Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
ARCHITECTURAL EPISODES 01: EDUCATIONAL PURSUITS AND EXPERIENCES, Gazimagusa, Kıbrıs (Kktc), 15 - 16 Kasım 2018, ss.8
Criticism as a Design Method in Architectural Education: Criticizing
City and Culture in Atelier 1
Prof. Dr. Zeynep ULUDAĞ1, Instructor Dr. Gülşah GÜLEÇ2,
Res. Assist. Neva GERÇEK ATALAY3
Criticism has always been a challenging
method in architectural education as well as in architectural theory and
design. It enhances multidimensional design thinking and knowledge in
architecture. Atelier 1, an architectural design studio at Gazi University Faculty of Architecture Department of Architecture,
has been using criticism as a design method under the theme of “City and
Culture as a Critical Ground” since 2014. This critical theme has enabled to
discover interdisciplinary tools and methods for understanding and interpreting
the city of Ankara and its culture. Students in Atelier 1 have been encouraged
to benefit from other disciplines such as art and philosophy in which criticism
has been defined and discussed by new concepts. Criticism has motivated them to
develop new design methods and new methods of representation such as
articulation, superimposition, juxtaposition, overlapping or folding in the
process. So it has been revealed that
criticism is not limited to theory in architecture. It has enabled
architectural design to be developed according to the specificities of place
and program, not to formal anxieties. However, criticism has rarely been
involved in architectural design education in which form (the product) has
become more important than concept (the process) today. That’s why; Atelier 1
aims to emphasize that criticism has a potential of changing the conventional
processing particularly in architectural education by criticizing and
conceptualizing city and culture.
Keywords: Architectural Education; Design Method;
Criticism; City; Culture