Studio Work Research Articles

EXAMINING PEDAGOGICAL APPROACHES IN THE 'LIGHT & SPACE' COURSE: A REFLECTIVE INQUIRY

Light plays a pivotal role in architecture, influencing the ambience and spatial experience from historical landmarks to contemporary structures. Within the evolving landscape of architectural education, experiential and exploratory workshop-based courses are essential, offering students with insights that inform their studio work. The 'Light & Space' course is one such course, offered as part of the second-year curriculum at the School of Architecture, Anant National University, Ahmedabad, India which delves into the transformative potential of light within built environments. This research paper undertakes a thorough investigation into the pedagogical approaches employed in the aforementioned course. Using qualitative analysis and reflective inquiry, the study assesses the effectiveness of these methodologies in achieving course objectives and fostering diverse learning experiences. Employing a multifaceted approach including curriculum analysis, participant observation, interviews and surveys, the research evaluates course content alignment, teaching methods, student interactions, and pedagogical effectiveness. By examining these dynamics, the study aims to deepen understanding of pedagogical practices and contribute to innovation in architectural education.

Can we do this online? An aesthetic inquiry on virtual studio management education

Studio methods represent one of the more recent forms of arts-based learning interventions for promoting business students' creativeness, fostering socio-material relationships, and generating new insights through its maker-orientation. Different from more individually focused analytical tools, studio practices involve the collective materialization of artifacts to study management and organization topics. The potential for introducing online studio activities remains underexplored because studio-based approaches typically rely on assumptions of physical co-presence and material matters. Contributing to the current dialogue surrounding virtual student engagement and experiential collaborations, this paper focuses on studio activities designed for engaging online MBA Organizational Behavior students in the artistic materialization of artifacts to explore their experiences with virtual groups. Realized artifacts are shared with peer groups through a virtual platform, inviting aesthetic enjoyment and interpretations. Student reflections on artifact-making and virtual sharing are examined through the lens of aesthetics to guide readers through both theoretical nuances and practical insights on co-creative studio dynamics. Participants’ narratives underscore both opportunities and challenges associated with online socio-material studio work. Implications for future research and online studio practices are considered.

Assessment of Students’ Participation in Planning Studio at Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Nigeria

Studio work is designed into the curriculum of Urban and Regional Planning in Nigerian Universities as one of the core courses to acquire professional skill in planning education. This helps the students to apply theoretical aspects of the profession to real life settings to aids their practical learning skill and equip them to adapt to challenges and scenarios in the profession. This study assessed planning students’ participation in studio work to determine various factors that influence their participation. Questionnaire were administered among 292 planning students at Ladoke Akintola University of Technology for data collection. Multi-stage and purposive sampling techniques were adopted. Only 206 planning students which is 70.5% response rate successfully completed their questionnaires. Factor analysis, Likert scale, relative index and linear regression were used for data analysis. The result revealed that only students’ mode of admission has significance influence of 0.356 on students’ participation in studio work at the significance level of 0.05. One-way ANOVA test revealed no difference exist (P<0.05) in terms of students’ participation in studio work based on their socioeconomic attributes except the marital status. The students’ level of participation revealed the average mean of 3.16 which implies that, majority of the students participate in studio work. However, advice from Lecturers or Technologists on studio work has less significance compared with other factors. The study suggested among others the need for Lecturers and Technologists to build and improve their personal relationship with students to influence their participation and achieve greater productivity.

Students’ cross-sectioning in the math-art studio

This study presents a case study on students’ cross-sectioning in an informal and innovative learning environment designed based on Studio Thinking and Artful Thinking Frameworks. Participants were four seventh-grade students. Students’ documents and video recordings were analysed at different structures of the studio (analysing works of art, creating artwork, and critiquing) and the approach to data analysis was interpretive microanalysis. The findings of the study indicated that the studio work designed in the current study made students’ cross-sectioning visible through diverse tasks, requiring an understanding of the relation between 2D and 3D (identification of the slices of 3D geometric figures and construction of 3D figures from the 2D slices) at different structures of the studio. This study suggests new avenues for the design of tasks on cross-sectioning for middle school students and the design of learning environments by presenting detailed information about what is going on in these environments.

