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Changing paradigm of nature-architecture relationship has being directly affected from developing... more Changing paradigm of nature-architecture relationship has being directly affected from developing science and technologies as well as from the impact of biomimetic inventions in various man made designs. Our perception of forms and structures are also shifting through use of computational techniques. From this aspect, mathematical models can be considered as the first step to analyze the complex forms and structures in nature. In this paper it is aimed to initiate a platform in architecture which will serve for discussions to explore the potentials of these interactions under the impact of computational and information technologies, not only in terms of formal/visual way, but also extending to learn more about the formation process in nature.
Proceedings of the 35th International Conference on Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe (eCAADe) [Volume 1]
With the rapid advances in technology, virtual reality(VR) re-emerged as an affordable technology... more With the rapid advances in technology, virtual reality(VR) re-emerged as an affordable technology providing new potentials for virtual learning environments(VLE). Within the scope of this study, firstly a general perspective on potentials of VR to create an appropriate VLE is put forward regarding the potentials related with learning modalities. Then, VR as a VLE in architectural education is discussed and utilization of VR is revisited considering the fundamentals of education as how to enhance skills regarding creativity, furnish students to adopt future skills and how VR can be used to enhance design understanding as well as space perception and spatial relations. It is deliberated that instead of mirroring the real spaces, allowing students to understand the virtuality with its own constituents will broaden the understanding of space, spatial relations, scale, motion, and time both in physical and virtual. The dichotomy between physical and virtual materiality, the potentials and pitfalls in the process of transformation from real/physical to virtual-virtual to real/physical are discussed in relation with the student projects designed in the scope of Digital Design Studio course in Middle East Technical University. It is also shown that VR stimulates different learning modalities especially kinesthetic modality and helping students to develop creativity and metacognition about space and spatial relations.
Nasıl problem çözülür, nasıl tasarlanır, nasıl yaratıcı olunur soruları bize nasıl düşündüğümüzü,... more Nasıl problem çözülür, nasıl tasarlanır, nasıl yaratıcı olunur soruları bize nasıl düşündüğümüzü, beynimizin bu süreçlerde nasıl çalıştığını, hangi süreçlerle öğrendiğimizi ve öğrenileni bilgiye nasıl dönüştürdüğümüzü öğretmeye başlamıştır. Bu sorular, bu sürecin bir sonucu olarak da insan zekasının makinaya aktarılması olarak tekrar karşımıza çıkmaktadır. Günümüzde sayıları artan ve yaygın olarak kullanılan görsel destekli yazılımlar, mimari tasarım süreçlerinin tercih edilen bir parçası olmuş ve bu bağlamda eğitimde de etkin olarak kullanılmaya başlanmıştır. Özellikle hesaplamalı tasarım anlayışı, tasarım olasılıklarının irdelenmesi ve en iyi/en uygun tasarım durumunun belirlenmesinde öne çıkmakta ve söz konusu görsel destekli yazılımlardan faydalanmaktadır. Bu yazılımlar tasarımların sayısal ortama aktarılmasında hız ve kolaylık sağlamakla beraber kendi sınırlarını barındırmaktadır. Bu sınırlar söz konusu yazılımların kullanımının artması ile birlikte yalnızca yazılım sınırı olma...
Proceedings of the 36th International Conference on Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe (eCAADe) [Volume 2]
The almost seamless integration of computation, fabrication and immersion technologies in archite... more The almost seamless integration of computation, fabrication and immersion technologies in architecture not only constitutes potentials for exploring design instances through multiple media but also changes design paradigm from form-formation to form-formation-exploration. In this sense, multiverse of design as proposed in this study and integration of various design technologies from virtual to real aims to advance higher order thinking skills and a more exclusive design exploration in computational design process. Undoubtedly, the multiverse of design cannot be handled without emerging technologies temptingly easing fabrication in both physical and virtual realms. On the other hand, such technologies can easily be deceptive in regard with scale, choice of material, details and etc.Therefore, how and which modes of exploration (physical or virtual) should be integrated into the design process is critical.``Exploration of design'' in the realm of new technologies does not only connote a formal exploration of design and its performance but it also becomes a way learning/thinking of design enhancing critical thinking and constructivist learning. Within the scope of this study, the multiverse of a form(ation) is explained throughly and examplified through snowflake pavilion which is issued to 4th year and graduate students in the scope of an elective studio course. Snowflake pavillon comprises physical, virtual and mapped reality as a triskelion for immersive experience for visitors.
