Automated system test schedule

Abstract

The work presents how the concepts of space, landscape and place are applied on the methodology of an architectural design studio. The notion of space, landscape and place triad is used as an analytical and a design tool for supporting development of students’ projects on both urban and architectural scales. These concepts are applied at different stages of project design such as context comprehension, problem definition, solution development and the projects’ presentation. They are interpreted as epistemological stances which complement each other allowing for a multileveled approach towards the design reality. The notion of space is seen as an intrinsic grid that carries global tendencies, architectural constants and top-down strategies for architectural creation. It establishes broader spatial and temporal relations looking at the continuity as important quality which architectural acts should be concerned about. Furthermore, the methodology addresses the concept of landscape and introduces the ideas of the visual and cognitive spatial comprehension. Working with the landscape directs the students towards the integration of architectural design into its natural, social and cultural contexts. The question of landscape addresses the idea topology as relational interplay an architectural act establishes with the system it is inscribed in. Finally, the methodology addresses the place as person-related realm which exists as long as it is bodily dependent and phenomenologically apprehended.