Effects of Curriculum on the Performance of Architecture Students in Building Structures in Southwestern Nigerian Public Universities

Students’ performance in Building structures courses have been observed to be generally low with their corresponding inadequate application of Structures knowledge in Architectural designs. There are many factors that may be responsible for this in which the curriculum used to teach the students is inclusive. This issue has not been adequately investigated. This study therefore analysed the effects of curriculum on the performance of Architecture students in Building structures in Southwestern Nigerian public Universities, with a view to improving on the performance of the students. The study employed descriptive survey. Five public universities approved by the National Universities Commission and Architects Registration Council of Nigeria namely: FUTA, LAUTECH, OAU, UNILAG and OOU were purposively sampled. The curricula of these selected universities were collected and reviewed with past examination questions and results on Building structures courses. The study revealed that curricula of all selected schools were in line with NUC and ARCON standards. The questions given to students’ during examinations were also standards and in line with the contents in the curricula in all selected universities. The study also revealed that the performance of the students in the courses was generally low across the selected universities. The study concluded that the curricula of schools selected are standard and good to train the students but should be re- evaluated to provide better alliance with the studio works (Architectural designs). The study recommended that topics not vital or relevant for students’ development in the contents should be removed to reduce overloading of works on students. There is need to reduce calculations or reduce calculations given to students’ during examinations to improve the performance of the students. Finally, periodical review and updating of curriculum are recommended to broaden the students’ knowledge in order to train high quality, talented students in Architecture and to meet the present and future trend development globally.

I-Float Genesis: Additional Personal Floating Device in the Context of Three Level of Design

This study aims to produce a prototype of an additional personal flotation device (PPPT) that can provide benefits to water disaster personals who are at risk of drowning. Drowning incidents are the second highest tragedy in this country after road accidents. Lately, the issue of disasters that hit the country related to water accidents is increasing. Major floods, cases of drowning in rivers, seas and swimming pools involving children, adults and not least water disaster rescuers who are at high risk during rescue operations. The Fire and Rescue Department is the main target group of this study. The function of the device is given the main focus in the production of this prototype which can be used as an additional device to the life jacket currently used by the rescuers of the Fire and Rescue Department. Art-based research (ABR) methodology paradigm is a methodology used through study design based on studio work and design process methods in producing the prototypes. From the production of this prototype variation, some data is produced and recorded as a creative process in a diary/journal provided to record input and translate every process of the making of the prototype including the creation and study carried out from time to time in a systematic manner. Through this study, a prototype that has a function compatible with the needs of the rescue community is produced. The results of this research are a form of academic contribution and can provide great benefits in addition to reducing the risk of death for rescuers who need the device during an emergency.

Playful by Design: A Third Space Community of Practice for Game Studies & Design

This paper traces the history and development of Playful by Design, a cross-campus initiative at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign from which the interdisciplinary Game Studies & Design program emerged. Interdisciplinary collaborations bridge differences between academic cultures and can spur innovative research and new programs and initiatives. Games, understood both as objects of study and as a methodology for conducting research on topics other than games, are moving into the mainstream within multiple academic disciplines; that doesn’t mean that interdisciplinary game studies must disappear as an intellectual endeavor. Playful by Design has become a local and global community of practice in which shared and overlapping interests in game-relevant research of all kinds, but also design, pedagogy, and technology, provide a durable interdisciplinary third space. As a network, it can welcome multidisciplinary activities pursued by teachers, scholars, artists, and designers within their own disciplines and in their own ways. Through creative collaborations, the sharing of resources, and the growth of team-based studio work and other experiential learning, this approach facilitates the emergence of transdisciplinary and glocal aspirations. These include shared values of accessibility and inclusion, reflected in how we teach and conduct research, and in the design and creation of games, simulations, and other interactive and immersive experiences that address the critical shared challenges of our times.

