DIGITAL DESIGN TECHNIQUES: TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE AND SAUDI ARCHITECTURAL EDUCATION

Between design and digital: bridging the gaps in architectural education

Developing technologies, such as computational design and digital fabrication, are transforming the design and construction of contemporary architecture. Today, architecture schools are tasked with introducing digital technologies as they are changing, creating an opportunity to develop innovative curricula and democratize access to these skills. However, the understanding of how to teach digit...

Current Discussions on Digital Sketching in the Early Stages of Architectural Design in Education

In the architectural design, designers are focused on the early stages of the design process or conceptual design. The ultimate goal of this stage is to find a solution for an existing problem, investigate design space, or explore an idea. This stage conventionally begins with sketches and diagrams to explore ideas and solutions; the ambiguity and vagueness of conventional freehand sketching ca...

Exploring Learning Objectives for Digital Design in Architectural Education

What are the objectives of teaching digital design in architecture? While this seems a rather primitive inquiry it in fact is loaded with misunderstanding and disagreement. This paper aims to bring accepted educational research about learning objectives into the discussion of digital design’s relationship to architecture. In particular, Bloom’s Taxonomy is introduced and referenced as a tool fo...

Architectural Design Knowledge Modeling

We have presented an approach for automated knowledge modelling and re-use in design through the development of an algorithm that operates in conjunction with the machine learning technique. The approach presented has the advantage that such automated knowledge modelling system works in conjunction with the problem-solving process as the knowledge representation is in an embedded/distributed st...

Knowledge-based Collaborative Architectural Design