Kepczynska-Walczak, A, Bialkowski, S (eds.), Computing for a better tomorrow - Proceedings of the 36th eCAADe Conference - Volume 2, Lodz University of Technology, Lodz, Poland, 19-21 September 2018, pp. 121-128, 2018
Nature is always full of patterns inspiring all the disciplines and especially architecture in ma... more Nature is always full of patterns inspiring all the disciplines and especially architecture in many ways. Currently, with the advances in technology and growing interest towards nature-driven studies, retrieving information from nature has a new connotation in scales and dimensions including both living and non-living beings. In this study, it is aimed to explore the scales of nature from Nano to Macro and a holistic approach is embraced to cope with the complexity of nature and architecture. To understand these complexities, patterns in different forms and scales serve as valuable tools to decode and recode information from one domain to another through locating the order and how patterns exist in different and changing environments with respect to forces and the urge of the existence of the being.This research focuses on the behavior of crystal formation which can be observed both in biotic and abiotic nature to understand the order generating the patterns in nature and its adaptation into a different and changing environment. This information of crystallization has great potential for architecture in terms of spatial structures, new materials and introducing a novel lattice for freeform structures. In this study, the potentials, limits and possible contributions of crystal formation are stated for architecture in the search of symmetry and patterns.
Transforming The Box" 2015. In: Workshops at Interdisciplinary Design Studio<br> by ME... more Transforming The Box" 2015. In: Workshops at Interdisciplinary Design Studio<br> by METU The Center for Technology. Presenters: Prof. Aydan Erkmen , Dr.Arzu<br> Gonec Sorguc, Dr. E.Ilhan Kounukseven, Dr. Adil Oran , Dr. Y.Eren Kalay and<br> Dr.Arsev Umur Aydinoglu, 2015.
Gazi Universitesi Muhendislik Mimarlık Fakultesi Dergisi, 2007
Page 1. Gazi Üniv. Müh. Mim. Fak. Der. J. Fac. Eng. Arch. Gazi Univ. Cilt 22, No 2, 451-459, 2007... more Page 1. Gazi Üniv. Müh. Mim. Fak. Der. J. Fac. Eng. Arch. Gazi Univ. Cilt 22, No 2, 451-459, 2007 Vol 22, No 8, 451-459, 2007 MİMARLIK TASARIMI PARADİGMASINDA BİOMİMESİS&#x27;İN ETKİSİ Semra ARSLAN SELÇUK ve Arzu ...
This paper presents a part of a thesis research conducted at METU. It proposes a method for evalu... more This paper presents a part of a thesis research conducted at METU. It proposes a method for evaluating the effects of an immersive virtual learning environment (IVLE) which is integrated in an architectural design/learning activity. Proposed IVLE application and design/learning activity were designed through a synthesis on constructive learning, problem-based learning, immersive technologies, and intended learning outcomes (ILOs) in learning how to design in human-scale. Immersive experience of bodily interactions and problem solving process are focused. Method of evaluation was also developed over this synthesis, and an evaluation rubric was created based on the SOLO taxonomy. According to the evaluation method, a before-and-after test was conducted within a case study involving a particular scenario of design exercise and interviews. Conclusions are based on the results of this case study.
With the rapid advances in technology, virtual reality(VR) re-emerged as an affordable technology... more With the rapid advances in technology, virtual reality(VR) re-emerged as an affordable technology providing new potentials for virtual learning environments(VLE). Within the scope of this study, firstly a general perspective on potentials of VR to create an appropriate VLE is put forward regarding the potentials related with learning modalities. Then, VR as a VLE in architectural education is discussed and utilization of VR is revisited considering the fundamentals of education as how to enhance skills regarding creativity, furnish students to adopt future skills and how VR can be used to enhance design understanding as well as space perception and spatial relations. It is deliberated that instead of mirroring the real spaces, allowing students to understand the virtuality with its own constituents will broaden the understanding of space, spatial relations, scale, motion, and time both in physical and virtual. The dichotomy between physical and virtual materiality, the potentials an...
