Open AccessAdaptation of First-Year Architectural Design Studio Resources Through Accessibility
Author(s) -
Derya Uzal,
Basak Eren
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of design studio (online)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2687-2838
DOI - 10.46474/jds.935436
Subject(s) - studio , design studio , adaptation (eye) , materiality (auditing) , workspace , architectural engineering , multimedia , computer science , engineering , visual arts , psychology , art , neuroscience , artificial intelligence , robot , aesthetics
This paper aims to discuss possible adaptations of the essential resources for the first-year architectural design studio's second term under COVID-19 lockdown regulations through experiences from MEF University First-Year Design Studio. Design Studio fundamentals, such as accessibility and materiality, needed to be adapted to studio participants' changing opportunities and places. The second term of the first-year design studio at MEF University is built upon the basic knowledge gained from the first term by improving its physical aspects such as structure, material, and site by forming direct relationships with the resources through analysis and experimentation. Its adaptation to remote studio poses significant difficulties with its intense tactile and material state. New resources and adaptations to the remote studio are grouped under three categories: Curriculum, studio as a workspace, and site. Remote studio experiences are analyzed through changing resources to uncover new possible achievements. Even though there are still irreplaceable components of the regular studio structure, the paper searches for possible adaptations to overcome these challenges of architectural design studio during remote teaching by reassessment of the resources with the accessibility theme.