Exploring the architectural design process assisted in conventional design studio: a systematic literature review

Hettithanthri, Upeksha; Hansen, Preben; Munasinghe, Harsha

doi:10.1007/s10798-022-09792-9

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“…Approximately 10% of the initial literature ultimately was selected for review; this percentage reflects the rigour of the selection criteria for identify ing the most relevant articles for the review. The percentages of final articles divided by initial searched articles for some other systematic literature review papers are 14.7% [31] 10.2% [32], and 8.6% [33] respectively, which is similar with this study. Figure 1 illustrates the article retrieval and selection process.…”

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Biometric Analysis in Design Cognition Studies: A Systematic Literature Review

Schubert

2023

Buildings

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This study presents a systematic literature review on the utilisation of biometric analyses within the research area of design cognition. Design is a critical phase of many industries including architecture and construction, industrial design, engineering design, and many others. The development of design theories and methodologies to further understanding of designers’ cognitive design processes is thereby crucial. Traditional methods for design studies such as protocol analysis are prone to subjective factors and rely upon designers’ externalisations of their own design intentions, which typically makes such results difficult to validate. Design neuroscience has become an emerging area of research in recent years. Utilising biometric measurements such as electroencephalography (EEG), functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and eye-tracking, more objective data can be obtained about the physiological responses of designers during their performing of design activities, and such empirical data can then be analysed without relying on designers to self-report. Recent years have witnessed an increasing number of studies in that research area. However, there is a lack of comprehensive understanding about current design studies that utilise biometric analysis as well as the application and effectiveness of the analysis approach. Therefore, this research utilised a systematic literature review method, reviewing the past decade’s biometric analysis studies related to design cognition, aiming to bridge the research gap areas as informed by the systematic review. The findings of this study suggest that this research area is still at an early stage, and there has accordingly been a trend of increasing publications within the field. Most design neuroscience studies have investigated the common areas such as design problem solving, design creativity, design thinking strategies, cognitive load and visual attention. Further research is especially needed in the following: (i) design neuroscience studies for various digital design environments; (ii) practical applications of biometric analysis design studies to both design practice and design education; and (iii) further advancement of biometric techniques applicable to future design studies. The results of this study contribute to a more comprehensive understanding of the existing knowledge and research about the application of biometric analysis to design cognition studies; this is potentially beneficial to future design research and education, and it leads to more advanced application of design cognition studies.

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Biometric Analysis in Design Cognition Studies: A Systematic Literature Review

Schubert

2023

Buildings

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“…Furthermore, the iterative refinement process, through which the concepts are to be developed, suffered from the limitation to use detailed digital models instead of rough models (cf. Demirkan & Hasirci, 2009;Hettithanthri et al, 2023) or the unsuitability of the used software to foster creativity. While the instructors were concerned about the decline of using models and learning how to develop ideas through them, students did not seem to mind the switch to digital forms of representation.…”

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A tale of four studios: Evolving planning and architecture education towards mixed modality in a post-pandemic world

Hewidy,

Purkarthofer,

Eräranta

2023

Educ Inf Technol

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The COVID-19 pandemic imposed urgent challenges for educational institutions. The sudden shift from on-site teaching to online distance learning offered the possibility to examine new settings of the studio, a core element of planning and architecture education. Although the pandemic is now over, online learning has secured a fixed place in university education, and consequently, educational institutions need to reconsider studio education based on the lessons learned during the pandemic. Through studying four studios taught at Aalto University, Finland, in 2020 and 2021, this article examines student-teacher experiences, and proposes opportunities for evolving studio education. The findings show that distance learning has in general sustained the objectives of studio education. However, challenges remain especially regarding the social aspects of learning. The degree of success of online teaching varied greatly depending on the tasks and the orientation of the studio (design or strategy). Technological aids and devices also had an influence on fulfilling the pedagogical objectives of learning. Professional socialization was highly affected by the online environment both in design and planning studios and the architectural representation witnessed difficulties specifically in design studios. To evolve the studio setting, the article suggests a mixed modality model supporting the social dimension of studio teaching by combining on-site and online learning activities to enrich the learning process. Such a model can harmonize the intended learning objectives and activities with the teaching methods and modality, thus improving the social dimension of studio teaching.

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“…The reading is supported by conducting a "critical literature review" [40] around the main themes in question here: "hard heritage" and "climate crises". The literature review on this gap [41,42] unveils two notions: the ideals related to "space configuration" (Terrain Vague and Junk Space) and the ideals related to the "ethics of reducing, recycling and reusing". The work performed up until this point opened up a series of concepts that will be used in discussion: "hardness"; "inheritance"; "object trouvé"; "affordance"; and "empathy" (Scheme 2).…”

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Function Follows Form: Considerations on Hard Heritage Facing the Climate Emergency

Pais

2024

Architecture

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In the discipline of architecture, there is an established familiarity with the 19th century’s Louis Sullivan’s pithy dictum “form follows function”. The expression has indeed directly and indirectly inspired many authors and movements, especially during the beginning of the 20th century, when objectivity showed its value in improving the progress of the industrial society. Nonetheless, the reception effects of such architecture with the primacy of function were responsible for decisive transformations in architectural form, human behaviour, social transformations and material and technological manoeuvres and gave rise to very rich developments related to form, history and inhabitants’ psychological engagements, among many others. So, what about the reception effects framed in the natural and inhabited environment? Could we make space for a sense of greater need, facing a climate emergency? The present paper brings the example of a bunker’s super-resistant heritage, as a paradigmatic sample of material resistance, that supports the idea that “Function (can) Follow the Form” when re-signifying hard architecture, as is the case with Plan Barron of Defence of Lisbon and Setubal, a recently declassified military heritage set of buildings. The study conducts a critical literature review as a qualitative method of research that groups factors into clusters to give evidence to some conceptual theoretical frameworks: “hardness”; “inheritance”; “object trouvé”; “affordance”; and “empathy”. These concepts become then the basis to frame a new paradigm: function follows form can be a pertinent approach when dealing with super-resistant structures in the present climate crisis. This inverse paragon, well explained, could work as a motto to architects for a new era of global climate action.

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Exploring the architectural design process assisted in conventional design studio: a systematic literature review

Cited by 11 publications

References 68 publications

Biometric Analysis in Design Cognition Studies: A Systematic Literature Review

Biometric Analysis in Design Cognition Studies: A Systematic Literature Review

A tale of four studios: Evolving planning and architecture education towards mixed modality in a post-pandemic world

Function Follows Form: Considerations on Hard Heritage Facing the Climate Emergency

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