Fifteenth International Conference on Design Principles & Practices

Abstract

The first year of design education is one of the most difficult periods for students. Design studios in particular differ from the other courses students are accustomed to in terms of both operation and content. In this paper, firstly, the definition of design and its relationship with other science / art branches and their different aspects are discussed. In the second part, the difficulties encountered in the design process are explained. For example, the design problem cannot be clearly defined; design problem has more than one and only solution; ot all answers to the design problem can be predicted. In the last section, some tools are explained to manage this process successfully. Conceptual diagram, sketching, formal algorithm, and process book (log-book) were included in the First Year Design Studio curriculum at a university department of architecture in order to solve various problems faced by students at different stages of the design process, and used in practice throughout the term. It was possible to overcome the difficulties of the design problem encountered in the design process with these methods.