Curriculum Vitae Hernan Casakin February 2009 Personal Information Home address Work address: Prof. Dinur St. 18/4 - Kfar Saba, 44245, ISRAEL Ariel University Center of Samaria, Department of Architecture, P.O. Box 3, 44837, Ariel, ISRAEL Telephone (work) +972-9-7660756 Telephone (home) +972-3-9066242 Mobile +972-0508-167756 Email casakin@bezeqint.net Date and place of birth 24th February 1965, Mar del Plata, ARGENTINA Marital status Married with two children Education 1999 Hamburg University, Graduiertenkolleg Kognitionswissenschaft (Department of Cognitive Sciences), FB Informatik. Postdoctoral Studies. Research subject: Wayfinding, Spatial Problem-Solving, and Map Representation of the Urban Environment, supervised by Professor Christian Freksa Technion- Israel Institute of Technology, