5.2. Sketch idea

The development of a sketch-idea of ​​an object takes place according to insufficiently mastered program conditions. At the same time, two processes are being organized: the research and the creative process itself. The sketch-idea phase gives a new level of disclosure of the topic — an attempt to semi-intuitively formulate the idea of ​​a solution. The search for a useful idea is fruitful, as it gives an impetus to thoughts.

The analysis of the initial data and structure-forming factors serves to create the primary hypothesis. Thanks to the creative imagination, experience and memory of amorphous information, fragmented factors are transformed into variants of spatial models by comprehending the target installation.

When searching for a sketch-idea, the “trial and error” method finds its place - a method of random sorting through options, which is used when there is no target setting, insufficient preliminary information and the inability to rely on past experience. When a student conducts a series of “trials and errors”, the task of the teacher is to compensate for the imperfections of his thinking apparatus, eliminate absurd tests and prompt him the opportunity to apply more promising techniques. With the availability of information, experience, with the help of associations and analysis, it is likely that it is better to organize a search, without resorting to a bust of all the options, to use a heuristic method.

The teacher regulates the heuristic procedure, recommends limiting the search area, directing the creative thought and imagination of the student to the fundamental choice of the problem. Here is the intersection of research and creative search. The statement of the problem localizes the scope of the quest, while attention becomes directed, and the search is selective. Sketch-idea is executed in graphic sketches and working layouts, which are subjected to logical analysis. The sketch-idea phase determines the probabilistic direction of development of the selected target installation. The phase ends with the review by managers in order to reveal the author's intention — a problem that can form the basis for further sketching. The value of the sketch-idea is in the forecast, guess, assumption of the creative development of the problem, in the individual interpretation of the topic.