Narratives of making: thinking practice led research in architecture

Practice led research methods investigate their line of inquiries from within a knowledge of doing. The practice is an incorporated skill set, a working method in which the practitioner is trained. The recent focus on practice led research method acknowledges practice as a means of gaining new knowledge. Efforts across the field of practice based research seek to develop means for engaging with issues such as critical assessment, comparability and evaluation. This paper presents research undertaken within the field of architecture. Through the presentation of two practice led research projects: Knitted Skins and Parawood our aim is to discuss the methodology by which these projects are developed and its particular referencing of architectural design practice.