OUGD405- Studio Session: Research

Interesting facts about my topic (The Bauhaus)

• Existed in three buildings: Berlin, Weimar, Dessau
• Architecture, painting, sculpture were the main instructions at the Bauhaus
• The students were trained in craft, drawing, painting, science and theory
• It was the most influential institute in modernist architecture and design
• Founded by Walter Gropius in 1919
• 1933 it was closed down by its own leadership because of pressure from the Nazi regime
• It had three directors: Walter Gropius 1919-1928, Hannes Mayer 1928-1930, Ludwig Miles Van Der Rohe 1930-1933
• Bauhaus translates to 'School of building' 

 We had to identify which of our interesting points were facts and which were opinions in our groups:

Facts- 67
Opinions- 13

We tallied up the results of the class:

70/90 facts and 20/90 opinions

As a group, we identified the methods which we used to collect our information :

• Searching the internet
• Watching videos
• Talking to people
• Reading books

Different forms of source material

• Contextual references 
• Photography
• Dates of historical reference
• Observation
• Watching videos
• Written quotes
• Printed images
• Scanned images
• Practical experiments
• Emails
• Photocopies

problems faced when researching

• Organising material
• Unreliable sources
• Time restraints
• Geographical restraints
• Legal restrictions
• Cost
• Past events
• Lack of interest
• Lack of prior knowledge
• Outside limitations
• Co-operation

How to address these problems

• Budgeting
• Find out people who have been there
• Time management
• Priorities
• Schedule
• Planning
• Confidence
• Send emails to people who have been there
• Appropriate travel
• Google maps - visual source