Welcome to the second issue of the second volume of the Journal of Design Studio. Journal of Design Studio will be two years old after this issue. There are ten research and five design studio case articles in this issue of the Journal of Design Studio.

The case study will examine online and face-to-face learning experiences of the two different groups of students who have never been enrolled in an interior design studio, where they see their classmates and encounter an “interior architecture” project as a problem for ...

This paper uses an exploratoryapproach and literature analysis as strategies of inquiry to report on thegeneral state of the architectural profession in selected developed anddeveloping countries. Through review of published articles on the architecturalprofession, arch...

This brief case study presents the general framework, process, and results of a vertical design studio unit, titled Phenomenologies, at Istanbul Bilgi University’s Interior Design Program, supported by student work samples. Centralizing the tensions between interiority ...

This Study aims to develop an elective Virtual Reality and Immersive Design Course (VR & Immersive Design) for the spring 2019 term by the Architecture and Design Faculty, Communication Design (COD) Department in Istanbul Özyeğin University. The Communication De...

The integration between art and science is required for the student in the department of architecture. This paper concentrates on the importance of integration between artistic skills and scientific abilities for the student to achieve high quality level of learning in ...

The pandemic causes acceleration in the development of online education. Relatedly, instructors have started to transform already applied methods in studio education and have produced new teaching methodologies in remote education. Since the communication channel in the...

This case study explores how architecture students can learn to design media architecture within virtual design environments tools. The target participants of this study are advanced (i.e. 3rd year) architecture students at the University of Applied Science, Bochum, Ger...

This study discusses how the existing primary and middle school buildings can be adapted to the new needs emerging in the Covid-19 process. The three levels of adaptation are defined as follows: Building envelope-outdoor space relationship, plan layout-function relation...

Computer technology has affected architectural studies as well as other professions. Architectural tools are used in every stage of the design and their primary goals are transferring and sharing the ideas of the architects’ mind. Nevertheless, in the early design phase...