Design Techniques

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• The iterative alternation of problem / analysis and solution / synthesis is characteristic of design processes. As part of this course, the students familiarize themselves with various design techniques and instruments.
• By analyzing examples and designing your own projects, you will learn how design solutions unfold parallel to the content-related discussion, from the idea to the concept and implementation.
• Presentation of various visualization methods: Instruments such as the “sketch” support the generation of ideas, as they sharpen perception, bring ideas into their first form and thus enable reflection and further development.
• The students are able to apply design techniques in the context of projects in this semester (design project 2).

• The students know different process models of design.
• They are able to record observations and share them with other people.
• The students can translate ideas and concepts into a form that other people can perceive.
• They are familiar with the »sketch« as a finding tool that brings ideas into their first form and thus enables reflection and further development.
• The students know different visualization methods and try them out in exercises and their own projects. You are able to use these different communication requirements accordingly.
• They are able to grasp the essentials of a concept and to communicate it - according to the requirements of different stakeholder groups.
• They are familiar with the iterative alternation of problem / analysis and solution / synthesis, which is characteristic of design processes.
• They are familiar with how various design techniques can be used in the design process.

Lecture / discussion / practical exercises

Documentation and reflection on drafts

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• Borries, Friedrich von (2013): Weil Design die Welt verändert. Texte zur Gestaltung. Die Gestalten Verlag.
• Hugentobler, Hans Kaspar; Jonas, Wolfgang; Rahe, Detlef (2004): Designing a Methods Platform for Design and Design Research. In: futureground, DRS International Conference, Melbourne.
• Rheinberger, Hans-Jörg (2021): Spalt und Fuge. Eine Phänomenologie des Experiments. Suhrkamp Verlag.
• Hewitt, Mark Alan (2020): Draw in Order to See. A Cognitive History of Architectural Design. Novato: ORO Editions.
• Kurz, Melanie u.a. (2021): Designentscheidungen. Über Begründungen in Entwurfsprozessen. Stuttgart: Avedition.
• Tomitsch, Martin u.a. (2018): Design. think. make. break. repeat. A handbook of methods. Amsterdam: BIS publishers.
• Irlwek, Manuel; Menges Achim (2014): Vergleich und Erweiterung von Horst Rittels Design Methodologie in parametrischen Entwurfsprozessen. In: Leopold C. (eds) Über Form und Struktur – Geometrie in Gestaltungsprozessen. Wiesbaden: Springer Verlag.

Face-to-face instruction with asynchronous parts (tutorials)