| Title |
A Study on the Sketching and Design Thinking in Architectural Design Process |
| Abstract |
Architectural designing is seen as a process of generations and transformations of visual images of a still nonexisting entity. A design problem is solved when a satisfactory visual representation of a design concept is produced. To deal with visual properties of the design concept, the designer utilizes visual thinking, which is represented through sketching. As a rule, designers engage in intensive, fast, freehand sketching when they first tackle a design problem.This study investigated the process of sketching and revealed that by sketching, the designer does not only represent images held in the mind, but create graphic images which help generate mental images of the entity that is being designed. Sketching is a real part of design reasoning and it does so through a special kind of visual imagery. On-line studies revealed a unique kind of interactive imagistic reasoning during sketching, marked by a systematic exchange of visual informations(images) between imagery and sketching, which brings about the gradual transformations of images and sudden unexpected discovery of new design ideas or images. Tacit and explicit visual information processing partaked in this visual reasoning. |