scholarly journals Development of spatial-design thinking in architecture education

2021 ◽  
Vol 274 ◽  
pp. 09010
Author(s):  
Ludmila Danchenko

The paper discusses the peculiarities of developing spatial-design thinking of future architects and determining the levels of its formation. The peculiarity of this work is in revealing the sequence of actions and operations of spatial-design thinking during the architect's training as well as applying the modified design-analog method suggested by the authors. The proposed method has a practical orientation. It does not contradict the methods used, and has a wider range of applications in comparison with traditional methods. The article discusses the prospects for the development of the proposed method.

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 36
Author(s):  
Ilya Fadjar Maharika

<p class="Keywords">Integration of human knowledge principle has been widespread in the world of Islamic education, including in Indonesia. Partially seen as an attempt to build a school of thought of architecture education, the principle opens the discussion on the discursive level of design thinking. This paper reveals an explorative effort to translate the idea into a class experiment in an architectural design studio. This class experimental research uses a content analysis of students’ reflective writing who involve the design process that deliberately begins with the introduction of revealed knowledge (Arabic: <em>wahy</em>) in Architectural Design Studio 7 at the Department of Architecture, Universitas Islam Indonesia. In conclusion, it has formulated a dynamic and multi-dimensional construction of design thinking based on the integration of knowledge</p>


2009 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Roberta M. Feldman ◽  
Walter Grondzik

I am impressed but not surprised at how differently Tom, Richard and Iview the question of “affecting change in architectural education.” Tomtook on the more expansive issue of how the broader university might redefineitself through “design thinking” and “design thinkers’” leadership,while Richard gave a concise overview of long held aspirations forarchitectural education and the profession. And I took on architecture’srelationship to society, particularly concerned with “massive societalchanges.” All of us, however, appear to have faith in architecture’sability, using Richard’s words, to “make a difference.” It seems to methat relying on past and even present architecture education models isnot the best strategy.- - - -Change is both pervasive and evasive. In architectural education,evasive may arguably dominate. Although many aspects of change(or the potential therefore) might serve as a basis for this discussion,change to mitigate the negative environmental impacts of buildings willbe selected as a case in point. There may be no single issue of greaterlong-term impact facing architectural education and the professions itserves.


2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 11-29
Author(s):  
Huseyin Ozdemir ◽  
Gokce Ketizmen Onal ◽  
Aysen Celen Ozturk

Informal education contributes to the development of the student's design skills and the performance of architecture education by addressing subjects that do not fall directly into the curriculum. This study is mainly about the development of students' design thinking skills in informal education. In order to make an assessment, a case study was conducted on the Bademlik Design Festival (BTF), which can be described as an important example in the field of informal education. By adhering to the method, surveys were applied to the instructors and students participating in the BTF. The concepts obtained according to the survey results are based on a detailed conceptual framework. Then, by interpreting this conceptual framework, students' learning outcomes are revealed. As a result, it is observed that the students in the workshops conducted at the BTF gain design thinking skills such as “interaction, free and original thinking, innovation, communication and dialogue”.


2019 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 48-54
Author(s):  
Muhammad Waqas

The role of educationists is to help students develop quality thinking through self-reflection and discovering. Nature is on top of the index of discovery. This study contains measures for enhancing sensitivity towards nature, with the basic assumption that nature is the primary guide that generates diverse empirical and creative design processes in architecture education. Understanding the importance of nature and environment at beginner level is more effective, as working with nature will become intrinsic part of students’ design thinking. Foundation studio at the Department of Architecture at COMSATS University, Islamabad, serves as junction of art, architecture and nature, which works towards developing the critical thinking process. In order to bring students closer to the goal of inclusion of nature in the core design thinking “Impulsive” teaching methodology was adopted. Lateral thinking, one of the tools of impulsive system of teaching, was carried through in three stages: observation of nature, recording observations in variety of media and correlating observed natural phenomena to solve a given design problem. In this case the design problem was a piece of furniture, using a very thin sheet of steel that had a thickness of sixteen to twenty gauge. The study highlights a studio model by describing one of the experimental processes that was designed to augment originality in architectural design thinking. A specific natural phenomenon that is wind, was focused upon as a natural parameter of this study. The objective of the studio model was to offer students an organic tool for exploring new design possibilities. This helped students to visit and revisit the central idea for multiple interpretations, in order to relate it with architectural design process at any stage of design development. Keywords: Architecture Education, Design Process, Natural Phenomena, Wind, Impulsive System


Author(s):  
Foong Peng Veronica Ng

Literature on current architectural pedagogy have posited the issue that architectural education lacked change and questioned whether current studio teaching provides adequate design-thinking education and connection to the real world. The increasing importance on the relationship between architecture, community, and place sets a backdrop as a catalyst for improvement within the field, particularly in how this relationship frames the teaching and learning within the design studio. Using an architectural design studio module conducted in the Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Architecture programme at Taylor's University, this chapter discusses the principles for an alternative design studio pedagogy and the values it brings about. The author argues that design education underpinned by “people” and “place” engages students' increased interesting and motivation for learning, with the awareness and sensitivities to the real and scholarly setting, hence bridging the gap between reality and education.


