scholarly journals Forms of saturation: Discrete and continuous events in architectural design

2013 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 170-193
Author(s):  
Johan Bettum
Keyword(s):  
Physical Environment ◽  
Architectural Design ◽  
Design Space ◽  
Computational Design ◽  
Architectural Education ◽  
Art Theory ◽  
Design Procedures ◽  
Modeling Systems ◽  
Rational Character

This essay addresses the opportunities and limits of architectural design at the juncture of technology and disciplinary specific developments in architecture. The theoretical model that it develops encapsulates the essences of what it means to work with respectively digital and analogue modeling systems. It poses a release from the continuous crisis of architectural education in coping with the onslaught of the digital. Moreover, it addresses the uncritical obsession that architectural academia has with this technology without relapsing into the various forms of reactionary practices that are currently emerging in the profession as well as the schools. The discussion focuses on systems and regimes of representation within architectural design and production and problematizes the role of digital and computational design procedures with respect to analogue systems of representation, architecture's infinite construction of our physical environment and the inherent limitations of digital systems given their 'rational' character. The essay attempts to address the influence and status of the digital by focusing on an inclusive notion of space. This is both architectural space but also the productive design space in which architects work. In unfolding the argument, three artworks have been discussed and the initial premise for the argument is based on art theory.

scholarly journals Ways of Choosing

2020 ◽  
pp. 44-65
Author(s):  
Sarah O'Dwyer ◽  
Julie Gwilliam
Keyword(s):  
Architectural Design ◽  
Architectural Education ◽  
School Design ◽  
Performance Excellence ◽  
Sustainable Performance ◽  
Direct Design ◽  
Design Culture ◽  
Professional Attributes ◽  
Social Environmental

Architectural education must produce graduates which have demonstrated standards of knowledge, skill and competence for practice as an architect, who possess particular professional attributes and who are also aware of their civic responsibilities. As such, graduates are taught to question and direct design conditions from particular design paradigms and stances. In the context of two dichotomous design culture stances — Architectural Design Excellence (ADE) which prioritises aesthetic architectural ideals and space-making, and Sustainable Performance Excellence (SPE) which has technical prowess and the built environment response to social, environmental and economic sustainability as its focus — this paper studies the role of school design culture in Irish Schools of Architecture in providing the focus on what constitutes architectural design excellence, and what shapes the framework in which these ideas sit.

scholarly journals Pedogogical future of architecture

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leila Mazharai
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Transfer ◽  
Physical Environment ◽  
Architectural Education ◽  
Temporal Experience ◽  
Science And Art

"Architecture is a constant journey across the boundaries of binary realms: of science and art; visible and invisible; inside and outside. Architectural education is simply the practice of soaking into these worlds, moving in between, and creating new ones. The role of academy is to not only raise the consciousness of these thresholds, but to become the conductor for those cross-boundary movements. In this project, the possibility of weaving the heart of the pedagogy, the individuals, to the architectural milieu is examined. The institute is defined as a processor which embraces the spontaneous linearity of individual's growth. It becomes the "Bazaar", in which the possibility of knowledge transfer becomes endless. The physical environment is formed through a weave of pedagogical ribbons. Each ribbon is defined base on the communicative nature of contained labs. The weave emphasizes "thresholds" throughout a temporal experience of constant separation and reintegration."

scholarly journals Kinesthetic Imagination in Architecture: Design and Representation of Space

2020 ◽  
pp. 22-35
Author(s):  
Katarina Andjelkovic
Keyword(s):  
Architectural Design ◽  
Design Space ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Architecture Design ◽  
Architectural Practice ◽  
Design Practices ◽  
Architectural Representation ◽  
Representation Of Space ◽  
Kinesthetic Imagination

Histories of architecture have long-recognized the vital role of concepts, strategies and principles exchanged between architecture and film, which reconfigured their systems of knowledge and made this relationship rich. Nonetheless, film has been used mainly as an instrument of narration and representation in architecture, only rarely engaged in questioning how it affects the way we understand, think and design space. Some of the most recent architectural design practices have recognized that film, using its specific screen environment, can provide a source of new architectural imagination while contextualizing our kinesthetic experience of space. In this article, I will examine how kinesthetic imagination has informed architectural practice in relation to the established practices of architectural representation.

scholarly journals THE ROLE OF ARCHITECTURAL EDUCATION FOR SUSTAINABLE CONSTRUCTION: A CASE STUDY AT UNIVERSITY OF BALIKESIR IN TURKEY

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 323-333
Author(s):  
Yeliz TÜLÜBAŞ GÖKUÇ
Keyword(s):  
Architectural Design ◽  
Renewable Energy Sources ◽  
Architectural Education ◽  
University Education ◽  
Sustainable Construction ◽  
Spring Semester ◽  
City And Regional Planning ◽  
Building Life Cycle ◽  
The University

