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Research and Design both involve processes of discovery that would lead to new knowledge. Furthermore, Design is closely associated to Creativity. Being
creative is seeing the same thing as everybody else but thinking of something different. It can be defined as the ability to take existing objects and
combining them in different ways for new purposes. Creativity can produce novel and useful ideas and solutions to everyday problems and challenges.
The Research Project is aimed at gaining knowledge that would upgrade the quality of our built environment and for the advancement of the architectural
profession. The Design Project, on the other hand, is viewed as an activity that would generate proposals in changing something that already exist into
something better.
The first step in the Thesis Project is the preparation of a Thesis Proposal. The students will have to identify possible design projects to work on as well as
introduce the research project that they will relate to the design project. This is not an easy task and before a student can come up with a credible proposal,
one should have done the following:
develop a perspective about the breadth, depth and scope of architectural discipline
develop an awareness of general issues, opportunities, and concerns within the discipline through readings of articles concerning current architectural
practices
choose an area of specialization from the general issues and concerns.
become familiar with specific issues, opportunities, and concerns within the area of specialization
develop queries that speculate on the issues, opportunities, and concerns within the area of specialization
The student can start initially by identifying an issue of local, regional, national or even global concern as starting points for determining a specific research
problem, say Housing Backlog. The next question would be - why is there a housing backlog? It continues with a search for possible cause to the problem
that could have architectural significance it is due to the inadequacies of conventional building materials and systems to cope up with house production
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targets. The problem now has become an architectural concern. A possible architectural intervention can be deduced from the above statements House
production rate can substantially increase if housing components can be standardized. With that, the general problem has now been reduced to an
architectural problem focusing on the derivation of standards for housing components. This can still be, however, trimmed down to a more focused and
specific derivation of standards for low-cost housing components.
From the above process, a possible Design Project could be A Housing Prototype for a Low-Cost Community for North Rail Settlers and the Research Project
could be Derivation of Standards for Low-Cost Housing Components.
The Architecture Thesis Projects seeks to support and enhance the study of sustainable and energy-efficient building practices in Architectural Education.
Thesis students are encouraged to explore the use of new materials and strategies for building, and the integration of aesthetics and technology for high-
performing, cutting edge architecture.
The objective of this integration is to encourage students and develop excellence in architectural planning and design that integrates environmentally
responsive design strategies.
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