Peculiarities of forming preschoolers’ socio-cultural agency as a condition for their cognitive- emotional development in the digital society

Introduction. The article presents a theoretical review and an experimental study of preschoolers’ cognitive and emotional development in the digital era. The purpose of the research is to identify and clarify the synergetic effect of creating an event–organized educational space for joint activities of children and adults in the implementation of a complex of various types and forms of cultural practices aimed at developing agency and initiative in preschool children within the framework of socially transformative activities in digital society. Materials and Methods. The study follows the basic principles of the synergetic approach. In order to obtain empirical data, the following methods and techniques of psychological assessment were used: (1) structured observation of children’s joint activities, (2) social emotions inventory, and (3) G. A. Uruntayeva and Yu. A. Afonkina’s ‘Studying the effectiveness of social and personal motive’ inventory. The sample consisted of 56 preschoolers. In order to detect the randomness of the results and track the dynamics, the experimental data were subjected to mathematical processing (Wilcoxon's T-test, which ensures the validity and reliability of the results obtained). Results. The research findings show that the use of a synergetic approach and a complex of various types and forms of cultural practices, such as a creative workshop, a research quest, game simulation modeling, design, collecting, and studio work have a significant impact on the indicators of older preschool children’s social agency as a condition for their cognitive and emotional development. The study confirms the assumption that achieving a high level of preschoolers’ social agency is possible provided that an event-organized space of joint activities of children and adults is created in the educational process of the kindergarten. Conclusions. The article concludes about the effectiveness of the synergetic approach in the implementation of a set of different types and forms of cultural practices as conditions for preschoolers’ cognitive and emotional development in the new digital society. The authors emphasize that the use of a synergetic approach and a set of cultural practices in educational practice increases the level of initiative, independence, and responsibility in children, and contributes to redirecting their attention from digital devices to the peer-group and developing positive relationships based on verbal communication and cooperation between peers and adults through the amplification of the creative experience of cognition, application the surrounding objects in a new quality and transforming them.

Geological Structure Control on the Formation of Metal Mineralization at Quartz Veins in Jendi Village, Wonogiri Regency, Central Java

Quartz veins in the Jendi area and its surroundings are formed by geological structures with distributions and patterns that need to be known. This study uses data on striation, quartz vein orientation, and metal content in quartz veins. The use of this data aims to determine the relationship between the vein direction pattern and its metal mineral content with the main structure that forms it. The results of this study can be useful in determining the structural model and distribution of veins in the study area. The research method was carried out through a series of field and laboratory work. Fieldwork includes measuring striation data, measuring the orientation of quartz veins, and taking quartz vein samples. Studio work includes stereographic analysis of striation data, rosette diagram analysis of vein measurement data, and analysis of metallic element content of quartz veins. The quartz vein mineralization zone in the study area is controlled by a right slip fault with a northwest-southeast trend that forms a transtension zone with a north-south trend. The north-south trending veins are generally thick, long/continuous, and have a high metal content.

Interview with Chat GPT to Define Architectural Design Studio Work: Possibilities, Conflicts and Limits

Design studio forms the backbone of architectural education. It is the first-place students encounter complex design problems that they should understand the context, search for the reasons, structure the demands, and develop creative solutions in the design process. The continuity and integrity of design studios are important, so the instructors have great effort to define and explore the project subjects and themes for each grade to make the environment more productive, creative, and collaborative. The meetings, web and literature surveys, and thoughts and experience of instructors enable the definition of an architectural design studio work. This research is to seek another knowledge source that could have possible contributions to this process. Chat CPT is a newly released artificial intelligence project that people can experience for months. It is a language model the training and learning continue. By the objective of the research, an interview with chat GPT is structured and executed to define and explore possible issues and valuable knowledge for third-year architectural design studio work as a case study. The recordings are presented, and an evaluation survey, Delphi technique among experts, is held to emphasize artificial intelligence's possibilities, conflict, and limits in taking the stakeholder role. Prominent findings are that AI continuously responds and presents important issues for requirements and concepts. It has limits on reaching the maps and conflicts in distinguishing the countries and institutions.