This paper discusses an educational approach emphasizing the changing role of mathematics and pot... more This paper discusses an educational approach emphasizing the changing role of mathematics and potentials of mathematical thinking in architectural education on the course of changing design paradigm: from designing the product to designing the process. In this context, randomly selected samples of student works, realized within the context of an elective undergraduate course, Arch 333 “Mathematics in Architecture” at Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkiye are presented. It is shown that mathematical thinking provide not only to science people a solid ground for further explorations, but also new inspirations to people involving art and design and help them to overcome prejudices and fears related with mathematics in their minds. It is believed that this approach encourages them to discuss complex problems with meta language of mathematics and develop ability to consider the design process as a whole.
Nature is always full of patterns inspiring all the disciplines and especially architecture in ma... more Nature is always full of patterns inspiring all the disciplines and especially architecture in many ways. Currently, with the advances in technology and growing interest towards nature-driven studies, retrieving information from nature has a new connotation in scales and dimensions including both living and non-living beings. In this study, it is aimed to explore the scales of nature from Nano to Macro and a holistic approach is embraced to cope with the complexity of nature and architecture. To understand these complexities, patterns in different forms and scales serve as valuable tools to decode and recode information from one domain to another through locating the order and how patterns exist in different and changing environments with respect to forces and the urge of the existence of the being.This research focuses on the behavior of crystal formation which can be observed both in biotic and abiotic nature to understand the order generating the patterns in nature and its adapta...
The behavior of sound in an enclosed space is very complex. This behavior is closely related to b... more The behavior of sound in an enclosed space is very complex. This behavior is closely related to boundaries, material properties and with the form of the space they are in. In this paper, the image source method as a method for modeling the sound field in enclosed spaces is re-visited and patterns of image sources and their relationships with the geometry of enclosing space is studied by using polygons/polyhedrons in 2D and 3D. Symmetries of these image source points, identification of possible polygons enabling simple geometrical shape formations and knowing the resulting geometrical pattern, is used as an input to an acoustic model, reducing the complexity and computational time. Visualization of such complex patterns provides a solid tool to grasp complex relationships. Therefore transcoding the invisible relationships of acoustics into geometric patterns of mathematics provides a valuable means to improve the cognition of sound phenomena and to extract information as design input.
Insanin parcasi oldugu dogayi ve bir ust olcekte evreni anlama istegi ve meraki, bu anlamanin bir... more Insanin parcasi oldugu dogayi ve bir ust olcekte evreni anlama istegi ve meraki, bu anlamanin bir ara yuzu olarak bir yanda matematik, fizik, kimya gibi temel bilimlerin ve bilgilerin ve sonrasinda da pek cok farkli disiplinin ortaya cikmasini saglarken, diger yanda sanat ve felsefede de onemli tartismalari gundeme getirerek, anlama eyleminin de yeni arac ve ara yuzleri icin farkli duzlemleri olusturmaktadir. Tum bu surecte farkli bilgilerin ve olgularin sembolik ama herkes tarafindan anlasilabilen bir anlatim bicimi olan matematik farkli bilgi alanlarinin birbiri ile “konusmasini” degil, anlama eyleminin model ve araclarini da saglamistir. Bu baglamda, insanoglunun dogadaki buyume modelini ve dogal yapilasmalardaki tasarim estetigini anlamakta kullandigi, esinlendigi/ ogrendigi/ uyguladigi parametrelerden en eskisi olan altin oran ozellikle sanat ve mimarlikta matematigin rolunu gosteren ve izini tarih boyunca pek cok yapitta gorebilecegimiz bir benzesim olcutu olmustur. Yapilan ca...
