MODULAR SYSTEM APPROACH IN DESIGN EDUCATION

Year 2019, Volume: 7 Issue: 3, 357 - 363, 30.09.2019

Tugba Duzenli Serap Yılmaz Abdullah Çiğdem

Abstract

 

Contemporary users expect portable, flexible, environment- and
user-friendly, flexible designs. In order to meet these expectations, the
design forms should be organic, ecological, alive, dynamic, flexible, adaptable,
versalite, and portable. Thus, the concepts such as digital and smart
architecture were introduced. Therefore, formation of natural material and the
harmony in nature are the inspirations for design. Nature has a unique system,
which is comprised of modules. Inspiration from the nature could help creation
of a system in design education using modules, facilitating the design process
for the students. Thus, the modular design process, which involves the adoption
of modular design approach in landscape architecture education, was discussed
in the present study. The analysis of the modules is important for these types
of design. Thus, the present study addressed the concepts of inspiration from
the nature and modular design within the context of “Architectural Design and
Project Course”, which is one of the 2^nd semester courses at Karadeniz
Technical University, Landscape Architecture Department. The study material
included models titled “urban objects” constructed in the above-mentioned
course. In the application section, the models of 4 students were selected by
the researchers and evaluated based on the research process (natural examples)
and creative product (model) aspects. In conclusion, it was determined that the
creation of design forms and spatial construct by students were facilitated in
this design education that adopted the nature inspired modular approach.

Keywords

Landscape architecture, modular design, natural inspiration

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