FOSTERING DIVERGENCE DURING CONCEPTUAL DESIGN WITH INDUSTRIAL-BASED STUDENTS

AbstractTeaching the same design module to two different cohorts, traditional design students and industry-based students, the outcomes of the conceptual design stage has shown differences in divergence achieved, looking at both number and quality of concepts. The activities of both cohorts across two years are explored, combining on campus studio based teaching and online teaching, through comparison of teaching approaches for both cohorts and their effect on the design outcomes. Findings show that the traditional design students create significantly larger number of concepts, discussed in more detail and engage more fully in the divergence-convergence design process. Then the recommendations are provided for approaches and techniques that could be implemented to the industry-based student teaching to encourage divergence during idea generation. These include increased levels of studio work focused design work separated from industry needs, more structure and mandatory use of all instructed design techniques by inclusion in the assessment, increased focus on intermediate tasks and contextualisation of design terms to the fields they are familiar with.

Enacting peripeteia in Möbius Strip: Adapting Butoh principles in mixed-media performance

The article draws from the Japanese phenomenological approach (Kyoto School) concerning the embodied experience of time-space. The article aims at the distillation of Butoh principles and its creative adaptation in a mixed-media performance titled Möbius Strip. As a method of choreographic practice, the concept of qualia is the matrix of Butoh notation (Butoh-fu). The western term for qualia would be ‘image-worlds’, which is encountered in the choreographic practice of Trisha Brown, Steve Paxton and Michael Chekhov (). Butoh-fu is a chain of qualia (scores/atmospheres). Consisting of qualia that require full psychophysical engagement of the performer, Butoh-fu, one could dare to say, resonates with Haiku or Zen Koans (). Under this frame, the performance explores notions of temporality availing in the processual nature of qualia to address the issue of ‘politics of time in neo-liberal societies’ (). The performance borrows its title from the concept of a Möbius Strip by mathematicians A. F. Möbius and J. B. Listing; having only one side and remaining in one piece when split down the middle, characterized by alternative modalities of connectivity. Möbius Strip focuses on the effects of war upon ‘ordinary people’ who suddenly find themselves amidst a crisis that urges them to reconsider their principles and discover dormant values. This is a decisive turning point: a peripeteia. The performance is a bittersweet embodied poem that wishes to offer a crack of light amidst the deep darkness of the current warfare. This article documents part of the practice-based research that includes the creation process and theoretical framework of Möbius Strip. The performance seals the studio work, where Butoh training was deployed as a methodological tool to sensitize performers’ psychophysical compresence. Furthermore, while allowing themselves to be observed by the gaze of the audience, they eventually access shifting time perceptions through the performative experience.

Komunikasi Pemasaran Studio Lunanuova dalam Membangun Brand Awareness

Competition among business actors in the business world is increasing, so that appropriate strategies are needed in introducing and promoting a product. The goal is that the products offered are not drowned by the many competitors. Lunanuova's study is one of the companies trying various strategies to build an image as the face of the company. So the research focuses on seeing how Studio Lunanuova's marketing communications build brand awareness. The theory used is in the form of marketing communications (7P) and brand awareness with a qualitative descriptive method and post positivism paradigm. The researcher interviewed 3 informants using a purposive sampling technique so that they met the criteria according to the focus of the problem. The research resulted in the 6 most effective marketing communication mixes in the form of products because they have the advantage of always offering different products every year and all files without additional costs. Prices are much cheaper according to the lower middle segment and there are special prices for card members. Promotion in the form of product bundling, price discounts, and give away to establish interaction with customers. At the process stage and people are connected to each other because Studio Lunanuova has an SOP for employees, especially hospitality so that the activities carried out go according to the wishes of the customer. Placing various product photos in every corner of the room to convince consumers that Lunanuova Studio's work is a mix of physical evidence. The mix that is not very effective is in the form of place because the location is too far from the city center. The marketing communication mix that has been implemented has made Lunanuova Studio better known to customers with a positive image.