Blucher Design Proceedings
eCAADe proceedings
Changing paradigm of nature-architecture relationship has being directly affected from developing... more Changing paradigm of nature-architecture relationship has being directly affected from developing science and technologies as well as from the impact of biomimetic inventions in various man made designs. Our perception of forms and structures are also shifting through use of computational techniques. From this aspect, mathematical models can be considered as the first step to analyze the complex forms and structures in nature. In this paper it is aimed to initiate a platform in architecture which will serve for discussions to explore the potentials of these interactions under the impact of computational and information technologies, not only in terms of formal/visual way, but also extending to learn more about the formation process in nature.
Proceedings of the 35th International Conference on Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe (eCAADe) [Volume 1]
With the rapid advances in technology, virtual reality(VR) re-emerged as an affordable technology... more With the rapid advances in technology, virtual reality(VR) re-emerged as an affordable technology providing new potentials for virtual learning environments(VLE). Within the scope of this study, firstly a general perspective on potentials of VR to create an appropriate VLE is put forward regarding the potentials related with learning modalities. Then, VR as a VLE in architectural education is discussed and utilization of VR is revisited considering the fundamentals of education as how to enhance skills regarding creativity, furnish students to adopt future skills and how VR can be used to enhance design understanding as well as space perception and spatial relations. It is deliberated that instead of mirroring the real spaces, allowing students to understand the virtuality with its own constituents will broaden the understanding of space, spatial relations, scale, motion, and time both in physical and virtual. The dichotomy between physical and virtual materiality, the potentials and pitfalls in the process of transformation from real/physical to virtual-virtual to real/physical are discussed in relation with the student projects designed in the scope of Digital Design Studio course in Middle East Technical University. It is also shown that VR stimulates different learning modalities especially kinesthetic modality and helping students to develop creativity and metacognition about space and spatial relations.
Nasıl problem çözülür, nasıl tasarlanır, nasıl yaratıcı olunur soruları bize nasıl düşündüğümüzü,... more Nasıl problem çözülür, nasıl tasarlanır, nasıl yaratıcı olunur soruları bize nasıl düşündüğümüzü, beynimizin bu süreçlerde nasıl çalıştığını, hangi süreçlerle öğrendiğimizi ve öğrenileni bilgiye nasıl dönüştürdüğümüzü öğretmeye başlamıştır. Bu sorular, bu sürecin bir sonucu olarak da insan zekasının makinaya aktarılması olarak tekrar karşımıza çıkmaktadır. Günümüzde sayıları artan ve yaygın olarak kullanılan görsel destekli yazılımlar, mimari tasarım süreçlerinin tercih edilen bir parçası olmuş ve bu bağlamda eğitimde de etkin olarak kullanılmaya başlanmıştır. Özellikle hesaplamalı tasarım anlayışı, tasarım olasılıklarının irdelenmesi ve en iyi/en uygun tasarım durumunun belirlenmesinde öne çıkmakta ve söz konusu görsel destekli yazılımlardan faydalanmaktadır. Bu yazılımlar tasarımların sayısal ortama aktarılmasında hız ve kolaylık sağlamakla beraber kendi sınırlarını barındırmaktadır. Bu sınırlar söz konusu yazılımların kullanımının artması ile birlikte yalnızca yazılım sınırı olma...
Proceedings of the 36th International Conference on Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe (eCAADe) [Volume 2]
The almost seamless integration of computation, fabrication and immersion technologies in archite... more The almost seamless integration of computation, fabrication and immersion technologies in architecture not only constitutes potentials for exploring design instances through multiple media but also changes design paradigm from form-formation to form-formation-exploration. In this sense, multiverse of design as proposed in this study and integration of various design technologies from virtual to real aims to advance higher order thinking skills and a more exclusive design exploration in computational design process. Undoubtedly, the multiverse of design cannot be handled without emerging technologies temptingly easing fabrication in both physical and virtual realms. On the other hand, such technologies can easily be deceptive in regard with scale, choice of material, details and etc.Therefore, how and which modes of exploration (physical or virtual) should be integrated into the design process is critical.``Exploration of design'' in the realm of new technologies does not only connote a formal exploration of design and its performance but it also becomes a way learning/thinking of design enhancing critical thinking and constructivist learning. Within the scope of this study, the multiverse of a form(ation) is explained throughly and examplified through snowflake pavilion which is issued to 4th year and graduate students in the scope of an elective studio course. Snowflake pavillon comprises physical, virtual and mapped reality as a triskelion for immersive experience for visitors.
