The workshop The Distillery Forge: Design Process and Challenges, organized by the Architecture Department at Arkin University of Creative Arts and Design (ARUCAD), was held at TK CLA01 with architect Simzer Kaya and moderated by Asst. Prof. Dr. Olgica Grcheva.
The workshop explored architectural design processes through real-world problems and production practices, addressing conceptual development, problem-solving, material considerations and the ways ideas evolve into spatial solutions. Drawing from her professional experience, Simzer Kaya shared insights into the role of design thinking in project development and discussed the creative and technical challenges encountered in architectural practice.
Throughout the workshop, design was approached not merely as a result-driven process but as a multi-layered field shaped through inquiry, experimentation and decision-making. Discussions focused on how creative intuition and technical requirements intersect in architectural production, while students engaged with practice-based approaches and alternative methods of thinking about challenges encountered during project development.
Offering participants a critical and experiential perspective on the process-oriented nature of architectural design, the workshop created a productive learning environment that brought together conceptual and practical dimensions of design production.
The workshop explored architectural design processes through real-world problems and production practices, addressing conceptual development, problem-solving, material considerations and the ways ideas evolve into spatial solutions. Drawing from her professional experience, Simzer Kaya shared insights into the role of design thinking in project development and discussed the creative and technical challenges encountered in architectural practice.
Throughout the workshop, design was approached not merely as a result-driven process but as a multi-layered field shaped through inquiry, experimentation and decision-making. Discussions focused on how creative intuition and technical requirements intersect in architectural production, while students engaged with practice-based approaches and alternative methods of thinking about challenges encountered during project development.
Offering participants a critical and experiential perspective on the process-oriented nature of architectural design, the workshop created a productive learning environment that brought together conceptual and practical dimensions of design production.