There's Something in the Air: Authorship, the Hand and the Machine

AbstractPrinceton University School of Architecture's Courtney Coffman investigates the architectural and artistic adventures of Ball‐Nogues Studio and its very hands‐on approach to material production. The aim of the studio's work is to engage viewers and encourage them to bring their own perceptions and multiple vantage points to reading it. A mastery of digital and fabrication techniques is therefore crucial to the operation of the studio.

Studio-centred coursework as a model for hybridized design education

Studio coursework that focuses on real-world problems and stakeholder collaboration is an integral component of interdisciplinary design education. In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and increased interest in flexible models of content delivery, we conceptualize the studio course as central to interdisciplinary undergraduate education. Leveraging the pandemic as an opportunity, we argue that changes to studio coursework have created new modalities for design education. By focusing on adaptive, iterative studio coursework during each year of the undergraduate degree, we allow for hybridization of undergraduate design coursework. We present an example of the studio-centred model in action at a large polytechnic university in the United States. Our results may be beneficial to educators and practitioners interested in anchoring undergraduate curricula within interdisciplinary studio work, and for ensuring that interdisciplinary studios are able to respond to the twenty-first-century life skills essential for producing competitive graduates on the global market. We present studio-centred coursework as a model for hybridizing design education. We emphasize collaboration and discovery as key skills to develop in undergraduates. We develop this model through: (1) collaborating with industry partners to determine problem spaces and mentor students; (2) building interdisciplinary teams of students and faculty and (3) hybridizing lecture-based disciplinary coursework. We anchor our results with three years of programme assessment data. By integrating faculty, students and industry partners within the studio-centred model, this study demonstrates how hybridized design-led education can equip students for interdisciplinary collaboration as they progress towards their career goals. Furthermore, we provide discussion on how these competencies are evaluated by stakeholders as desirable skills. Students’ overall positive responses to the studio-centred coursework are captured in our quantitative data. Stakeholder responses come via focus groups held once per semester. Using studio coursework to centre design curricula allows for increased hybridization of the curriculum, as students use studio courses and capstones to apply knowledge, develop projects and attain professional mentorship. Emphasis on societal impact guides students to emphasize the broader impacts of their designs. Using quantitative and qualitative data, we provide a model that integrates research and education in undergrad curricula using a studio-centred model.

Identification of Aquifer Potential by Geoelectric Method in Gedangsari District, Gunungkidul Regency

Water is a very important natural resource that is needed by all living things in all their life activities. Research related to water and how to use water resources is an important issue. The amount of fresh water available on earth is only about 25% of the total water. The aim of this study is to identify potential aquifers with the geoelectric method. This can be a consideration in determining the right location of the well in relation to efforts to obtain potential groundwater resources to meet the needs of raw water, both in terms of quantity and quality. The method used is a field survey by making observations including rock permeability measurements, infiltration, laboratory and studio work. Field work also includes geoelectric measurements, observations of groundwater levels and land use, and analysis of aquifers to determine the location of drill points that have the potential to be developed. The results show that the supply of raw water for a number of locations spread across Gunungkidul Regency is very much needed, considering that in the dry season there is a shortage of water. Groundwater conditions using the Schlumberger Method show that they have sufficient raw water potential, but in terms of depth and discharge, each location is different from one another. Planning for borehole construction is highly recommended, and planning is adjusted to the amount of demand and availability of raw water.

