"Doing design": notes on the social organization of studio life

This thesis discusses and employs the use of ethnographic approaches to design practices. General arguments concerning the use of ethnography within design research are advanced. Empirical findings, derived from the employment of ethnographic methods to a design studio setting, are used to support specific claims concerning the nature of the design process. A social/collectivist conception of the design process and design practices is offered as an alternative to individualistic/psychological accounts.

Name thesis:degree_name

M.L. Arch.

Level thesis:degree_level

masters

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Architecture and Urban Studies

Department dc:contributor.department

Architecture and Urban Studies

Grantor dc:publisher

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Year dc:date.issued

1986

Author dc:creator

• Watts, Dey W.

Statement dc:rights

• In Copyright

Licence dc:rights.uri

• http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Language dc:language.iso

en_US

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10919/91155

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/91155