Open AccessTeaching Architectural Design Studio Remotely: The Introduction to Architectural Design Course at METU
Author(s) -
Esin Kömez Dağlıoğlu,
Ekin Pınar,
İpek Gürsel Dino,
Pelin Yoncacı Arslan,
Funda Baş Bütüner
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of design studio (online)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2687-2838
DOI - 10.46474/jds.820352
Subject(s) - studio , design studio , architectural design , architecture , architectural engineering , course (navigation) , engineering , adaptation (eye) , computer science , visual arts , psychology , art , telecommunications , neuroscience , aerospace engineering
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.