Modelo de estudo como processo de projeto em arquitetura

Abstract

The creative idea, which generates an architectural parti, contains the basic principle of design, still in the immaterial formulation stage, in the designer's mind. It is from the encounter between the mind and the representation medias that the project becomes visible to the world. Among the forms of representation, there are study models. Some of the materials and tools used to make such models are paper, cardboard and recycled. The main objective of this study is to analyze the study model as a design and creativity tool in architecture. This study had qualitative and experimental character and developed from the bibliographical research, accomplishment of two workshops, in 2018, in the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN) and in the Federal University of Ceará (UFC). The workshops lasted approximately 4 hours and were attended by undergraduate and graduate students in architecture, architects and professors. Based on the studies by Vyzoviti (2004), the obtained models were classified into Spatial Organization Diagrams and Architectural Prototypes. In the first, space appears in the fold of paper during the volume generation process and is perceived and transformed into 'real space', not yet as a possible building, but can accommodate an abstract program, but can also present a creative idea. Architectural prototypes are Space Organization Diagrams that acquired architectural matter, such as parameters of materiality, program, and context, etc. The workshops were a pilot for an academic and professional exercise in architectural design. It is concluded that, compared to the studied offices and school, the workshops were a high-speed sampling of what is practiced in those real-life contexts. The results (models) carry the designers' discourse and the observed processes were focused on tests of possibilities and a dynamic process between mind and media. In other words: the discoveries and tests provoked and subjected to the models occurred simultaneously with their exploration. Since creativity does not occur without external influences, known architectural references have been identified in some results. In the current context, it is important to note that paper models can be integrated with other design tools, such as digital ones.