Vol. 11 No. 1 (2014): Cities at Risk
Articles

The role of interpretation in basic design

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  • Ethem Gürer,
  • Mine Özkar,
  • Gülen Çağdaş
Ethem Gürer
Istanbul Technical University, Faculty of Architecture, Department of Architecture, Istanbul, TURKEY
Mine Özkar
Istanbul Technical University, Faculty of Architecture, Department of Architecture, Istanbul, TURKEY
Gülen Çağdaş
Istanbul Technical University, Faculty of Architecture, Department of Architecture, Istanbul, TURKEY

Published 2014-07-01

Keywords

  • Design thinking,
  • interpretation,
  • language,
  • design process,
  • protocol analysis

How to Cite

Gürer, E., Özkar, M., & Çağdaş, G. (2014). The role of interpretation in basic design. A|Z ITU JOURNAL OF THE FACULTY OF ARCHITECTURE, 11(1), 158 - 173. Retrieved from https://www.az.itu.edu.tr/index.php/jfa/article/view/482

Abstract

Interpreting is rarely discussed in the context of basic design, which is mostly deemed as an overly rationalized teaching of the fundamentals of designing. This paper sheds light on the relation of designing and interpreting based on design protocols where novice architectural design students are asked to create basic organizations and write about their processes. Utilizing the basic tension between deeds and words, we explore and identify an articulated relation between acting and interpreting.
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