Teaching Strategies Learning Through Art: Music and Basic Design Education

Abstract

This paper is about the relationship of music and art which are components of the basic design applications over arts. For architectural education, to deal with art as a tool and the experience of benefiting from this tool in the design phase is considered as important. Therefore, the situations of music being used as a tool in solving design problems are exemplified in this study. Pallasma said "In the silence of a Gothic cathedral, we remember the last sound of a Gregorian melody". He emphasized how close the relationship between the sound theme of music and architecture is. Its relationship with sound and architecture in the upper scale and its relationship with music and architecture in the lower scale, similarities, common or differing sides have been emerged as two areas which have been questioned all throughout the history. These similarities, common or differing sides host up almost infinite number of concepts and features in themselves such as rhythm, repetition, body, composer, designer… In this paper, the relationship of music and architecture are discussed in terms of the said similarities, common features and differences. Sample area of this discussion is the basic design course in

Visualizing Music as a Basic Design Assignment in Architectural Education

“…However, the use of color and line as significant elements in visual representations highlights the priority of these principles in design. The frequent use of principles like scale, proportion, rhythm, and repetition in visual representation corresponds with the results reported in the study by Kuloglu (2015). All the principles and layered representations that came to the fore in the research serve to indicate that concepts such as repetition, rhythm, contrast, proportion, harmony, and pattern, which are mentioned in the literature as being corresponding principles in the organization of visual and musical composition, are in fact common to music and design compositions, that both compositions form layered situations, and that the designer has the role of being the decision-maker and creator in the organization of principles (Gurer, 1998, Pentak and Lauer, 2014, Ustun and Kalayci, 2017.…”

“…The basic design assignment -visualizing music-supports different studies showing that music can be an inspiring factor and utilized in design education (Leopold, 2005, Neiman, 2006, Neiman, 2009, Maze, 2001, Maze, 2002, Pasin, 2008, Rao, 2014, Kuloglu, 2015. The abstraction of music, conceptually and organizationally, and the transformation of music into a visual representation, contributed to the transformation of conceptual thinking to physical formation by abstraction and creative thinking through different phases in the direction of the aims of basic design studio.…”

“…In an interdisciplinary study examining the relationship between geometry, architecture, and music that was conducted by Leopold (2005) and involved students of architecture, mathematics, and music composition, it was concluded that a consistent relationship existed between these fields. Furthermore, a study carried out by Kuloglu (2015) on designing an abstract space in the form of a cube by using basic design elements according to the interpretation of music showed that the elements most applied in space design were "scale/proportion", "rhythm/repetition" and "movement/motion. It is significant, for the purposes of this study, that the elements most used in the spatial design were selected from among those that stand out in both fields, confirming, in effect, that music can be used as a tool in spatial design (Kuloglu, 2015).…”

“…Furthermore, a study carried out by Kuloglu (2015) on designing an abstract space in the form of a cube by using basic design elements according to the interpretation of music showed that the elements most applied in space design were "scale/proportion", "rhythm/repetition" and "movement/motion. It is significant, for the purposes of this study, that the elements most used in the spatial design were selected from among those that stand out in both fields, confirming, in effect, that music can be used as a tool in spatial design (Kuloglu, 2015). Results from a workshop on music and architecture organized by the MS Ramaiah Institute of Technology and the School of Architecture, where the focus was on visualizing the image of raga, a melodic framework, in different color schemes, showed that the workshop stimulated innovative thinking and creative ideas (Rao, 2014).…”

Inspiration point in design: The example of basic design class assignments

“…The way to create a space in the field of architecture is through the act of design. Apart from the aforementioned design tools, it is true that there is a relationship between creation of space and time, movement/motion, volume, form and many more concepts [2].…”