SYSTEMATIC DESIGNING IN ARCHITECTURALEDUCATION: AN EXPERIENCEOFHOSPITALDESIGN Dicle Aydin and Mehmet Uysal Archnet-IJAR, International Journal of Architectural Research Copyright © 2010 Archnet-IJAR, Volume 4 - Issues 2-3 - July and November 2010 - (458-466) 458 Abstract Architectural design is defined as decision-making process. Design studios play an important role in experiencing this process and provide the competence of design to prospective architects. The instructors of architecture aim to compel the imagination of the students develop creative thinking, raising the awareness among students about their abilities. Furthermore, executives of the studios pay attention to delimitative elements in design in order to provide the competence of problem solving for students. Each experience in education period prepares the prospective architects for the social environment and the realities of the future. The aim of the study is to examine a practicing in architectural education. The general hospital project was carried out with 40 students and 4 project executives within the 2007-2008 academic year Spring Semester Studio-7 courses. The steps followed in the studio process were analyzed with the design problem of “hospital”. Evaluations were performed on; the solution of functional-spatial organization, solutions about the activities of the users, convenience with the standards and regulations and prosperity-aesthetic notions in internal space. Prospective architects generally became successful in the design of hospital building with complex function. This experience raised awareness about access to information via thinking, provision of a new position for information in each concept. Keywords Design studio, hospital design, architectural education, systematic design process. Introduction Architectural design is defined as decision- making process encompassing problem solving, the choice among one of the alternatives for solution. Design studios play an important role in experiencing this process and provide the competence of design to prospective architects. According to Aydınlı (2001), teaching and learning processes complement each other in design studios and the role of the learning and teaching are constantly query. The design studios are a learning environment focused on the synthesis of theoretical knowledge and the problem solving. Furthermore, it is a social organization. The most determinative factor for social organization is the verbal and visual communication between the students and the executives of the studios. Studio experiences in architectural education occur from the simple to more a complex process. Special Volume: De sign Educ ation: Explorations and Prospe c ts for a Be tte r Built Environme nt Ashraf M. Salama and Mic hae l J. Crosbie (e ditors) Prac tic es