Banca de QUALIFICAÇÃO: NELIZA MARIA E SILVA ROMCY

Uma banca de QUALIFICAÇÃO de DOUTORADO foi cadastrada pelo programa.
DISCENTE : NELIZA MARIA E SILVA ROMCY
DATA : 13/03/2017
HORA: 09:00
LOCAL: Miniauditório do PPGAU/UFRN
TÍTULO:

PARAMETRIC DESIGN AND PROJECT EDUCATION: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN COURSES.

PALAVRAS-CHAVES:

Parametric Modeling; Design; Education; Systems Thinking

PÁGINAS: 241
GRANDE ÁREA: Ciências Sociais Aplicadas
ÁREA: Arquitetura e Urbanismo
RESUMO:

The generating potential of digital tools and advances in manufacturing are introducing new opportunities in design process. However, considering the national scenario, the reflection of these tools and processes is still not widely identified in design teaching / learning, in architecture and product design courses. In this context, the present research selected parametric modeling as the discussed digital tool, due to gaps in knowledge and because it is one of the technological foundations of other systems, such as Building Information Modeling. The research problem is: “How to introduce in design education the use of digital processes and tools that consider objects based on their parameters?” The use of parametric models is characterized by programming the dependencies between components through variables (parameters), focusing on the construction rules and relationships. Unlike a static three-dimensional model, a parametric model is a dynamic system of relationships between objects. Although parametric modeling is related to the use of digital media, design and representation of objects based on their parameters emphasizes the understanding of the interaction between parts and their emerging potential, which characterizes the parametric design. Based on this characterization, the research hypotheses are: 1. parametric design requires skills common to the traditional design process and specific skills of the parametric approach. Regards to the specific skills, it is essential to change the understanding of the designed object, where systems thinking becomes essential; 2. the development of skills demanded by the parametric design process goes beyond the scope of a single discipline and requires the approximation of design and representation, as well as reflections on the studio model. Thus, the study object comprises possible relations between parametric design and design education. The overall objective of the research is to understand the specificities of parametric design, supported by systems thinking, and propose new methodological guidelines for the application of its tools and processes in design education, in architecture and product design courses, considering disciplines and curriculum frameworks. Specific objectives include: 1. analyze the specificities of  parametric design, considering systems thinking; 2. analyze the specificities of design education, in architecture and product design courses; 3. characterize the current scenario of parametric modeling in national education, with an emphasis on design disciplines, in order to identify best practices and key challenges; 4. propose and implement methodological guidelines in design teaching / learning in architecture and product design undergraduate from pedagogical experiments, in order to use parametric tools and processes within design activity. The research outline was based on the characteristic steps of constructive research, summarized in the following stages: 1. understanding of the problem; 2. proposition (development and implementation of the proposal); 3. Validation (discussion and reflection). Understanding includes literature (theoretical study), and empirical survey / site visit with data collection, to characterize the national scenario and the local scenario (Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte – UFRN and Federal University of Ceará – UFC). The local scenario hosted the proposition and validation steps. Proposition consists in developing methodological guidelines for the use of tools and parametric processes in design education. It includes the study of an initial proposal and its application to possible adjustments through pedagogical experiments of short and long term (extension course of 20 h and two elective courses, held in the UFC). Finally, validation is the partial revision of the proposal and the application of a new pedagogical experiment (extension course of 40 hours, held at UFRN), in addition to its presentation for teachers / researchers who participated in the courses and disciplines (UFRN and UFC). A final review of the proposal concludes the study, in order to check its applicability, considering the entire route traced, and identify its theoretical and practical contributions.

MEMBROS DA BANCA:
Presidente - 1298938 - MAISA FERNANDES DUTRA VELOSO
Interno - 3549781 - BIANCA CARLA DANTAS DE ARAUJO
Externo ao Programa - 350503 - FERNANDO JOSE DE MEDEIROS COSTA
Externo à Instituição - DANIEL RIBEIRO CARDOSO - UFC
Externo à Instituição - MARIA GABRIELA CAFFARENA CELANI - UNICAMP