Al-Sayed, K;
Dalton, RC;
Holscher, C;
(2010)
Discursive design thinking: The role of explicit knowledge in creative architectural design reasoning.
AI EDAM
, 24
(2)
211 - 230.
10.1017/S0890060410000065.
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Abstract
The main hypothesis investigated in this paper is based upon the suggestion that the discursive reasoning in architecture supported by an explicit knowledge of spatial configurations can enhance both design productivity and the intelligibility of design solutions The study consists of an examination of an architect's performance while solving intuitively a well-defined problem followed by an analysis of the spatial structure of their design solutions One group of architects will attempt to solve the design problem logically, rationalizing their design decisions by implementing their explicit knowledge of spatial configurations The other group will use an implicit form of such knowledge arising from their architectural education to reason about their design acts An integrated model of protocol analysis combining linkography and macroscopic coding is used to analyze the design processes The resulting design outcomes will be evaluated quantitatively in terms of their spatial configurations The analysis appears to show that an explicit knowledge of the rules of spatial configurations. as possessed by the first group of architects can partially enhance their function-driven Judgment producing permeable and well-structured spaces These findings are particularly significant as they imply that an explicit rather than an implicit knowledge of the fundamental rules that make a layout possible can lead to a considerable improvement in both the design process and product This suggests that by externalizing the design knowledge and restructuring it in a design model, creative thought can efficiently be evolved and stimulated
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Discursive design thinking: The role of explicit knowledge in creative architectural design reasoning |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1017/S0890060410000065 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0890060410000065 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2010 |
| Keywords: | Design, Discursive, Linkography, Macroscopic Analysis, Space Syntax |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/191527 |
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