11th EAEA Envisioning Architecture: Design, Evaluation, Communication Conference in 2013Track 3 | Conceptual Representation | Exploring the layout of the built environment |
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Thinking it through: the importance of study sketches and the implications for design educationKeywords: study sketches; design thinking; design education |
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ABSTRACTStudy sketches, the loose and open-ended drawings that designers use, have been essential to the design process since the time of Leonardo da Vinci. The extent to which they remain essential to the design process, though, is the extent to which they possess unique qualities that facilitate design thinking. To make this determination, I review research on the relation between sketching and design thinking in the light of findings in cognitive science. |
AUTHORMichael J. McGlynnDepartment of Architecture, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA Michael McGlynn is an architect and Associate Professor of Architecture at Kansas State University in Manhattan, KS, USA. Professor McGlynn's scholarship is an outgrowth of his teaching and is pursued in three interrelated areas: Sustainable Architecture Theory and Pedagogy, where he seeks to understand the scope of sustainable architectural design and the implications for teaching and learning; Integrated Design Pedagogy, where he investigates integrated approaches to teaching architectural technology and design; and Design Communication and the Design Process, where he investigates the role of diagramming and study sketching in both design thinking and communication. |