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data-id=\"ba6ff11\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">What happens when architectural education begins with the problem rather than the building?<\/p>\n<p>While teaching <strong>Design IX at the School of Architecture and Design at PUCMM<\/strong>, Sarah Ti\u00f3 introduced <strong>Design Thinking<\/strong> as a methodology for helping students identify the architectural typology they would develop throughout the semester.<\/p>\n<p>Design IX represents an important moment in architectural education: it is the final design studio before students begin their degree project. Rather than starting the semester by assigning a predetermined building type, the exercise challenged students to investigate a broader question and determine for themselves <strong>what needed to be designed \u2014 and why<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The semester began with a common theme:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Health &amp; Wellbeing.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>From there, students were asked to investigate their context, identify relevant challenges and translate their findings into potential architectural responses.<\/p>\n<p>The objective was not simply to arrive at a building programme. It was to encourage students to develop the critical thinking necessary to understand architecture as a response to <strong>people, context and real-world problems<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h2>From Architecture to Design Thinking<\/h2>\n<p>Standing on the other side of the classroom brought a particular perspective.<\/p>\n<p>Having once occupied those same desks as an architecture student, Sarah approached teaching with an interest in introducing methodologies that extended beyond traditional architectural processes.<\/p>\n<p>Design Thinking offered one of those tools.<\/p>\n<p>Rather than focusing exclusively on architecture, the methodology encouraged students to think first as <strong>problem-solvers<\/strong>: observing, questioning, analysing, testing and communicating ideas before translating them into architectural form.<\/p>\n<p>It also introduced a collaborative dimension to the studio, allowing students to build upon one another&#8217;s observations and use collective creativity as part of the design process.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-88bb32b elementor-widget elementor-widget-htmega-galleryjustify-addons\" data-id=\"88bb32b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"htmega-galleryjustify-addons.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"npgallery88bb32b\" class=\"npgallery_active88bb32b\"style=\"display:none;\">                        <div class=\"htmega-justify-single-image\">\n                            <div class=\"thumb\">\n                                                                <a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"no\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sarahtio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/ST-Design-Thinking.jpeg?ssl=1\" title=\"Design Thinking\" rel=\"npgallery\">\n                                    <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sarahtio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/ST-Design-Thinking.jpeg?fit=1920%2C1080&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Sarah Ti\u00f3 teaching Design Thinking to architecture students during the Design IX studio at PUCMM.\">\n                                <\/a>\n                            <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n\n                                            <div class=\"htmega-justify-single-image\">\n                            <div class=\"thumb\">\n                                                                <a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"no\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sarahtio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/ST-Elevator-Pitch.jpeg?ssl=1\" title=\"Elevator Pitch\" rel=\"npgallery\">\n                                    <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sarahtio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/ST-Elevator-Pitch.jpeg?fit=1920%2C1080&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Sarah Ti\u00f3 teaching Design Thinking to architecture students during the Design IX studio at PUCMM.\">\n                                <\/a>\n                            <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n\n                                            <div class=\"htmega-justify-single-image\">\n                            <div class=\"thumb\">\n                                                                <a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"no\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sarahtio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/ST-Elevator-Pitch-01.jpeg?ssl=1\" title=\"Elevator Pitch 01\" rel=\"npgallery\">\n                                    <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sarahtio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/ST-Elevator-Pitch-01.jpeg?fit=1920%2C1080&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Sarah Ti\u00f3 teaching Design Thinking to architecture students during the Design IX studio at PUCMM.\">\n                                <\/a>\n                            <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n\n                    <\/div>        <script>\n            jQuery(document).ready(function($) {\n\n                'use strict'; 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Ideas were generated without prematurely determining whether they were realistic, conventional or even architectural.<\/p>\n<p>The purpose was to move beyond the first \u2014 and often most obvious \u2014 solution.<\/p>\n<p>Through brainstorming and collaborative discussion, research gradually began to translate into <strong>architectural possibilities<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3>04 \u2014 Prototype<\/h3>\n<p>Ideas then became tangible.<\/p>\n<p>Students developed preliminary models for possible architectural typologies, transforming abstract observations into something that could be visualised, discussed and challenged.<\/p>\n<p>For the first time in the process, there was a potential project in front of them.<\/p>\n<p>Not a final answer, but something that could be tested.<\/p>\n<h3>05 \u2014 Evaluate<\/h3>\n<p>The proposals were presented and collectively reviewed.<\/p>\n<p>Similarities emerged. Certain ideas could be combined; others needed to be separated or reconsidered. 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proposal<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>These are architectural skills, but they are not exclusively architectural.<\/p>\n<p>They are ways of thinking.<\/p>\n<p>And perhaps that is one of the most important things architectural education can provide: not simply the ability to design buildings, but the ability to observe a complex situation, ask better questions and imagine what could exist instead.