On visual design thinking: the vis kids of architecture

Goldschmidt, Gabriela

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“…The main method that a designer uses in "analysis through synthesis" is sketching, where the resolution to the problem is drawn up by brainstorming and discovering a new perspective to the problem, which then leads to the creation of a new idea (Robbins, 1994, Goldschmidt, 1994. This is because through sketching, it is possible for the designer to explore something new, which was not predicted nor anticipated during the design process (Goldschmidt, 1994, Schon andWiggins, 1992).…”

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Elementary Implementation of a Parameter-Based Generative Design System Considering the User Environment

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2014

Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering

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A generative design system subdivides a real physical space a user actually lives in and recreates it through object-oriented programming, and depending on the situation of the design process, variable data are arranged in a hierarchy to set up parameters so that an efficient shape can be drawn. A pleasant environment of the user space is considered under various space-related conditions during the design process using data obtained from an environment analysis simulation based on the building code. This study focuses on the methodology of processing and utilizing variable data derived by the parameterization of the analysis data through a simulation using sensor measurement equipment to analyze user behavioral design patterns and obtain the intensity of illumination of the interior space, which is the spatial variable data element that forms the actual physical space. After systematizing the variable values through motion capture, during the process of designing, as a sketch, a design algorithm will be formed, which will be utilized as the generative design algorithm. Further, a method for improving the design quality using a computer-based design algorithm will be investigated, and whether the design method can be improved further will be predicted. Relevance to Design Practice -This study utilizes various sensor-based IT technologies and environmental analysis data to design an optimal solution fit for a user environment and investigates whether a methodology could be applied to the design process to help improve the design through a generative design system by the processing of variable data.

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Elementary Implementation of a Parameter-Based Generative Design System Considering the User Environment

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2014

Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering

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“…Goldschmidt (1991Goldschmidt ( , 1994Goldschmidt ( , 1997, Schön (1987Schön ( , 1992, and Schön's colleagues (Schön and Wiggins 1992) have highlighted the importance of sketches in the dialectic interaction between thoughts and marks on paper. Common to Goldschmidt and Schön is the idea that design evolves incrementally through local moves towards a Gestalt shift.…”

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“…Schön (1984Schön ( , 1987 characterized the design studio environment as a place in which thinking occurs through a dialectic conversation between the design instructor and the student, and through the medium of external representations such as sketches. Goldschmidt (1994) presents a case in which a student who is stuck at the beginning of the design process repeatedly scribbles his signature and thus stumbles upon an original idea that breaks the impasse. Accepting that students need to have constant coaching and dialectic reflection, as Schön suggests, and recognizing the possibility of serendipitous discovery through sketches, as reported by Goldschmidt, it is suggested here that students could also benefit from relatively more structured design education environments.…”

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Architectural Design Students' Explorations through Conceptual Diagrams

Doğan

2013

The Design Journal

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Views of creativity highlight the importance of incubation or the significance of sketching as a means of seeing emergent properties. Both views put design students at a disadvantage. This study investigates the strengths and weaknesses of an alternative approach to design education, in which students were asked to develop a design idea through conceptual diagrams. This study investigates how conceptual diagrams might help architectural students to see the relationships between concepts and space and coordinate their dual development through conceptual diagrams. The study presents the development of the ideas of 13 second-year architectural students. Students' logbooks, together with their midterm and final review presentations, The Design Journal 104Fehmi Dogan were studied to determine whether students drew any conceptual diagrams, whether they were instrumental in spatial organization, and how they introduced changes during the design process. The findings showed that this particular design education approach helped students start the design process and stay focused throughout the design process.

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“…24 A similar account regarding the usage of models is given by Albena Yaneva (2009). Goldschmidt (1994) illustrates how thought processes take place through sketching. She describes the example of a student who, dissatisfied with the previous development, initiates a new design approach through spontaneous and random scribbles.…”

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Epilogue: The Rise of Imagery in the Age of Modeling

Ammon¹

2017

Philosophy of Engineering and Technology

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This epilogue examines the relevance of imagery in modeling processes in architecture, design, and engineering. In addition to the description of the current state of research, it includes the changes brought about by the use of computers and outlines the different forms and functions of design models to discuss the role of operative imagery in this context. A look at the contributions in this volume reveals that computer-based modeling is not repressing image-based practices. Rather, they are complemented by new forms, which overall strengthen their significance. Thus forms of imagery are crucial reflection tools at the operative level and with their help, design projects in architecture, engineering and design are developed, particularly also in the age of modeling.The digital turn in designing seems to be characterized by a paradox: the success of modeling is simultaneously the success of imagery. The extensive use of computer-based models has not lessened the importance of image-based practices. On the contrary, as the examples in this volume make clear, new forms of image use are added to architecture, design, and engineering, without older forms losing their importance. Modeling processes are not only embedded in imagery phenomena, but they depend on the implementation of the latter. This intimate integration may seem strange at first glance, given that the relation between model and image is often characterized as a strong opposition. Predictability, precision, and scientific criteria are seen in opposition to intuition, vagueness, and design demands. This impression changes rapidly when imagery and modeling are examined from the perspective of their use. Then design artifacts and the processes and practices related to them come into focus. Precisely the perspective of operativity, described in this book's essays, is what opens a new set of questions that go beyond the established dichotomy.The fascinating richness of different forms of images and the enormous range of image functions comes to the fore, and their relevance in design processes cannot be better made clear. This epilogue considerations examine the relationship between imagery and modeling in design considering the current state of research in order to more accurately determine the growing significance of images.A shift in meaning and its consequences. Supposedly, through computation the traditional relationship between imagery and modeling is turned upside down. Since the Renaissance, drawing methods have allowed the carrying out of precise and complex design tasks on a sheet of paper using pen, ruler, and compass. 1 The emergence of the professions, in combination with the creation 1 Maya Hambly (1988), gives an overview of historical drawing instruments.

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On visual design thinking: the vis kids of architecture

Cited by 311 publications

References 5 publications

Elementary Implementation of a Parameter-Based Generative Design System Considering the User Environment

Elementary Implementation of a Parameter-Based Generative Design System Considering the User Environment

Architectural Design Students' Explorations through Conceptual Diagrams

Epilogue: The Rise of Imagery in the Age of Modeling

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