Prof.
Hernan
Casakin
- School of Architecture
Ariel University
English, Hebrew, Spanish
- Discipline Engineering
- Engineering Field Industrial Engineering
- Research Keywords Architecture, cognition, design, engineering design, other
Research Interests
(i) Design Cognition. How designers think and behave during the problem-solving activity. Idea generation, team collaboration, mental models, creativity, visual reasoning, the use of metaphors, visual analogies, design scenarios, and design patterns as cognitive strategies for design problem solving.
(ii) Design Education. The design studio pedagogy – mainly architecture, and the study of student-teacher interactions during the design critique.
(iii) Design and Environmental Psychology. The domain centers on human-environment interactions from a socio-psychological perspective.
(ii) Design Education. The design studio pedagogy – mainly architecture, and the study of student-teacher interactions during the design critique.
(iii) Design and Environmental Psychology. The domain centers on human-environment interactions from a socio-psychological perspective.
Selected Awards
2022 Israel Science Foundation – ISF. PI Casakin, H. Subject: How framing and reframing in design problem-solving affects the quality of solutions. Period of grant: 3 years – Amount $ 116,000 (378,000 shekels).
