDY PROPOSAL
2.1. Location and|or other future context factors
2.2. Motivation and|or programme of requirements
2.3. Intended results, contributions and planning
3 ACCOUNTS
3.1. Meeting criteria for a study proposal
3.2. References
3.3. Key words
Criteria for a study proposal
A.Affinity with designingB.University latitudeC.Concept formation and transferabilityD.Retrievability and accumulating
capacityE.Methodical accountability and depthF.Ability to be criticised and to criticiseG.Convergence and limitations
1 OBJECT OF MY STUDY AND ITS CONTEXT
1.1. Object of my study: frame and grain
1.2. Probable future context: field of problems
1.3. Desired impacts of my study: field of aims
1.4. My designerly references: field of means
1.5. My portfolio and perspective: field of abilities
Context sensitivity of our design object
Preface by Rector FokkemaWithin the range of a technical university the object of design – in terms of (urban) architecture and technique – is the design subject that is amongst all others most sensitive to context.The programme of requirements is not only derived from an economical and technical context, but also from contexts hailing from political, cultural, ecological en spatial considerations; on many levels of scale.
How tohandlecontext
Explicit future context
• protects your study against judgements with other suppositions about the future context
• raises the debate about the robustness of your study in different future contexts
• makes your study comparable to other studies in comparable contexts
• raises a ‘field of problems’ instead of an isolated ‘problem statement’ by subtracting desirable futures from the probable ones
Explicit impacts within that context
• indicate actors and specialists to join the team or take into account
• imply a societal and personal relevance or fascination• imply a field of aims• imply actors willing to finance your study• could produce a programme of requirements• before you have a precise study proposal !
Subtracting futures
• Field of problems = Probable - Desirable
• Field of Aims = Desirable - Probable
Limit your object of study by scale
http://team.bk.tudelft.nl > Publications 2004
Grain and impacts of your study
http://team.bk.tudelft.nl > Publications 2004
Desired impacts of your study
http://team.bk.tudelft.nl > Publications 2004
How to judge these impacts without future context?
http://team.bk.tudelft.nl > Publications 2004
Changing context changes impacts
http://team.bk.tudelft.nl > Publications 2004
Subtracting futures
• Field of problems = Probable - Desirable
• Field of Aims = Desirable - Probable
2 MY STUDY PROPOSAL
2.1. Location and|or other future context factors
2.2. Motivation and|or programme of requirements
2.3. Intended results, contributions and planning
Field of problems and aims• Problems: probable, but not desirable futures
• Aims: desirable, but not probable futures
How to limitate, concentrate
• give way to fascinations (motivated concentrations)• choose a scale (frame and grain) before an object• publish your portfolio evaluating it as field of abilities• decide to improve or to extend them in your proposal• publish images that fascinate you as a field of means• look at them as a professional: which concepts,
types, models programmes could you harvest?• make your assumptions about the future explicit• imagine the impacts your study could have• cash your dreams
3 ACCOUNTS
3.1. Meeting criteria for a study proposal
3.2. References
3.3. Key words
