Digital modelling as a design tool in architecture studios

Abstract

The architectural design studio could be considered with no doubt as the principal pillar of the architectural education process, and it plays one of the most important roles in developing this process. Regardless of the rise of the use of computing in architecture profession, the main focus -at least in developing countries- is on presentations as compared to other realms of the practice. The current research presents an experimental model to use one of the computer applications as a designing tool in different architectural design stages, starting with creating and developing a concept to final stages of project design, including project environmental studies. The research methodology can be summarized in the theoretical preface that explains stages of the architectural design process and with reference to computer applications in each design process stage, and then it'll consent with the experimental model, definition of the used software and applied mechanisms with the display of application model output which can be analyzed and evaluated.