Abstract:

Notions that people acquire from nature and the interpretations they make from these notions within a certain framework constitute the beginning of all actions under the name of creativity. The subject of this study, which is oriented to the process that goes through the mind of the architectural designer in the process of starting his designs, is to examine the concept creation process in the environment of architectural design education and architectural profession. In this study, the place of the "concept" subject in architectural design, the level of the "concept" in the universities in our country and the view of the architects to the "concept" are investigated. The general definitions of the concept, the differences between "concept" and "notion", which are frequently encountered in design action but are used interchangeably from time to time due to the fact that they come to our language later, are examined. In this context, compulsory and elective courses on the concept and/or content of undergraduate programs of universities providing architectural education in Turkey were investigated. The presence status in the content of compulsory or elective courses is shown with the help of charts. A questionnaire was prepared and the results were evaluated with graphic expressions in order to get an idea about the view of the architects and students on the concept subject and the position of the concept in the architectural profession and architectural education.

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