Relationship between Process, form and Representation in the Design Environment of 21st Century

• Main Author: Bülent Onur TURAN
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: KARE Publishing 2011-10-01
• Series: Megaron
• Subjects: Form; design theory; design process; representation; de - sign media and interaction.
• Online Access: http://www.journalagent.com/megaron/pdfs/MEGARON_6_3_162_170.pdf

Research in design and design methodologies began to appear in industrialized societies in the 1950s and 1960s and design, as an act been described in various ways. After this period, examination of, and debates over the contents and components of design, as well as such topics as the thinking process of the designer, gradually increased and in this context new theories and methods emerged. Today, these examinations and debates have gained a new dimension in terms of developments in science and technology, particularly with the involvement of computer environment and computational technologies in the design process. This work is focused on the interactive transformations between the process, form and representation which determine contemporary architectural discourse.