The making of "An architectural guide to Wellington"

Abstract

This research report begins the development of an Architectural guide to Wellington. The first stage of the research involved the analysis of the methodology of existing guides with a view to establishing the basic parameters involved. This analysis was achieved under the categories of Content, content Structure, Presentation & Format. Besides providing useful reference examples the results indicated that there was a relationship between both the 'end user' & Format and between Format & Content/content Structure. The second stage used these same categories to form the basis of a questionnaire. The subjects of this were those people deemed most likely to use, or be involved in the use of, a Wellington guide. The aim was to develop a framework for such a guide, relative to Wellington. The results indicated clear preferences, amongst those responding, for a Booklet Format and for the Content to be structured around a Historical or Location basis. Recommendations are made by the Author based on this research.