Who is designing for whom? A critical design studio approach

Studio studies can easily be defined as the cornerstone of discipline in departments giving architectural education. Although educational process differs institutions and among educators, its main purpose is always to give best experience on design students bring together different space designs functions with certain criteria. it often stated contrary, generally difficult get necessary support from social sciences studio work. For students, considering sociological data creating a concept perceived waste time, since user cannot observed project that will not implemented real life create differences measured. Dealing form, color, material instead help impress teachers other much more easily. Students act pragmatically choose method promises them higher score shorter way, charming product seem powerful while deep research sociologic ecologic background reflect themselves render. very profiles were determined for same area at beginning process, may cause resulting products enough characteristic end. The aim this examine whether projects differ terms functionality regarding their by based work Karadeniz Technical University, Department Landscape Architecture within scope Environmental Design Project II course. As result examination, has been although designer customer profile are different, morphological easily, which means methodology studios should examined again.