374 - CAADFutures 17 Designing as a Team by Utilizing Analogue Media versus a Computational Tool for Parametric Modeling Lessons Learnt from a Study in an Educational Setting Elif Sezen Yağmur-Kilimci 1 , Leman Figen Gül 1 Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey {esyagmurkilimci,fgul}@.itu.edu.tr Abstract. In this paper, we report on the conceptual design processes of two teams of graduate students that emerged in an educational setting as the teams worked on two different but scope-wise similar problems by utilizing analogue tools and a computational tool for parametric modelling respectively. We describe the similarities and differences that we observed within each of the teams’ respective design processes and the nature of the solutions they generated for the respective problems as well as the similarities and differences that we discerned across the teams’ design processes. We discuss the implications of our findings for integration of digital technologies in architectural curriculum and development of digital technologies for supporting collaborative conceptual design processes in architecture. Keywords: Design Behaviour, Teamwork, Collaborative Design, Parametric Design 1 Introduction Reflecting the changes within the architectural design industry and the substantial demand for graduates to be digitally well-educated, the significance of developing digital design skills and knowledge in employing the digital tools in the conceptual design phase is gradually acknowledged. As technology continuously advancing, the question of how and what to teach to the new generation of students in this digital era becomes more challenging that would ‘require the consideration of new pedagogical approaches employing emerging design medium’ [1, p.203]. With these ideas in mind, we delivered a digital design studio for the graduate students in Istanbul Technical University, providing a comparative environment for students who were exposed to the analogue to cutting edge parametric tools for the conceptual phase of their design process. We reported the course structure, outcomes and our observations during the digital studio, discussing the findings and possible benefits of the digital design studio. One of the key aspects of the course was to provide an environment for the students to experience digital design tools, such as parametric design tools in collaborative design settings. Architects use parametric models that ‘are in essence created by a set of constraints specified using parameters and their relations’ [2]. Ostwald [3, p.9] suggests that a parametric model must have four of the following guiding principles: the first one is that parametric objects should be the combination of