BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY

- Current state of architecturally designing your proposed structure (what influences the arrangement
of spaces, design principles you need to follow or you will follow)
- Define the architectural approach you will use based on rrl/s
- CITE RRL/S

RATIONALE
- Establish the need for your proposal (why is it necessary?)

CURRENT STATE OF RESEARCH

- The “bigger problem” of the study with regards or regardless to architecture
- You can state Societal, educational, economical, agricultural, mental, etc. problems that affect how
we design or solve problems architecturally
- You can also state why you shoes that specific architectural approach (what impact can it do to the
society or community)
- Include the same existing facility/ies if there is/are (for comparison and/or to further establish the
need)

REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE AND STUDIES

- Review of existing and related structures to your study
- Content should have:
1. What makes the structure relevant to your study?
2. Pick a significant feature/strategy/detail that you will use and relate to your study

RESEARCH GAP
- What new knowledge will your paper offer that’s not reviewed in any literature or study?

PROBLEM IN THE FIELD/STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM

- State the problem

OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY

- Expected outcome/execution based on the statements of the problem (write objectives
consecutively based on how you arranged the statement of the problem)

CONCEPTUAL PARADIGM
- Illustrate framework of your study (you can use typical IPO framework or create your own—as long
as it makes sense and is comprehensible)

DEFINITION OF TERMS
- Enumerate words that are significant to your research and might have different meaning (such as
jargons, etc.)
- Define it by its operational definition (how the word/s was/were used in the study)