“Unity” Themed Studies in the Basic Designed Process

Abstract

Design education is one of the indispensable elements of education as a whole, encompassing a lot of processes. It is important to create a systematic design product that meets the principle of unity throughout this process. Unity is one of the most important design principles in achieving order in design. When unity is achieved, both formal and functional integrity and coherence are established in the design. Basic Design course is highly significant in landscape architecture and all design disciplines. Therefore, it is necessary to examine the principle of unity in the Basic Design course of landscape architecture. The aim of the Basic Design course is to cultivate students' visual sensitivity, in which the concept and importance of unity play a significant role. The purpose of the course is to enhance students' problem-solving capacity and analytical thinking ability through the concept of unity. In this study, the works carried out within the scope of the course at Karadeniz Technical University Landscape Architecture Department are discussed based on the theme of unity.