Against and for Method

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On the importance of methodology in teaching architectural design. Can design processes constitute genuine forms of research? Against (and for) Method highlights exemplary cases of how studio architects teach architectural design, address pedagogical deficiencies, and propose new possibilities for integrating methodological approaches into teaching and practice. Contributions by leading scholars in the field, including interviews from five practicing architects, reveal how design concepts are considered, teased apart, and passed down. This book urges instructors to reflect on their methods and consider to what extent systematic and conceptually coherent approaches aid their students.
  Jan Silberberger is a senior assistant at the Institute for the History and Theory of Architecture at ETH Zurich.
  Introduction Jan Silberberger, postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Architecture, ETH Zurich
PART I – ACADEMIZING ARCHITECTURE
Design, Context and Profession: Multiple Manifestations of Research in Architecture Monika Kurath, dean of research and faculty at the University of St. Gallen
Academic Research and the Architectural Design Studio Johan De Walsche, professor of architectural research methods at the University of Antwerp
Tacit Knowledge and the Politics of Architectural Design Research Bernhard Böhm, PhD researcher at the Department of Architecture, ETH Zurich
PART II – SYSTEMATIZING DESIGNDecision-Making in the Face of Uncertainty: Encounters between Design and Science in the Post-war Period Claudia Mareis, director of the Institute of Experimental Design and Media Cultures, FHNW Academy of Art and Design, Basel
Horst Rittel and the Discrete Identity of Design Wolf Reuter, professor emeritus at the Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning, University of Stuttgart
PART III – DESIGN AS RESEARCHCan Scientific Research Be Designed? Hans-Jörg Rheinberger, honorary professor at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Berlin
Contemporary Studio Teaching in Europe: Towards a Theoretical Framework Kim Helmersen, PhD researcher at the Department of Architecture, ETH Zurich
PART IV – KNOWLEDGE PRODUCTION IN THE DESIGN STUDIOThe New Studio: An Experiment in Mapping Controversies Experiment Albena Yaneva, professor of architectural theory at the Faculty of Architecture, University of Manchester
Referencing in Architecture Jan Silberberger, postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Architecture, ETH Zurich
PART V – REVIEW PRACTICE IN ARCHITECTURAL DESIGNThe Crit Adam Jasper, postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Architecture, ETH Zurich
Jeremy Waterfield, student at the Department of Architecture, ETH Zurich
Amy Perkins, teaching assistant at the Department of Architecture, ETH Zurich
Reimagining the Crit Jan Silberberger, postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Architecture, ETH Zurich
PART VI – METHODOLOGIES OF DESIGNING: PRACTITIONERS’ VIEWSOriented Towards Transparency and Comprehensibility Dietmar Eberle, principal of be – Baumschlager Eberle Architekten, Lustenau
Objectivity and Rationality Without Neglecting the Subjective Elli Mosayebi, co-principal of Edelaar Mosayebi Inderbitzin Architekten, Zurich
I’m Not a Rationalist but I Love Logic Momoyo Kaijima, co-principal of Atelier Bow-Wow, Tokyo
Teaching from the Head, Not the Belly Adam Caruso, co-principal of Caruso St John Architects, London
You Have to Know When to Stop Anne Lacaton, co-principal of Lacaton & Vassal Architectes, Paris

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