Abstract
Contemporary design methodologies require mechanisms capable of producing system integration based on transdisciplinary approaches, as opposed to static systems. A project is no longer just about focused design but also about transversal operational strategies. The design laboratory for the master’s degree in architecture at the Universidad de Los Andes has experimented with tools and instruments that diversify research processes through architectural projects. The course integrates design thinking approaches with transversal readings on theories and strategies for project thinking in architecture to develop these methodologies. Four transversal modules have been tested in relation to the architectural project: Images, Diagrams, Analogies, and Tactics. Each of these modules implies a transdisciplinary approach to architectural design. The image serves as a research instrument and a creation methodology, the diagram as a codification strategy and definition of operational structures, analogy as a method of approaching non-architectural references, and tactics as a proposal for a systemic approach. These interconnected systems are a project in themselves. The result is a methodology of dynamic processes synthesized through compression, abstraction, and simulation. Transforming project strategies means transforming how we look at things. Secondly, it means seeing architecture as an assembly of extensible capacities and energies, not as an inert, moldable object. Today, the figure of the designer and the architect can no longer be formulated solely as a producer of objects but as a strategist of design processes.
Presenters
Daniel Huertas NadalStudent, Ph.D and Master, University of Los Andes. School of Architecture and Design, Cundinamarca, Colombia
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Presentation Type
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session
Theme
KEYWORDS
Operational strategies, Project methodology, Design thinking, Systemic design, Transdisciplinary narratives