Metaphorical Approach in Interior Architecture Education

In this study, the project studio, which is the foundation of interior design education, has been designed using the metaphor method, one of the intellectual methods applied in education. The metaphor method is a technique used to make difficult-to-understand abstract concepts concrete and helps design students develop their critical thinking and creative skills. In this case, design, which is the verbalized form of abstract thought, is limited to an object and the responsibilities brought by this object. From this point of view, an experimental study of metaphorical methods for establishing spatial relations of objects was carried out in a 14-week design studio with the 2nd year students of the Department of Interior Architecture, Faculty of Architecture and Design, Selcuk University. The purpose of the studio work is to draw the boundaries of interior architecture students in their search for solutions to design problems, and to enable them to come up with creative designs while making functional and formal decisions. In this context, a metaphorical approach was used in the context of object-space relations to guide students’ formal decisions in the functional solutions of the problems that arise in the interior design process. After working in the studio, the students have developed a working doctrine that will guide their interior design studio projects using the designed method, allow them to create unique forms and shapes, enable them to translate abstract ideas into concrete space and make it possible for them to design at various scales, from equipment to space design. The method is at a level that will set an example for students, designers and academicians working in the design discipline.

Historical Stages of Musical Art Development in the Context of Scientific and Technical Progress

The purpose of the work is to define the historical milestones of scientific and technological progress and to identify the interrelationship of art, technique, and technology at various stages of world culture development. The research methodology is based on philosophical and aesthetic research on the evolution of artistic culture and the understanding of the musical-communicative process, which allows the summing up and substantiating of the conclusions of the outlined issues. The scientific novelty of the work consists in gradually highlighting the historical stages of the scientific and technical revolution, demonstrating its direct influence on the development of musical art from the first stages of its development to the present day. It has been determined that in each historical formation, transformational processes are closely related to scientific and technical progress, which today are the main driving force of the musical and technical industry. Conclusions. The first stage is marked by the emergence of writing, which destroyed the monopoly of a small number of people on knowledge. At this stage, musical notation appears, with the help of which the information related to music is broadcasted. In the second stage, the invention of the printing press becomes a means of rapid dissemination of information, including musical information, through sheet music printing. The third stage is associated with the invention of mechanical sound recording and sound reproduction devices, as well as the introduction of electric current and analogue sound recording devices. In the fourth stage, because of modern technological achievements, the so-called phenomenon of "digital arts" is formed, which is characterised by interactivity, elitism, a new genre system, and innovative means of artistic expression. Modern artistic technologies, relying on the latest sound processors, computer software, and other digital innovations, help to expand the boundaries and create a new sound palette in music and concert practice, theatre performances, studio work, radio broadcasting, screen arts, and other areas of cultural and artistic life. Key words: musical art, scientific and technical progress, information revolutions, computer technologies, digital arts

Who is designing for whom? A critical design studio approach

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

ANALISIS GEOWISATA BERDASARKAN GEOSITE DAERAH TEBING TINGGI KABUPATEN EMPAT LAWANG SUMATERA SELATAN

Empat Lawang Regency is one of the regencies in South Sumatra which is known for its pretty good geotourism potential. The location of Empat Lawang Regency which is in the South Sumatra basin, with the influence of tectonic control and sedimentation which tends to be diverse and dominant, makes the research location contain forms and landscapes with a variety of beauty and uniqueness, one of which is karst and waterfalls. Thus, research conducted with the aim of knowing the potential of geotourism in depth is very interesting to do. In more detail, this research was carried out in several stages, namely primary and secondary data collection, processing based on Kubalíková's (2013) quantitative value consisting of intrinsic and scientific value, educational value, economic value, conservation value, and additional value, stages of studio work , to the last stage in the form of report preparation. Based on the results of observations that have been made, there are 8 locations that have the potential as geosite areas. However, after an analysis of Kubalíková's (2013) assessment, it turned out that only 5 sites contained an assessment percentage of more than 50% or could be said to be priority sites for development into geotourism areas. These priority sites are contained in a geotrack map consisting of 2 travel destination lines. Geotrack 1 contains the Sanghe Waterfall Puyang Berang Sane Statue - Serunting Sakti River. Meanwhile, the Geotrack 2 route contains the Black Pool and Mekarjaya Cave.