Paradigm shift in studio culture

Time for a Paradigm Shift in Our Disciplinary Culture?

Paradigm Shift

A paradigm shift, suggested by Thomas Kuhn [1], is not just a small change in science, or the modification of a theory. It is a scientific revolution and completely changes the way in which science looks at the world. It often dictates how the public looks at the world. For example, Darwin's theories [2] were intensely debated by scientists and theologians. This debate spilled over into the pub...

A New Paradigm for Design Studio Education

There is a feeling among many design educators today that the discipline has reached a crisis in its development, and that change is needed immediately in the way that design educators articulate their epistemology and their methodology. The architectural studio can be seen as the model for design education, and its culture is exemplary. Donald Schön has often argued that the professional educa...

A Methodology for Paradigm Shift to Explain Sustainable University

The sustainable university concept is rooted in prevalent paradigms pertained to economic, social and environmental development, which all focus on systemic thought and rationality; besides, they tend to  discover and solve problems by applying an interdisciplinary approach. However, the epistemic component is what these paradigms have ignored. The purpose of this study is to explain a methodo...

Paradigm Shift in Reconfigurable Computing

As per the Moore's law, the number of transistors that could be placed on a single integrated circuit has been increasing exponentially, and today has reached the stage where the implementation of multiple processor cores on a single chip has become a reality. As a result, the capacity of modern FPGA devices will soon support the implementation of hundreds to thousands of soft microprocessor co...