Environmental Design Research: The Problems and Needs of the Environmental Design Professions

摘要

Research needs of the environmental design (ED) profession are documented in five studies. They include the following results: a conference of leading design professionals to identify major present and future ED research needs; a survey of architectural firm principals to determine their major concerns regarding the built environment, their clients, the economy, government, energy, information, technology, and human needs; an analysis of the research agendas of American Institute of Architects (AIA) committees concerned with various aspects of architectural design and practice to determine their current research needs; a survey of AIA components to determine the needs and potentials for research and information transfer of local professional organizations; and a compilation of research programs of other design professions to identify their goals and present research activity. Two additional studies are reported: a digest for the future to identify trends which will influence research needs; and an outline of the building process and major participants in the building industry to indicate scope and structure of the constituency to be served. The appendices constitute a list of conference participants, questionnaires, addresses of research organizations, and the American Planning Association research program status report.