METHOD IN DESIGN

This chapter provides an overview on the methods in architectural design. The design method is approached using the structure of architectural ideas and with the help of architectural intention. In architectural design, the design process stems from three philosophies: that of the role and purpose of architecture, that of the nature of mental processes and that of experience of architecture. Studies and intelligence tests, operated on the basis of “the structure of the intellect” model, lead to the recognition of four kinds of content, six kinds of product and five kinds of operation. A path of design work is uncovered that if followed appears to lead to apt solutions and to the production of works that satisfy both immediate criteria and the seven principles. The production of architecture and the functioning of architectural works are reciprocating processes. A process is not determined solely by reference to its origins, nor by its present state, but by its future states.