2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (8) ◽  
pp. 4369
Author(s):  
Stanislav Avsec ◽  
Magdalena Jagiełło-Kowalczyk

Education systems are struggling to effectively integrate in their study programs the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) which define the challenges we need to overcome as a society in the 21st century. This study revealed the special agency that architecture and built environment have in shaping our social, economic, and natural environment using system and design thinking. Despite the several studies on the metacognitive design process, several cognitive traps still exist when developing design thinking in architecture education. This study investigated design thinking and self-directed learning in undergraduate architecture students. Responses collected from a sample of 117 undergraduates were subjected to bootstrapping in structural equation modelling to find significant relationships of reversed action when design thinking is used for developing self-directed learning. The findings suggest that design thinking is strongly connected with self-directed learning, and as shown in the resulting model, all components of self-directed learning are strongly explained by design thinking variables. This can provide insights for curriculum designers and educators on how to shape effective design thinking processes in architecture education to overcome existing shortcomings while improving interpersonal skills, creativity and digital skills, make pedagogical changes, and enhance redesign of learning outcomes towards sustainable architecture.


2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 39
Author(s):  
Carmen García Sánchez

Este artículo analiza y revela las claves de una propuesta de proyecto de innovación educativa, ideada y planeada por mí para ser desarrollada, como profesora e investigadora postdoctoral, en la Escuela de Arquitectura integrada en la Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts de Copenhague (KADK), en el Instituto de Arquitectura y Diseño (IAD). El proyecto, donde el aula se concibe como un laboratorio de arquitectura lugar de encuentro entre las asignaturas de Diseño Arquitectónico y Construcción de Edificios, integra una variedad de metodologías educativas innovadoras: Gamificación, Aula Invertida (Flipped Classroom), Aprendizaje Basado en Retos, Pensamiento de Diseño (Design Thinking), Inteligencia Colectiva, etc… A través de él, los estudiantes de arquitectura son capaces de mejorar su creatividad y adquirir diversos conocimientos, fortalezas y habilidades complementarias, entre ellas: La creación de un espacio privado, la reflexión sobre la idea de habitar; la exploración del diseño arquitectónico conectado con la naturaleza; nociones acerca de diseño sostenible y reciclaje; la progresión de su pensamiento crítico y creativo; el desarrollo de sus habilidades de comunicación gráfica, escrita y oral; la activación de su pensamiento independiente y original; y la mejora de sus habilidades de liderazgo y organización, co-diseño, gestión del tiempo, habilidades de resolución de conflictos/problemas y toma de decisiones. El artículo ofrece recursos para la buena práctica e implementación de la innovación educativa, y, por lo tanto, para facilitar la innovación a nivel del aula. Facilita herramientas para superar los desafíos que enfrentan los modelos de aprendizaje innovadores en la educación de Arquitectura. Pero sobre todo tiene como objetivo fomentar la innovación en la educación del diseño arquitectónico al empoderar e inspirar a los profesores y otros miembros del personal educativo para que utilicen métodos de enseñanza innovadora, mientras comparten su mejor praxis y experiencia con sus colegas.AbstractThis article analyzes and reveals the keys to an educational innovation project proposal, conceived and planned by me to be developed, as a professor and postdoctoral researcher, at the Integrated School of Architecture at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen (KADK) , at the Institute of Architecture and Design (IAD). The project, where the classroom is conceived as an architecture laboratory, a meeting place between the subjects of Architectural Design and Building Construction, integrates a variety of innovative educational methodologies: Gamification, Flipped Classroom, Challenge-Based Learning, Thinking of Design (Design Thinking), Collective Intelligence, etc ... Through it, architecture students are able to improve their creativity and acquire various knowledge, strengths and complementary skills, including: The creation of a private space, reflection on the idea of inhabiting; the exploration of architectural design connected with nature; notions about sustainable design and recycling; the progression of your critical and creative thinking; the development of your graphic, written and oral communication skills; the activation of your independent and original thinking; and improving your leadership and organization skills, co-design, time management, conflict / problem solving skills, and decision making. The article offers resources for good practice and implementation of educational innovation, and therefore to facilitate innovation at the classroom level. It provides tools to overcome the challenges faced by innovative learning models in Architecture education. But above all it aims to foster innovation in architectural design education by empowering and inspiring teachers and other educational staff to use innovative teaching methods, while sharing their best practice and experience with their colleagues


Author(s):  
Deniz Hasırcı ◽  
Silvia Rolla ◽  
Zeynep Edes ◽  
Selin Anal

This paper is about the interdisciplinary approach to the interior architecture studio education. The second year Interior Architecture and Environmental Design at the Faculty of Fine Arts and Design at the Izmir University of Economics, Izmir, Turkey, was given the task of designing a modular living unit for archaeology students. The brief expected the design of a living unit for students out of two- and three-dimensional modules. There were three aims of the project: first, the advantages of the process being interdisciplinary and collaborative working closely with the archaeology centre; second, the role of modularity introduced at the interior scale; and third, the structure of the semester enabling an understanding of the interior architecture process, delivered at the second year level. In the paper, the means by which the aims are fulfilled will be discussed with examples from students’ projects, and furthermore, directions for research are discussed with an emphasis on design thinking. Keywords: Interior architecture education, design education, design process, design thinking, archaeology.


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