Kepczynska-Walczak, A, Bialkowski, S (eds.), Computing for a better tomorrow - Proceedings of the 36th eCAADe Conference - Volume 2, Lodz University of Technology, Lodz, Poland, 19-21 September 2018, pp. 121-128, 2018
Nature is always full of patterns inspiring all the disciplines and especially architecture in ma... more Nature is always full of patterns inspiring all the disciplines and especially architecture in many ways. Currently, with the advances in technology and growing interest towards nature-driven studies, retrieving information from nature has a new connotation in scales and dimensions including both living and non-living beings. In this study, it is aimed to explore the scales of nature from Nano to Macro and a holistic approach is embraced to cope with the complexity of nature and architecture. To understand these complexities, patterns in different forms and scales serve as valuable tools to decode and recode information from one domain to another through locating the order and how patterns exist in different and changing environments with respect to forces and the urge of the existence of the being.This research focuses on the behavior of crystal formation which can be observed both in biotic and abiotic nature to understand the order generating the patterns in nature and its adaptation into a different and changing environment. This information of crystallization has great potential for architecture in terms of spatial structures, new materials and introducing a novel lattice for freeform structures. In this study, the potentials, limits and possible contributions of crystal formation are stated for architecture in the search of symmetry and patterns.
Transforming The Box" 2015. In: Workshops at Interdisciplinary Design Studio<br> by ME... more Transforming The Box" 2015. In: Workshops at Interdisciplinary Design Studio<br> by METU The Center for Technology. Presenters: Prof. Aydan Erkmen , Dr.Arzu<br> Gonec Sorguc, Dr. E.Ilhan Kounukseven, Dr. Adil Oran , Dr. Y.Eren Kalay and<br> Dr.Arsev Umur Aydinoglu, 2015.
Gazi Universitesi Muhendislik Mimarlık Fakultesi Dergisi, 2007
Page 1. Gazi Üniv. Müh. Mim. Fak. Der. J. Fac. Eng. Arch. Gazi Univ. Cilt 22, No 2, 451-459, 2007... more Page 1. Gazi Üniv. Müh. Mim. Fak. Der. J. Fac. Eng. Arch. Gazi Univ. Cilt 22, No 2, 451-459, 2007 Vol 22, No 8, 451-459, 2007 MİMARLIK TASARIMI PARADİGMASINDA BİOMİMESİS&#x27;İN ETKİSİ Semra ARSLAN SELÇUK ve Arzu ...
This paper presents a part of a thesis research conducted at METU. It proposes a method for evalu... more This paper presents a part of a thesis research conducted at METU. It proposes a method for evaluating the effects of an immersive virtual learning environment (IVLE) which is integrated in an architectural design/learning activity. Proposed IVLE application and design/learning activity were designed through a synthesis on constructive learning, problem-based learning, immersive technologies, and intended learning outcomes (ILOs) in learning how to design in human-scale. Immersive experience of bodily interactions and problem solving process are focused. Method of evaluation was also developed over this synthesis, and an evaluation rubric was created based on the SOLO taxonomy. According to the evaluation method, a before-and-after test was conducted within a case study involving a particular scenario of design exercise and interviews. Conclusions are based on the results of this case study.
With the rapid advances in technology, virtual reality(VR) re-emerged as an affordable technology... more With the rapid advances in technology, virtual reality(VR) re-emerged as an affordable technology providing new potentials for virtual learning environments(VLE). Within the scope of this study, firstly a general perspective on potentials of VR to create an appropriate VLE is put forward regarding the potentials related with learning modalities. Then, VR as a VLE in architectural education is discussed and utilization of VR is revisited considering the fundamentals of education as how to enhance skills regarding creativity, furnish students to adopt future skills and how VR can be used to enhance design understanding as well as space perception and spatial relations. It is deliberated that instead of mirroring the real spaces, allowing students to understand the virtuality with its own constituents will broaden the understanding of space, spatial relations, scale, motion, and time both in physical and virtual. The dichotomy between physical and virtual materiality, the potentials an...
