FORM FINDING OR MORPHOGENESIS STRATEGIES

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Based on the construction of analog prototypes, with the support in digital technology, however the formal  exploration process is developed through the use of hands and similar instruments, this due to the moment of learning and understanding, at this moment the mind of the young designer directly links the hand with the human capacity to think. ¨The essence of the hand can never be determined or explained by the fact that it is an organ that can grasp (...) Martin Heidegger (cited by Juhani Pallasmaa in the book Hand that thinks, 2012). Every movement of the hand carries out with the element of thought. In particular, it is stated that the process of developing a project must be developed through analogous means, especially in the first years of the young designer's training. Without leaving behind today's technology, but as a representative element and not as a design process.

 

Within this pedagogy, it is also established that includes analogous systems, systems of exploration of the clear and concrete form, systems that encourage exploration and not just the repetition of the system. A great emphasis is placed on experimentation.

 

The methodology includes basic exercises and a higher level, which starts from biomimicry as a method, as mentioned above, of form-finding or morphogenesis strategies, in this case, it is about imitating the forms and systems of nature to determine a resolution to a design problem. Based on: The natural forms respond almost perfectly to the aesthetic and harmonious balance of the forms, with this it is established that the forms that respond to the aesthetic principles of nature are those that in human eyes are those that we consider beautiful; By establishing this, a series of parameters are determined to develop a methodology that responds to the aesthetics and harmony that the eye of the human being seeks.