中心与边缘

文章重点强调了在当前英国大学教育体制下,研究在建筑学学科发展中的重要性,以及作为区别于其他人文及理科学科的特征之一,建筑学学科的研究工作应当以建筑设计作为核心内容,以对实践的价值贡献作为评价标准。进而,在研究和教学的关系上,指出设计教师批判性的实践是沟通研究和教学两者间的重要桥梁。从这一角度出发,批判性的实践无疑也是建筑学学科研究的一种独特的形式。

The Centre and the Periphery

This essay puts the emphasize on the importance of the research in the development of the architectural discipline under the academic system in British today, and points out that as the nature of the architectural discipline, design should be the core of research. Further more, it argues that the "critical practice" of academic architects is the medium between the research and the teaching. In this sense, it becomes an unique form of research also.