Experiencing the real-scale: mock-up of a set design project

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2009

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İmamoğlu, Çağrı
Şenyapılı, Burcu
Osman Demirbaş, Özgen

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This paper (1) claims that in spite of the unique opportunities introduced to design learning by the emergence of virtual models, the benefits of learning through building in real-scale cannot be totally disregarded. Within this framework, a real-scale project through which students could study light, color and texture was proposed in a senior interior design studio course. Students were asked to work in groups and create a set design, using different objects, materials, colors and lighting configurations within a mock-up space. This paper presents an assessment of the students' responses to the project, discussing the impacts of the project in terms of three main aspects: learning by doing and seeing, learning in different styles, and learning in a group environment. The study suggests that despite its functional difficulties both in terms of provision of space and budget, the integration of even simple real-scale projects to the design studio may be a viable option in design education, enhancing students' comprehension of the transformation between the design and its application.

Subject Keywords

Real-scale, Design learning, Learning by doing, Set design, Virtual models

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http://jfa.arch.metu.edu.tr/archive/0258-5316/2009/cilt26/sayi_1/71-80.pdf
https://hdl.handle.net/11511/50863

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Department of Architecture, Article