Reflection

A ref lection on the contributions in this issue requires a recollection of the 2019 summer conference »Research Perspectives in Architecture«, as well as a consideration of the themes discussed there. It is important to examine and explore which approaches, ways of thinking, and potentials will unfold on this basis for future research in the discipline of architecture. The initial questions mentioned in the editorial introduction to this volume – Where do we come from? Where are we now? Where are we going? – address the dimensions of past, present, and future, inquiring into the history, current state, and future of the research of architecture. In this regard, we need to ref lect on recent developments and changes in architectural research. Bold terms, such as the »research turn« (cf. Archis 2016) – implying the academicization of the architecture discipline, the scientific character of research or the integrity of genuine methodologies of architecture – seek further framing and definition. Although the aim of this ref lection is not to fathom these overarching terminologies, they have been consolidated more specifically through a discussion of the contributions in this ref lection.