Today, the concept of sustainability is a very popular topic in the construction sector as in all areas of the industry. When the environmental impacts of the building life cycle are considered, the importance of this concept for this sector is seen more clearly. As in every education field, architectural education is also shaped according to the needs of the age. The differences between 2000s and today can be noticed when looking at the field of architecture that shifts in line with the needs of the age. Thus, necessary changes should be made in some disciplines such as architecture, interior architecture, civil engineering, city and regional planning and landscape architecture under the subject of sustainability. Architecture, which shapes the living spaces, has an enormous responsibility along with some other disciplines during the evolution of the occupational environmental awareness. It should be ensured with the university education that the undergraduate architecture students develop a mentality that pays attention to the concepts of ecology and sustainability, and enables skills to utilize renewable energy sources. This study aims to determine the awareness of students on sustainability. The data for this research is collected by conducting a survey at the Department of Architecture at the University of Balıkesir, and covers the senior students in the spring semester of 2018-2019 and 2019-2020 academic years. This study emphasizes the concept of sustainability, and aims to determine how the architect candidates who will be implementers in the future interact with the concept of sustainability during their higher education. One of the results of the study shows that students do not have much knowledge about sustainable architecture, but they tend to take related courses. Another result of the study is that students should be directed to projects that emphasize sustainability in architectural design courses.

scholarly journals The death of aesthetics in architectural education? Possibilities for contemporary pedagogy

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 553-570
Author(s):  
Renata Jadrešin-Milić ◽  
Catherine Mitchell
Keyword(s):  
Problem Solving ◽  
Professional Practice ◽  
Design Problem ◽  
Architectural Design ◽  
Architectural History ◽  
Architectural Education ◽  
Architectural Theory ◽  
Design And Practice ◽  
Aesthetic Sensibility

The importance of aesthetics within architecture has a long history. Although evidence suggests that the term was not brought into architectural writing until 17351 , the place of aesthetics can be identified across architectural theory and philosophy since the time of Vitruvius. Developing an aesthetic sensibility was seen as crucial for an architect and the study of architecture was understood through the three Vitruvian lenses (utlitas, firmitas, venustas) one of which, venustas, is directly associated with aesthetics. This paper responds to the current and ongoing discussions between architects, architectural educators and architectural students on the role of aesthetics in architectural education and professional practice today. It was initially inspired by questions raised at the 2017 and 2018 annual conferences of the Society of Architectural Historians (SAH 2017 and 2018) about the role of architectural history in architectural design and practice today, and in line with this, questions about place of aesthetics in architectural education. This paper considers the place of aesthetics in architectural education and provides a detailed overview of the key pedagogical interventions undertaken in one architectural studies programme which might serve as a guide for educators interested in maintaining the place of aesthetics in contemporary architectural education. It suggests that aesthetics can continue to play a key role in the architectural curriculum whilst a focus on design problem-solving and achieving the contemporary educational requirements of accreditation is maintained.

scholarly journals THE ROLE OF ARCHITECTURAL EDUCATION FOR SUSTAINABLE CONSTRUCTION: A CASE STUDY AT UNIVERSITY OF BALIKESIR IN TURKEY

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 323-333
Author(s):  
Yeliz TÜLÜBAŞ GÖKUÇ
Keyword(s):  
Architectural Design ◽  
Renewable Energy Sources ◽  
Architectural Education ◽  
University Education ◽  
Sustainable Construction ◽  
Spring Semester ◽  
City And Regional Planning ◽  
Building Life Cycle ◽  
The University

Today, the concept of sustainability is a very popular topic in the construction sector as in all areas of the industry. When the environmental impacts of the building life cycle are considered, the importance of this concept for this sector is seen more clearly. As in every education field, architectural education is also shaped according to the needs of the age. The differences between 2000s and today can be noticed when looking at the field of architecture that shifts in line with the needs of the age. Thus, necessary changes should be made in some disciplines such as architecture, interior architecture, civil engineering, city and regional planning and landscape architecture under the subject of sustainability. Architecture, which shapes the living spaces, has an enormous responsibility along with some other disciplines during the evolution of the occupational environmental awareness. It should be ensured with the university education that the undergraduate architecture students develop a mentality that pays attention to the concepts of ecology and sustainability, and enables skills to utilize renewable energy sources. This study aims to determine the awareness of students on sustainability. The data for this research is collected by conducting a survey at the Department of Architecture at the University of Balıkesir, and covers the senior students in the spring semester of 2018-2019 and 2019-2020 academic years. This study emphasizes the concept of sustainability, and aims to determine how the architect candidates who will be implementers in the future interact with the concept of sustainability during their higher education. One of the results of the study shows that students do not have much knowledge about sustainable architecture, but they tend to take related courses. Another result of the study is that students should be directed to projects that emphasize sustainability in architectural design courses.

