what to do when u r having ur plan and form but not ur concept?

errr..m puzzled at a point....

is it necessary to hav a concept of ur design??

WHY?

nd wot to do if u dont hav it??

to make a story after making ur plan and form...it doesnt luk a convincing answer for me.. :|

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Permalink Reply by Jorge Hernando Porras Polo on April 24, 2011 at 1:44am

Often, design process is not a "line process". Many times, though we have a concept, we have to change it and start all over.
A design could be start with a PLASTIC INTENTION, just like your "curved lines". Novel writers sometimes they don't start to write a novel by first chapter. Many times they start for a "moment", a key event, or an special character.
Plastic Intention is the aesthetic and concept artistic part of design process (art, shape, color, materials, textures, lights, shadows, solids, transparency, geometry) and many times architects start designing from there. That's normal. It's when we say "The building MUST be transparent at this point" or "curved lines are used here for ...."
Bia, design process is a puzzle. Concept is important, is the general frame of the project. But mental CREATIVE process is capricious. Inspiration comes when you least expect. Do you drew curved lines? Go ahead!!..You don't start at straight beginning, but is a start!! Concept can come later, but most important...PROJECT NEVER CAN'T BE WITHOUT A CONCEPT. Even at beginning or ending design process THE PROJECT MUST TO HAVE A GENERAL CONCEPT. Greetings.

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Permalink Reply by kevin boutte on May 5, 2011 at 11:41pm

Well, my architecture professor( who has built numerous buildings) would say: "I don't give a damn if its good architecture, cause simply no one else will"...But I believe you are referring to idea. Great architecture builds from program- a basis. It's soul/personality is not built from a concept but from itself. You don't want to get caught up in a concept because it limits the projects. Some architecture firms but 20-30 models out there for one project and each are completely different. Rules are what matter, not concept. Concept will come into play when trying to explain to a client at the end and will emerge from these rules. Because, a concept is nothing more than explaining the rules that were applied to a program.