Form-finding methodology as strategy for formative research in industrial design education Experimental techniques for the early creative phases of the product design process

Form-finding methodology as strategy for formative research in industrial design education Experimental techniques for the early creative phases of the product design process

Torreblanca-Díaz, David A.; Patiño, Ever; Valencia-Escobar, Andrés; Urdinola, Diana

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The experimental work of Antoni Gaudí and Frei Otto have been the precedentsof what is currently called form-finding, a methodology based on rules andphysical forces of nature that promotes principles of transformation as a result ofthe relationship between form, material and structure. This text shows the firstresults of the research titled as Form-finding methodology as strategy forformative research in industrial design education, with an empirical-analyticalapproach through action-research based method and usingcollaborative-participatory tools. As a result of the analysis of different cases inthe first stage of the research, a basic methodological proposal is made, thismethodological proposal is aimed to find new research possibilities for theidentification of morphological characteristics to be used in design projects in theearly creative phases (ideation and experimentation); the methodologicalproposal stages are the following: selection of technique, design of theexperimentation, experimentation, analysis and discussion.

The experimental work of Antoni Gaudí and Frei Otto have been the precedentsof what is currently called form-finding, a methodology based on rules andphysical forces of nature that promotes principles of transformation as a result ofthe relationship between form, material and structure. This text shows the firstresults of the research titled as Form-finding methodology as strategy forformative research in industrial design education, with an empirical-analyticalapproach through action-research based method and usingcollaborative-participatory tools. As a result of the analysis of different cases inthe first stage of the research, a basic methodological proposal is made, thismethodological proposal is aimed to find new research possibilities for theidentification of morphological characteristics to be used in design projects in theearly creative phases (ideation and experimentation); the methodologicalproposal stages are the following: selection of technique, design of theexperimentation, experimentation, analysis and discussion.

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DOI: 10.5151/proceedings-ecaadesigradi2019_201

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Torreblanca-Díaz, David A.; Patiño, Ever; Valencia-Escobar, Andrés; Urdinola, Diana; "Form-finding methodology as strategy for formative research in industrial design education Experimental techniques for the early creative phases of the product design process", p-45-54. In: Proceedings of 37 eCAADe and XXIII SIGraDi Joint Conference, “Architecture in the Age of the 4Th Industrial Revolution”, Porto 2019, Sousa, José Pedro; Henriques, Gonçalo Castro; Xavier, João Pedro (eds.). São Paulo: Blucher, 2019.
ISSN 23186968, DOI 10.5151/proceedings-ecaadesigradi2019_201