MTS 537 - Architectural Design Processes and Interactions

Course Objectives

1. Discussing the topics in interaction with the architectural design process (intelligence,
memory, knowledge, problem solving, creativity, informatics,...) in terms of their relation to each
other;
2. Creating awareness on different tools and media involved in the architectural design process;
3. Examining and discussing the current design processes which are experienced in parallel to
digital design and information technologies;
4. Examining experimental design processes and potentials through cases;
5. Discussing the interactions between architecture and disciplines of different scales and
contents (psychology, information sciences, fashion, graphic design, administration sciences) in
the interdisciplinary context of today, through the design process and product

Course Description

Discussion of architectural design processes, tools and interactions; examination of the
potentials between creativity and design process-design knowledge; discussion of experimental
design processes; research, data collection, discussion and realization of audio-visual
productions on the strategies and analysis of production processes of the disciplines in
interaction with current architectural research.