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Thesis Type: Postgraduate
Institution Of The Thesis: Gazi University, Turkey
Approval Date: 2018
Thesis Language: Turkish
Student: Elif Çam
Supervisor: ARZU ÖZEN YAVUZ
Abstract:This study has been carried out with the 4 th grade students of Gazi University Department of Architecture in order to investigate the role of fractal and voronoi, which are among the productive systems, on the stages of students' decision making and turning them into products during the process of architectural education. In this study, half of the students were told about fractals and voronoi, which are related to mathematics and geometry, and which are among the productive approaches, whereas the other half were not told anything related to them. And then they were asked to design their projects. In this way, how the relationship between architecture and geometry changes with the use of productive approaches has been observed. In the study, it has been observed that those who use traditional methods to design their projects by trying them randomly; and, those who design their projects by using certain rules with the methods of fractal and voronoi. Fractal and Voronoi, which are among productive approaches and applied in this study, have been determined as an applicable method in education as regards the fact that it can make it possible to make a difference and produce innovation both during the process and on the end product, the fact that the design proceeds, changes and develops in a controlled manner, the fact that it has an effect on the designers' mind to start new designs and to produce new associations rather than restricting students' mental processes and the fact that shaping processes can be observed.