Teaching Architectural Design Studio Remotely: The Introduction to Architectural Design Course at METU

2020-12-01
Kömez Dağlıoğlu, Esin
Pinar, Ekin
Gürsel Dino, İpek
Yoncacı Arslan, Pelin
Baş Bütüner, Funda
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This paper aims to briefly assess the potentials and limits of online learning environment for studio education by focusing on the case of 2019-20 spring semester studio of Introduction to Architectural Design course at Middle East Technical University’s Department of Architecture. As a transitory course between basic design principles and architectural design, Introduction to Architectural Design addresses the issues of site, program, structure, form, and material in reference to small scale architectural interventions. Reviewing the usual course of the semester until the COVID-19 outbreak as well as the effects of the unexpected switch to the emergency distance teaching, the paper highlights both the creative advantages and material shortcomings of the course’s adaptation process into the online studio format.
Architectural Design Studio, Exploratory design education, Emergency distance teaching
https://hdl.handle.net/11511/69497
JOURNAL OF DESIGN STUDIO
Department of Architecture, Article

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E. Kömez Dağlıoğlu, E. Pinar, İ. Gürsel Dino, P. Yoncacı Arslan, and F. Baş Bütüner, “Teaching Architectural Design Studio Remotely: The Introduction to Architectural Design Course at METU,” JOURNAL OF DESIGN STUDIO, pp. 153–157, 2020, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/69497.
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