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Discursive and Non-Discursive Design Processes

Al-Sayed, K.; (2007) Discursive and Non-Discursive Design Processes. Masters thesis , UCL (University College London). Green open access

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This research study investigates the hypothesis that Space Syntax plays a role in enhancing architectural design as a knowledge-based process by bringing the nondiscursive design process onto a discursive level, and by making explicit the logic of processing, evaluating, and reasoning about design. In order to establish an evidencebased argument for this hypothesis the study will scrutinize the performances and outcomes of architects solving a well-defined problem. The paper constructs the study on a literature background exploring the different theories which were concerned with the analysis and evaluation of design processes and outcomes. The analysis of design processes was investigated on micro and macro scales and the evaluation of solutions was considered in terms of spatial configurations and the social organization embodied in space. The research then goes on to apply some of these analytical studies to a set of design tasks made by architects who have a background in Space Syntax theory, and architects with other architectural backgrounds. The question then turns to the influence of Space Syntax theory on the strategies and cognitive actions of the design processes and the observational study will attempt to prove whether the knowledge of Space Syntax can have a positive effect on architects during their design process, taking into consideration that Space Syntax, as a morphic language, can render the non-discursive discursive of architecture. In the following step the design solutions are evaluated in terms of qualities regarding social organization, and in terms of quantities measuring the values of their spatial configurations. The analysis of the design processes and outcomes will show differences between the two groups of architects, in addition to some individual differences between the architects. Thus this research proves that the knowledge of space syntax may partially enhance the productivity of design process by making it more explicit.

Type: Thesis (Masters)
Title: Discursive and Non-Discursive Design Processes
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
Language: English
Additional information: Approved for UCL Eprints by Dr. L. Vaughan, Bartlett School of Graduate Studies
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URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/4928
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