ABSTRACT
This chapter charts the exploration of approaches to site in practice-led 1 research, with a particular focus on the field of interiors, yet with the view to determining affinities with other creative practices. Practice-led is used to describe the forms of knowledge generation utilised by designers, researchers and academics in this field, using the numerous ways in which research is undertaken when working directly with found materials: primarily existing buildings. It describes practice-led approaches that are gleaned from the many actions of handling materials and their subsequent documentation and reuse. These are described as performative practices, ones that designate ‘the found’, that is, site-specific elements, as the material for the generation of new insights.
