Design Pedagogy through Biomorphic research: A digital approach to design methodology in an undergraduate architecture studio (original) (raw)

2020, Pakistan Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences Volume 26

The purpose of this research, resulting from the design studio experimentation, is to frame and explore the outcomes of a biomorphic design methodology. Also, the research observes how knowledge transfer takes place about the novice learner when exposed to such a methodology as an architectural medium. This design education literature is composed to construct a theoretical lens in digital environments as well as cognitive theories of learning, keeping in view, the challenges confronted by and achievements of the students in the studio. Assembly of design concepts from natural processes is explored as a medium of design inspiration in the research. An investigational design studio titled: 'Design through biomorphic research: the investigation of contemporary digital tools' is explained for instructing the 4 th year architecture students. This framework, along with the inventive end products, is demonstrated by a sequence of stimulating research and design challenges explored in the studio. The projects presented expand upon the term 'biomorphic' by examining the animal kingdom and complex natural process as an inspiration and are focused on the understanding of a myriad of complicated and self-organized processes. Thus, these projects translate the principles from nature into design decisions with the help of digital tools available today. The paper illustrates one of the methods of investigation, bringing together architecture, science, and nature. The methodology is explained with the help of two projects resulting from an outline provided by the instructors to their 4 th-year design students at the Architecture Department at the University of Engineering and Technology Lahore, during the 2017/2018 academic year.

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