The Cultural Value of Architecture: A critical review with specific reference to UK homes and neighbourhoods

我们的建议是第一次对英国建筑文化价值的现有研究进行批判性审查，重点关注家庭和社区的建筑。“建筑”在这里并不限于那些拥有英国建筑师皇家协会特许地位的活动。在这里，我们把建筑称为“设计研究”或“研究实践”，其特征是严格使用诸如绘图、咨询、愿景、设计、总体规划和建筑等方法。尽管有很多证据表明医院和学校的建筑投入是有价值的，在住宅和社区中，建筑投入的价值仍然不清楚，部分原因是在这些地方建立受控的测试环境很困难contexts.建立价值的其他方法需要以一定的紧迫性来开发，因为家庭和邻里的建筑在应对人口老龄化和能源使用等重要社会挑战方面发挥着关键作用。该评论将提供一个评估家庭和社区建筑的框架，这将有助于政策制定者和从业者引导该行业的未来。它将集中在三个相互关联的组成部分或价值方面：1。幸福2邻里凝聚力3.身份归属和遗产由于我们关注的是跨越社会经济类别的建筑方面，我们将专注于促进群体而不是个人福祉的方法。该项目的一个重要优势是咨询小组，包括来自工业界和学术界的关键人物，他们从广泛的观点为我们的辩论提供知识。该项目得到了英国皇家建筑师协会的支持，并将为他们的审查《建筑的价值和影响》提供证据。在文化和创意产业部的投资组合中，建筑的价值目前备受争议。事实上，政府最近任命特里·法雷尔爵士领导一项关于公共政策、设计和建筑环境的研究。这一重要的审查将通过一份简报文件作为法雷尔爵士调查的证据，以这种方式影响有关该专业发展的政策。建筑无法证明自己的价值，部分原因是该行业缺乏正式的研究和开发文化。评论通过论证和提升建筑的价值来影响建筑实践。最初以数据库的形式进行的批判性审查将为一系列出版物提供基础，最值得注意的是针对建筑师，客户和政策制定者的建筑文化价值报告。它将汇集这一主题的其他评论，并为家庭和邻里领域的未来研究实践提供重要的基准。这一批判性的评论将对建筑研究方法的发展产生重要影响，这些方法迄今为止一直被隐藏，主要是因为从业者很少阐明他们在研究方面所做的事情。建筑不仅仅是建筑，建筑师擅长基于空间配置和复杂信息集（定量和定性）的可视化来阐述和开发设计方案。该项目将通过更广泛的文化价值项目更多地接触建筑方法。它还将为通过跨学科互动开发新的混合方法提供机会。

Our proposal is to create for the first time a critical review of the existing research on the cultural value of architecture in the UK focusing on the architecture of the home and of the neighbourhood. 'Architecture' is not limited here to the activities of those with Royal Institute of British Architects chartered status. We refer here to architecture as 'design research' or 'research practice' characterised by the rigorous use of such methods as mapping, consultation, visioning, design, masterplanning and building.Whilst there is much evidence for value of architectural input in hospitals and schools, the value of architectural input in homes and neighbourhoods remains unclear partly because of the difficulty in setting up controlled test environments in these contexts. Other methods for establishing value need to be developed with some urgency as the architecture of home and neighbourbood has a key role to play in addressing important societal challenges such as the ageing population and energy use. The critical review will provide a framework for evaluating architecture in homes and neighbourhoods that will help policy makers and practitioners to steer the future of the profession. It will focus on three interconnected components or aspects of value: 1. Wellbeing 2. Neighbourhood Cohesion3. Identity Belonging and Heritage As we are concerned with the aspects of architecture that cut across socio economic categories we will focus on ways of promoting wellbeing to groups rather than individuals. An important strength of this project is the Advisory Group, including key figures from both industry and academia informing our debate with knowledge from a wide spectrum of viewpoints. The project is supported by the Royal Institute of British Architects and will provide evidence for their review The Value and Impact of Architecture. Sitting controversially within the portfolio of the Culture and Creative Industries Ministry the value of Architecture is currently subject to debate. Indeed the government has recently appointed Sir Terry Farrell to lead a study on public policy, design and the built environment. This critical review will be used, via a briefing paper, as evidence in Sir Farrell's enquiry, in this way influencing policy on the development of the profession. Architecture's inability to evidence its own value can in part be put down to a lack of formal Research and Development culture within the profession. The critical review will influence architectural practice by evidencing and promoting the value of architecture. Initially in the form of a database the critical review will provide the foundation for a series of publication, most notably the Cultural Value of Architecture Report aimed at architects, clients and policy makers. It will draw together other reviews of this subject and provide an important benchmark for future research practice in the area of home and neighbourhood.The critical review will have an important impact on the development of architectural research methodologies which have remained hidden up until now, largely because practitioners rarely articulate what they do in terms of research. Architecture is not just about building, architects are adept at articulating and developing design proposals based on the spatial configuration and visualisation of complex sets of information (quantitative and qualitative). The project will give greater exposure to the methodologies of architecture through the wider Cultural Value project. It will also provide opportunities for the development of new blended methodologies developed through interdisciplinary interaction.