Potential of unconventional design methods for expanding compositional solutions for architectural character of buildings

Abstract

The present paper considers the capabilities of advanced methods for design of architectural objects. The paper gives characteristics of the process of composing as the traditional and most common method for designing architectural structures. The authors assessed the potential of imparting functionality to architectural objects by using both traditional and innovative methods inherent in the art of architecture. Aspects of adaptation of traditional knowledge to the invention of unconventional approaches to coping with problematic situations were analyzed. The main types of unconventional approaches to design, which are oriented to the increase in the number of conceptual solutions for architectural tasks, were considered.