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Conceptual Sketching

Conceptual Sketching is a form of freehand architectural sketching that serves as a cognitive tool for generating, exploring, and communicating preliminary design ideas, distinguished by its emphasis on abstract thinking, spatial speculation, and the articulation of architectural intent in the early stages of the design process.

190

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9.8K

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438

Authors

177

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

34

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Publications

190

What do architects and students perceive in their design sketches? A protocol analysis

Masaki Suwa, Barbara Tversky · Design Studies · 1997 · 638 citations

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Design ideation: the conceptual sketch in the digital age

Ben Jonson · Design Studies · 2005 · 293 citations

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Sketching and creative discovery

IM Verstijnen, Cees van Leeuwen, Gabriela Goldschmidt et al. · Design Studies · 1998 · 280 citations

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How sketching can affect the idea generation process in design group meetings

Remko van der Lugt · Design Studies · 2004 · 230 citations

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DENIM: An Informal Web Site Design Tool Inspired by Observations of Practice

Mark Newman, James Lin, Jason Hong et al. · Human-Computer Interaction · 2003 · 205 citations

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Authors

438

  1. RD
    Randall Davis

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States

    5 publications · 408 citations

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  2. MC
    Maria C. Yang

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States

    5 publications · 378 citations

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  3. MG
    Martin Glinz

    University of Zurich, Switzerland

    4 publications · 97 citations

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  4. BT
    Barbara Tversky

    Stanford University, United States

    4 publications · 908 citations

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  5. NS
    Norbert Seyff

    University of Zurich, Switzerland

    4 publications · 97 citations

    4

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Institutions

177

  1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Cambridge, United States

    9 h-index

    19 publications

    956 citations

  2. The University of Tokyo

    Tokyo, Japan

    6 h-index

    10 publications

    684 citations

  3. Delft University of Technology

    Delft, The Netherlands

    5 h-index

    10 publications

    1K citations

  4. Loughborough University

    Loughborough, United Kingdom

    5 h-index

    5 publications

    81 citations

  5. University of Calgary

    Calgary, Canada

    5 h-index

    14 publications

    708 citations

  6. Carnegie Mellon University

    Pittsburgh, United States

    5 h-index

    5 publications

    251 citations

  7. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    5 h-index

    7 publications

    1.7K citations

  8. Lancaster University

    Lancaster, United Kingdom

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    110 citations

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Venues

  1. Design Studies

    19 publications · 2.8K citations

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  3. The Design Journal

    4 publications · 93 citations

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  4. Journal of Mechanical Design

    4 publications · 131 citations

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  5. Computer-Aided Design and Applications

    4 publications · 108 citations

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