Alternative Scale(ing) Practices in Architectural Design Studio

Authors : A Derin İNAN, Başak UÇAR, Onur YÜNCÜ
Pages : 41-56
Doi:10.46474/jds.1249848
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Publication Date : 2023-07-20
Article Type : Research Paper
Abstract :Commonly associated with the accurate representation of reality according to a specific ratio, which depends mainly on measuring and precision, the notion of scale has been considered an operative tool in architecture to perceive and indicate the size of anything according to a reference system. An effort to challenge the concept of scaleinsert ignore into journalissuearticles values(ing); to include diverse reference units and their scalar articulations holds the potential of instigating novel associations in architectural design studios. Possible readings of these alternative scaleinsert ignore into journalissuearticles values(ing); conditions are discussed in the paper in reference to a series of design exercises conducted at architectural design studios. The main intention is to question these unmediated associations to the reference unit in the determination of size and proportion, thus possible scales of architectural space. This particular method of analysis aims to arrive at various scaleinsert ignore into journalissuearticles values(ing); conditions, whose internal reference system is challenged by the changes and shifts in the definition of the major reference unit. Each different scaleinsert ignore into journalissuearticles values(ing); condition studied through the given exercise was regarded as an act of confrontation for readings of scale as well as presenting provocative challenges to the architectural design processes. With this standpoint, the paper proposes a multi-layered reading of scale that argues the reference unit’s instrumentality in the definition of architectural space and proposes an alternative methodology of integrating scale in architectural design education.
Keywords : Scale, Scalability, Reference Unit, Precision, Design Studio

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