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      The shifting tides of academe: oscillation between hand and computer in architectural education

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      Author(s)
      Şenyapili, B.
      Basa Ý.
      Date
      2006-09
      Source Title
      International Journal of Technology and Design Education
      Print ISSN
      0957-7572
      Publisher
      Springer Netherlands
      Volume
      16
      Issue
      3
      Pages
      273 - 283
      Language
      English
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      Article
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      Abstract
      There is a current vacillation in choosing hand or computer for design presentation in academia. Although the computer emerged as very powerful alternative presentation medium, it could not sweep away the hand totally. Believing that this vacillation cannot only be due to the positive and negative aspects of both media, we worked with a group of students in a design curriculum to observe the factors that affect their choice of medium for presenting design ideas. The students were required to use both media for the same task, subsequently their satisfaction and evaluation were examined through a questionnaire. Students acknowledged the positive aspects of both media, rather than accumulating on one side. Findings led us to concur that the constant oscillation of architecture between art and science penetrates down to the individual choice of presentation medium. We assert that the warmness of hand is not deserted as it contemplates the artistic essence, while the digital perfection of the computers flirt with science. The ever-attended, age-old question of architecture's being art and/or science occupies the architectural agenda at various levels. Both the polarizations and the reconciliations have theoretical, practical and educational consequences. This paper locates itself within this context and proposes a new framework for analyzing the impacts of this oscillation in design presentation, concluding that the future of presentation in education points to the coexistence of both media.
      Keywords
      Architecture
      Art/science
      Computer-aided design
      Design education
      Design presentation
      Architecture
      Computer aided design
      Curricula
      Technical presentations
      Art/science
      Design education
      Design presentation
      Education
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      http://hdl.handle.net/11693/23731
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      https://doi.org/10.1007/s10798-005-5052-2
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