This paper discusses an educational approach emphasizing the changing role of mathematics and pot... more This paper discusses an educational approach emphasizing the changing role of mathematics and potentials of mathematical thinking in architectural education on the course of changing design paradigm: from designing the product to designing the process. In this context, randomly selected samples of student works, realized within the context of an elective undergraduate course, Arch 333 “Mathematics in Architecture” at Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkiye are presented. It is shown that mathematical thinking provide not only to science people a solid ground for further explorations, but also new inspirations to people involving art and design and help them to overcome prejudices and fears related with mathematics in their minds. It is believed that this approach encourages them to discuss complex problems with meta language of mathematics and develop ability to consider the design process as a whole.
Nature is always full of patterns inspiring all the disciplines and especially architecture in ma... more Nature is always full of patterns inspiring all the disciplines and especially architecture in many ways. Currently, with the advances in technology and growing interest towards nature-driven studies, retrieving information from nature has a new connotation in scales and dimensions including both living and non-living beings. In this study, it is aimed to explore the scales of nature from Nano to Macro and a holistic approach is embraced to cope with the complexity of nature and architecture. To understand these complexities, patterns in different forms and scales serve as valuable tools to decode and recode information from one domain to another through locating the order and how patterns exist in different and changing environments with respect to forces and the urge of the existence of the being.This research focuses on the behavior of crystal formation which can be observed both in biotic and abiotic nature to understand the order generating the patterns in nature and its adapta...
The behavior of sound in an enclosed space is very complex. This behavior is closely related to b... more The behavior of sound in an enclosed space is very complex. This behavior is closely related to boundaries, material properties and with the form of the space they are in. In this paper, the image source method as a method for modeling the sound field in enclosed spaces is re-visited and patterns of image sources and their relationships with the geometry of enclosing space is studied by using polygons/polyhedrons in 2D and 3D. Symmetries of these image source points, identification of possible polygons enabling simple geometrical shape formations and knowing the resulting geometrical pattern, is used as an input to an acoustic model, reducing the complexity and computational time. Visualization of such complex patterns provides a solid tool to grasp complex relationships. Therefore transcoding the invisible relationships of acoustics into geometric patterns of mathematics provides a valuable means to improve the cognition of sound phenomena and to extract information as design input.
Insanin parcasi oldugu dogayi ve bir ust olcekte evreni anlama istegi ve meraki, bu anlamanin bir... more Insanin parcasi oldugu dogayi ve bir ust olcekte evreni anlama istegi ve meraki, bu anlamanin bir ara yuzu olarak bir yanda matematik, fizik, kimya gibi temel bilimlerin ve bilgilerin ve sonrasinda da pek cok farkli disiplinin ortaya cikmasini saglarken, diger yanda sanat ve felsefede de onemli tartismalari gundeme getirerek, anlama eyleminin de yeni arac ve ara yuzleri icin farkli duzlemleri olusturmaktadir. Tum bu surecte farkli bilgilerin ve olgularin sembolik ama herkes tarafindan anlasilabilen bir anlatim bicimi olan matematik farkli bilgi alanlarinin birbiri ile “konusmasini” degil, anlama eyleminin model ve araclarini da saglamistir. Bu baglamda, insanoglunun dogadaki buyume modelini ve dogal yapilasmalardaki tasarim estetigini anlamakta kullandigi, esinlendigi/ ogrendigi/ uyguladigi parametrelerden en eskisi olan altin oran ozellikle sanat ve mimarlikta matematigin rolunu gosteren ve izini tarih boyunca pek cok yapitta gorebilecegimiz bir benzesim olcutu olmustur. Yapilan ca...
Blucher Design Proceedings