CONTENTS
Acknowledgements vii
Notes on contributors viii
Introduction : the changing shape of architectural practice and research xiv
Michael Hensel and Fredrik Nilsson
Part 1: 700+ Employees 1
CHAPTER 1 AECOM global sports – Rio Olympic Games Barra Park 2
Pavel Hladik
Chapter 2 Perkins + Will : research mechanisms and projects at Perkins + Will 14
John Haymaker, Ajla Aksamija, and David Green
Chapter 3 White: integrated networks of knowledge in Architectural Practice – research as strategic tools for design and work culture of White Architects 25
Fredrik Nilsson and Marja Lundgren
Chapter 4 Woods Bagot : user experience typologies of space 36
Ruth Conroy Dalton and Christian Derix
Part 2: UP TO 100 and 100+ Employees 47
5. Kieran Timberlake : researching – Kieran Timberlake’s design ethic 48
Daniel S. Friedman
Chapter 6. PLP Architecture : accessing the future 61
Lars Hesselgren, Benachir Medjdoub and Andrei Martin
Chapter 7. SHoP : make it whole – on valuing means and ends in the practice of SHoP 74
Philip Nobel
Chapter 8 3XN/GXN - a new model for green collaborations through research in practice 85
Kaspar Guldager and Terri Peters
Chapter 9 UN Studio : research and the ritual of sharing in the practice of UNStudio 96
Ben van Berkel and Madelief ter Braak
Part 3: FEWER THAN 25 Employees 109
Chapter 10 Thomas Herzog Architekten : reflection on the paradigam of solar architecture 110
Thomas Herzog
Chapter 11 : AZPML Alejandro Zaera-Polo & Maider Llaguno : aircraft 119
Alejandro Zaera-Polo and Maider Llaguno
Chapter 12 : Herreros Arquitectos
Christian Hermansen Cordua
Chapter 13. ONL Oosterhuis Lenard : continuous variation 146
Chapter 14. Spacescape : Urban research and design 155
Lars Marcus and Alexander Stahle
PART 4 SPECIAL CASE 167
Chapter 15 : OCEAN Design Research Association : the future of practices 168
Michael Hensel Defne Sunguroglu Hensel
Bibliography 181
Image Credits 186
Index 189