Conceptualisation as Key Factor in Seizing Design Project in Studio Learning Environment

Authors

  • Fatimah Mohamad Adi School of Postgraduate Studies, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Skudai, 81310 Johor Bahru, Malaysia
  • Khairul Anwar Mohamed Khaidzir Faculty of Built Environment, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Skudai, 81310 Johor Bahru, Malaysia
  • Ismail Said Faculty of Built Environment, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Skudai, 81310 Johor Bahru, Malaysia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21834/ajbes.v3i12.121

Keywords:

Conceptualisation, conceptual design process, reflective knowledge

Abstract

This study provides insight into the role of experience in facilitating conceptualisation process to enable students to harness relevant problems-solving skills. One of the key strategies of the current study is to analyse how students transform their ideas from abstract to physical form through the conceptualisation process within the studio learning environment. Two aspects were considered (1) the factors that influence the student's actions in designing, and (2) the role of critique in stimulating the student's conceptual design towards final design stage. Evidences were gathered from students' dynamic cognitive interactions with knowledge and experience as transpired through the studio environment.

Keywords: Conceptualisation, conceptual design process, reflective knowledge

eISSN 2398-4295 © 2018. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open-access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia. 

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2018-07-18

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Mohamad Adi, F., Mohamed Khaidzir, K. A., & Said, I. (2018). Conceptualisation as Key Factor in Seizing Design Project in Studio Learning Environment. Asian Journal of Behavioural Studies, 3(12), 43–52. https://doi.org/10.21834/ajbes.v3i12.121

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