Expertise of the Architect and Design Decision Making

摘要叙事描述：本提案支持卡内基-梅隆大学建筑学教授Omer Akin博士和建筑学助理教授Nur Esin博士及其研究生的合作，Belkis Uluoglu先生，两位都是伊斯坦布尔技术大学建筑系的学生。这些合作者打算研究美国和土耳其的建筑办公室或公司使用的设计决策过程和设计知识的结构。在国际上，建筑师对他们的职业及其教育过程有一个专业的关注。这种建筑师技能的比较研究及其对建筑教育的影响将主要集中在设计团队成员之间的信息网络结构、这些信息的内容、建筑师在集体设计工作中使用的知识领域以及这些知识或信息领域彼此之间以及与整个设计工作的整合。范围：建议的研究方法将分三个主要阶段进行。第一部分将构建建筑办公环境设计决策的理论模型。在第二阶段，将选择不同的办公室环境来收集有关美国和土耳其设计团队成员之间信息流的结构和内容的数据。最后一个阶段是开发建筑办公环境中设计决策的描述性模型。这项研究的目标是：o促进美国和土耳其之间的知识交流o促进两国之间的知识交流合作大学，以促进建筑师专业知识理论的发展，并描述建筑办公环境中的设计决策过程，和o为了增加对集体设计过程的理解，以期对建筑教育和实践做出潜在贡献，本提案符合发展中国家科学计划的目标是促进国际科学知识交流，促进发展中国家科学事业的发展。

Abstract Narrative Description: This proposal supports the collaboration of Dr. Omer Akin, Professor of Architecture, Carnegie-Mellon University and Dr. Nur Esin and Assistant Professor of Architecture, and his graduate student, Mr. Belkis Uluoglu, both of the Faculty of Architecture, Istanbul Technical University. These collaborators intend to examine the design decision making process and structure of design knowledge used in architectural offices or firms both in the United States and in Turkey. There is an professional concern internationally among architects about their profession and its educational processes. This comparative study of skill of architects and the implications for architectural education will have its main focus on the structure of the information network between members of design teams, the content of this information, what are the knowledge areas used by architects in their collective design efforts and the integration of these knowledge or information areas with each other and with whole design effort. Scope: The study method proposed will be undertaken in three major stages. The first will build a theoretical model for design decision making in architectural office settings. In the second stage different office settings will be selected for data collection concerning structure and the content of the information flow between design team members at sites in the U.S. and in Turkey. The last stage will be to develop a descriptive model of design decision making in architectural office settings. The goals of this study are: o to advance the exchange of knowledge between the U.S. and Turkey o to advance the exchange of knowledge between the two collaborating universities o to contribute to the development of a theory of the expertise of architects and to describe the design decision making process in architectural office settings, and o to increase understanding of the collective design process for potential contributions to education and practice in architecture This proposal does meet the objectives of the Science in Developing Countries of advancing the international exchange of scientific knowledge and of contributing to the enhancement of science in the developing country.