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| Author(s): |
Rafael Peres Mateus
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Master's Dissertation |
| Press: | Campinas, SP. |
| Institution: | Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Instituto de Artes |
| Defense date: | 2012-08-20 |
| Examining board members: |
Wilson Florio;
Haroldo Gallo;
Ana Maria Reis de Goes Monteiro
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| Advisor: | Wilson Florio |
| Abstract | |
Until recently much of the understanding of creativity was performed from the spectrum of inspiration. Through this thinking, any architectural project that was worthy of relevance would be seen as the product of "talent" of the architect. However, in the last sixty years, researches investigating the cognitive processes enabled a new understanding of how the process of creation takes place. In this context, the psychology of cognition has aided the understanding of cognitive actions performed during the project design, and also the role that the ways of representation in the materialization of ideas and knowledge acquisition. In addition, recent studies have pointed out the importance of sketches made by the architects when they design their architectural proposals. From these assumptions, two questions up surge: how do sketches have the ability to contribute to the formulation of hypotheses and design solutions, and how do they fit into the intricate network of connections existing in the cognitive actions during the creation process? Of course, many of these connections occur within the minds of architects, which complicates their identification properly. However, important actions resulting from cognitive processes can be analyzed from the graphic depictions made during the design process. Through clear procedures, based in protocols of analysis, it is possible identifying and reflecting about the importance that design sketches have in the development of expertise and creativity in architecture. Therefore, six architects were selected, with different professional immersion time, to realize an architectural project. They were monitored in the laboratory through audio and video recordings, and all the resulting material was scanned and analyzed in detail in this research. The results show that the sketches catalyze ideas, enhance creativity and confirm its importance as an effective way for solving the project. Therefore, this research contributes to the debate on creativity and design practice in architecture, and the factors that underlie the acquisition of expertise (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 10/14332-7 - The sketch design in the creative process |
| Grantee: | Rafael Peres Mateus |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Master |