UNCOVERING CREATIVITY :STRUCTURING EXPERIENCE IN ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN STUDIO.


Acikgoz E. K.

OPEN HOUSE INTERNATIONAL, vol.40, no.2, pp.12-21, 2015 (SSCI) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 40 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 2015
  • Journal Name: OPEN HOUSE INTERNATIONAL
  • Journal Indexes: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.12-21
  • Keywords: Architectural Design Studio, Ill-Structured Problems, Problem Reception, Explication, Ideation
  • Gazi University Affiliated: No

Abstract

Structuring the outline for an architectural design studio experience has a significant role in students' meaningful design experiences. Meaningful experience is related with students' receptivity and idea generation for the ill-structured problems of architectural design. This identification influences the study, which investigates the application of a model for structuring the design studio experience, organized to occur in two phases; problem reception and problem solving. The model employs a combination of two different techniques with a special focus on reflexivity. It completes the extensions level required for the ICE Approach with the C-Sketch ideation technique by employing their adapted versions for architectural design studio practice. The common features of these techniques are their adaptability to any problem, explication centered and process oriented natures, focus on effective brainstorming and suitability on design teamwork studies. There is a remarkable potential to correlate the results of the two techniques.