International Journal of
Architectural Engineering & Urban Planning
Mon, Jul 28, 2025
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1- Department of Architecture, Rasht Branch, Islamic Azad University, Iran , tayyah@iaurasht.ac.ir
2- School of Architecture and Environmental Design, Iran University of Science and Technology, Iran
2- School of Architecture and Environmental Design, Iran University of Science and Technology, Iran
Abstract:
As one of the essential tools for architecture education, one can refer to the criteria for assessing the creativity of architecture novices during the architectural design process and in the final design product. The components required for architecture novice creativity assessment are extracted by reviewing relevant previous studies and surveying 116 experts and professionals using an open-ended questionnaire. Next, the effectiveness of the components in the architectural design process and the final design product is verified using a researcher-made closed-ended questionnaire. The data accuracy and correlations between the variables are examined using Friedman's test and Spearman's correlation coefficient in the Smart-PLS software. The research results presented the subcomponents of stages in the fluid architectural design process: the recognition and perception stage (including the right and comprehensive understanding of site potentials and climatic and environmental information), imagination and unconscious mind stage (with emphasis on the uniqueness of the idea), in-between stage (abstract thinking and use of metaphor and amphibology), consciousness (intellection) stage (coherence in design, attention to primary data and the future), and from latency of the design idea to the final decision based on the individual evaluation. Attention to each mentioned component within these nonlinear and flexible stages in the architectural design process improves the creativity of architecture novices. Thirteen criteria were obtained for assessing the creativity of the final product of architectural design which includes all effective physical, conceptual, and spatial subcomponents.
Type of Study: Research Paper |
Subject:
Architectural Engineering
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