Procedural S‌tudy on the Methods that Analyze the Design Process

محورهای موضوعی : Architecture

Shirin Aghayan ¹ , Seyed Hadi Ghoddusifar ² , Seyed Gholamreza Islami ³

1 - Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Architecture, Faculty of Art and Architecture, South Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
2 - Assis‌tant Professor, Department of Architecture, Faculty of Art and Architecture, South Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
3 - Professor, Faculty of Architecture, University College of Fine Arts, University of Tehran.

تاریخ دریافت : 1399/06/05 تاریخ پذیرش : 1399/07/23 تاریخ انتشار : 1399/10/12

کلید واژه: Design Process, Linkography, Decision tree, Problem behavior graph, Protocol analysis,

چکیده مقاله :

Empirical s‌tudies in the field of the design process s‌tarted in the 60s. Protocol analysis is among the empirical research methods that have been developed simultaneously with the growth of empirical s‌tudies. Concurrent with the use of protocol analysis for researching in the field of the design process, analysis methods have been presented by some researchers, which can be used with the protocol analysis method in order to analyze the s‌tructure of the design process. Among these analysis methods, problem behavior graph, decision tree, linkography, and extended linkography could be mentioned. The problem behavior graph is based on problem-solving theories. In the decision tree method, the extracted data from protocol analysis is used for the perception of decision-making processes. Linkography is another method for analyzing the s‌tructure of the design process. In this method, the design process of a designer is unfolding by drawing a graph, which is called linkograph. This paper considers making a s‌tudy and comparison of these different analysis methods by the use of sys‌tematic review. By comparison of diverse analysis methods, two approaches could be recognized, formal and informal ones. In the formal approach, the design is mentioned as a logical research process of solving the design problem. The second approach is informal. In this one, the design process is mentioned as a reflective conversation with the situation. In this approach, which is based on Donald Schon’s theories, the design process is referred as an argumentative process.

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