10.57647/j.ccd.2025.0803.15

Analyzing the Role of Intuitive Learning Methods in the Process of Urban Design (Comparative Comparison of Urban Planning Faculties in Iran, Türkiye, Egypt)

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  • Nahid Zarrindast1,
  • Maryam Ostadi*1,
  • Farideh Hashemian Nejad2,
  • Hamid Shirvani3,
  1. Department of Urbanism, Ma.C. , Islamic Azad University, Mashhad, Iran
  2. Department of Educational Sciences, Faculty of Basic Sciences, Ma.C., Islamic Azad University, Mashhad, Iran
  3. Higher Education Innovation Group, 1050 Connecticut Avenue, Suite 500, Washington, DC 20036, USA

Received: 2024-03-06

Revised: 2024-09-15

Accepted: 2024-11-09

Published in Issue 2025-09-30

Copyright (c) 2025 Nahid Zarrindast, Maryam Ostadi, Farideh Hashemian Nejad, Hamid Shirvani (Author)

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Zarrindast, N., Ostadi, M., Hashemian Nejad, F., & Shirvani, H. (2025). Analyzing the Role of Intuitive Learning Methods in the Process of Urban Design (Comparative Comparison of Urban Planning Faculties in Iran, Türkiye, Egypt). Creative City Design, 8(3). https://doi.org/10.57647/j.ccd.2025.0803.15
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Abstract

Aims: To improve the quality of learning, this research has been studied and explored in the process of intuitive urban design. Among the gaps in urban design, the importance of intuitive methods is one of the characteristics of learning, which is a symbol of change and metamorphosis in the process of knowledge data stored in human memory. Due to some cultural and social similarities, education and the importance of individualism in the structures of urban planning, the aspects of similarities and differences in the nature of learning between Turkey and Egypt and Iran were discussed. This research was conducted with the aim of comparing and analysing the role of intuitive learning methods in the process of urban design in urban design universities in Iran, Turkey and Egypt.

Methodology: Methodologically, the comparative method is case-oriented, qualitative and a thematic analysis tool. After conducting in-depth interviews, studying the urban design curricula in the three countries, the intuitive design process and intuitive styles in psychological science, categories were formed.

Finding: The results of the study show that among the main themes (symbolism, critical thinking, ideation, participation, mindfulness, holistic view, safety, cognitive map) in the proposed structure of the universities studied, there is a homogenization in the headings and intuitive methods. Among the overlaps between the themes, the greatest impact is seen in mindfulness, participation, safety and generation ideas and critical thinking.

Conclusion: which is effective in promoting the ability to learn as a skill factor in increasing the level of creativity.

Keywords

  • Intuitive Methods,
  • Urban Design Process,,
  • Learning,
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