STUDY MODEL AS DESIGN IN ARCHITECTURE
model; creativity; architectural design.
The creative idea, which generates an architectural parti, contains the basic principle of design, in the stage of immaterial formulation, in the mind of the designer. It is from the encounter between the mind and the means of representation that the project becomes visible to the world. Among the forms of representation are the study models. Some of the materials and tools used to make such models are: cardboard, paper and recycled. The objective of this study is to analyze the study model as a tool for designing and supporting creativity. The present work has the character of qualitative and experimental research and will be developed from the bibliographic research, two creative workshops with models, in 2018, at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN) and at the Federal University of Ceará (UFC). The workshops lasted approximately 4 hours, with theoretical expositions and practical activities; with the participation of undergraduate students in architecture, postgraduate students, architects and professors. The models produced were classified in Spatial Organization Diagrams and Architectural Prototypes. In the former, space appears in the fold of paper during the process of volume generation and is perceived and transformed into “real space”, not yet as a possible building, but can accommodate an imaginary program. Architectural prototypes are Spatial Organization Diagrams that acquired architectural matter, such as parameters of materiality, program and context, etc. The models produced served as tools to support the project exploration. Architectural Prototypes can continue to be developed for subsequent phases of creative exploration.