Methodological Foundations of the Light-Space Design in the Architectural Education

2021 ◽  
pp. 144-151
Author(s):  
Renata A. Nasybullina ◽  
Vitaly A. Samogorov ◽  
Nikolay I. Shchepetkov
Keyword(s):  
Design Process ◽  
Architectural Design ◽  
Building Materials ◽  
Architectural Education ◽  
Space Environment ◽  
Artificial Light ◽  
Experimental Search ◽  
Space Design ◽  
Two Stages

The perception of an interior building’s space is possible only if it is illuminated with daylight or artificial light. Despite this important fact, many architects pay much more attention to working with traditional building materials, without using the expressive possibilities of daylight as an independent primary material. This paper reveals the role of daylight in the design process, outlines the methodological foundations for designing the luminous space environment of buildings. There are two stages that reveal the method of teaching architectural design, considering light as the main means and material of the architect: developmental exercises (propaedeutics) and designing architectural objects. Each of the stages is illustrated with examples of experimental search work of students.

scholarly journals Pedogogical future of architecture

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leila Mazharai
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Transfer ◽  
Physical Environment ◽  
Architectural Education ◽  
Temporal Experience ◽  
Science And Art

"Architecture is a constant journey across the boundaries of binary realms: of science and art; visible and invisible; inside and outside. Architectural education is simply the practice of soaking into these worlds, moving in between, and creating new ones. The role of academy is to not only raise the consciousness of these thresholds, but to become the conductor for those cross-boundary movements. In this project, the possibility of weaving the heart of the pedagogy, the individuals, to the architectural milieu is examined. The institute is defined as a processor which embraces the spontaneous linearity of individual's growth. It becomes the "Bazaar", in which the possibility of knowledge transfer becomes endless. The physical environment is formed through a weave of pedagogical ribbons. Each ribbon is defined base on the communicative nature of contained labs. The weave emphasizes "thresholds" throughout a temporal experience of constant separation and reintegration."

scholarly journals Computational Design of Modular Robots Based on Genetic Algorithm and Reinforcement Learning

Symmetry ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 471
Author(s):  
Jai Hoon Park ◽  
Kang Hoon Lee
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Algorithm ◽  
Reinforcement Learning ◽  
Design Space ◽  
Learning Algorithm ◽  
Computational Design ◽  
Computational Method ◽  
Learning Ability ◽  
Modular Robots ◽  
Control Mechanisms ◽  
Candidate Structure

Designing novel robots that can cope with a specific task is a challenging problem because of the enormous design space that involves both morphological structures and control mechanisms. To this end, we present a computational method for automating the design of modular robots. Our method employs a genetic algorithm to evolve robotic structures as an outer optimization, and it applies a reinforcement learning algorithm to each candidate structure to train its behavior and evaluate its potential learning ability as an inner optimization. The size of the design space is reduced significantly by evolving only the robotic structure and by performing behavioral optimization using a separate training algorithm compared to that when both the structure and behavior are evolved simultaneously. Mutual dependence between evolution and learning is achieved by regarding the mean cumulative rewards of a candidate structure in the reinforcement learning as its fitness in the genetic algorithm. Therefore, our method searches for prospective robotic structures that can potentially lead to near-optimal behaviors if trained sufficiently. We demonstrate the usefulness of our method through several effective design results that were automatically generated in the process of experimenting with actual modular robotics kit.

Applying Expanded Servicescape to the Hotel Industry

2021 ◽  
pp. 109634802110115
Author(s):  
Seonjeong (Ally) Lee ◽  
Ning-Kuang Chuang
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Customer Loyalty ◽  
Physical Environment ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Hotel Industry ◽  
Holistic Approach ◽  
Environmental Cues ◽  
Practical Implications

The physical environment plays an essential role in customers’ hotel stay experiences. Hotels offer a differentiated atmosphere that creates favorable customers’ evaluations. Based on the significant role of environmental cues, this study investigates the effects of an expanded servicescape on customers’ evaluations, including customer satisfaction, quality of life, and customer loyalty, in the context of the hotel industry. To test the proposed research framework, this study collects data from previous hotel customers and conducts a self-administered, online survey. Findings identified ambience, interactions with employees, authenticity, and fascination positively influenced customers’ satisfaction, which further influenced customer loyalty. Only ambience and fascination positively influenced quality of life, which in turn influenced customer loyalty. Results contributed to the application of expanded servicescape in the hotel context. Results also suggested practical implications of the holistic approach of servicescape in the hotel industry.

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