Design Thinking

The aim of this course is to improve the students’ capabilities in organizing and performing the design process to suit the nature of each design problem as well as attain student-generated formulation of design objectives and program. It would train the students in analytical tools and systematic design thinking and methods. The course covers different models of the design process as well as design methods, tools, and techniques, such as problem-solving techniques, operational definition of objectives, architectural programming, design performance criteria. It aims to assist students externalize the design thinking process, sharpening their awareness as they think in iterative cycles between intuitive creative thinking and systematic rational thinking. The course empowers the students with analytical and representation skills to better proceed from research and knowledge acquisition to design through the explicit mapping of the problem and requirements coupled by the deliberate formulation of design objectives. Through practical implementation, students learn to develop design criteria that serve to guide their design thinking as well evaluate their design product.