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Course<\/strong><br \/>Design IX<\/p>\n<p><strong>Theme<\/strong><br \/>Health &amp; Wellbeing<\/p>\n<p><strong>Methodologies<\/strong><br \/>Design Thinking \u00b7 Collaborative Learning \u00b7 Elevator Pitch<\/p>\n<p><strong>Role<\/strong><br \/>Lecturer \u00b7 Architecture &amp; Design<\/p>\n<p><strong>Institution<\/strong><br \/>School of Architecture and Design \u00b7 PUCMM<\/p>\n<p><strong>Location<\/strong><br \/>Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2925de4 elementor-widget 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\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-65a836f elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no\" data-id=\"65a836f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b7ce269\" data-id=\"b7ce269\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap 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ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>S T \/, Sarah Ti\u00f3 \/ L A B PROJECTS ABOUT THE METHOD THE JOURNAL CONTACT ES PROJECTS ABOUT THE METHOD THE JOURNAL CONTACT ES \u21bc THE ARCHIVES Teaching Architecture through Design Thinking Design IX \u00b7 EAD\u2013PUCMM Santo Domingo 2021 What happens when architectural education begins with the problem rather than the building? While teaching Design IX at the School of Architecture and Design at PUCMM, Sarah Ti\u00f3 introduced Design Thinking as a methodology for helping students identify the architectural typology they would develop throughout the semester. Design IX represents an important moment in architectural education: it is the final design studio before students begin their degree project. Rather than starting the semester by assigning a predetermined building type, the exercise challenged students to investigate a broader question and determine for themselves what needed to be designed \u2014 and why. The semester began with a common theme: Health &amp; Wellbeing. From there, students were asked to investigate their context, identify relevant challenges and translate their findings into potential architectural responses. The objective was not simply to arrive at a building programme. It was to encourage students to develop the critical thinking necessary to understand architecture as a response to people, context and real-world problems. From Architecture to Design Thinking Standing on the other side of the classroom brought a particular perspective. Having once occupied those same desks as an architecture student, Sarah approached teaching with an interest in introducing methodologies that extended beyond traditional architectural processes. Design Thinking offered one of those tools. Rather than focusing exclusively on architecture, the methodology encouraged students to think first as problem-solvers: observing, questioning, analysing, testing and communicating ideas before translating them into architectural form. It also introduced a collaborative dimension to the studio, allowing students to build upon one another&#8217;s observations and use collective creativity as part of the design process. A Five-Step Process The exercise adapted the five fundamental stages of Design Thinking to an architectural studio environment and to the hybrid learning conditions of the semester. 01 \u2014 Empathise The process began by understanding the contemporary health context of the Dominican Republic. Through initial online research and assignments, students investigated existing conditions, emerging needs and the ways in which health and wellbeing intersect with everyday life. Before proposing architecture, they first needed to understand who they were designing for and what problems actually existed. 02 \u2014 Define During an in-person workshop, students filtered and organised the information gathered during the research phase. The challenge was to distinguish observations from opportunities. Which issues were relevant?Where could architecture intervene?Which problems suggested the possibility of a new spatial response? This stage transformed broad research into a more focused design question. 03 \u2014 Ideate Students then moved into expansive thinking. At this stage, quantity was prioritised over immediate feasibility. Ideas were generated without prematurely determining whether they were realistic, conventional or even architectural. The purpose was to move beyond the first \u2014 and often most obvious \u2014 solution. Through brainstorming and collaborative discussion, research gradually began to translate into architectural possibilities. 04 \u2014 Prototype Ideas then became tangible. Students developed preliminary models for possible architectural typologies, transforming abstract observations into something that could be visualised, discussed and challenged. For the first time in the process, there was a potential project in front of them. Not a final answer, but something that could be tested. 05 \u2014 Evaluate The proposals were presented and collectively reviewed. Similarities emerged. Certain ideas could be combined; others needed to be separated or reconsidered. Feedback became part of the design process rather than something reserved for the end. Through this collective evaluation, the studio ultimately defined five architectural typologies, one for each group of three students. What began as an open investigation into Health &amp; Wellbeing had become five possible architectural responses grounded in research and context. From Idea to Elevator Pitch There was one final challenge. Students had identified what they wanted to design. Now they needed to explain why it should exist. Each group therefore developed an Elevator Pitch: a short, persuasive presentation communicating the essence of their proposed typology as if they had only the duration of an elevator ride to convince a potential client or investor. The exercise introduced another dimension of architectural practice that can easily be overlooked in design education: A strong idea also needs to be communicated clearly. Students had to distil weeks of research, discussion and design thinking into a concise proposition that another person could immediately understand. Teaching Beyond the Building Looking back, the objective of the exercise extended beyond selecting five architectural typologies. The students were practising how to identify problems, analyse information, collaborate, generate alternatives, test ideas and communicate a proposal. These are architectural skills, but they are not exclusively architectural. They are ways of thinking. And perhaps that is one of the most important things architectural education can provide: not simply the ability to design buildings, but the ability to observe a complex situation, ask better questions and imagine what could exist instead. CourseDesign IX ThemeHealth &amp; Wellbeing MethodologiesDesign Thinking \u00b7 Collaborative Learning \u00b7 Elevator Pitch RoleLecturer \u00b7 Architecture &amp; Design InstitutionSchool of Architecture and Design \u00b7 PUCMM LocationSanto Domingo, Dominican Republic LET&#8217;S CONNECT Let&#8217;s make something worth remembering. GET IN TOUCH \u21c0 I&#8217;m always open to new projects, meaningful, collaborations or a good conversation. Let&#8217;s connect. 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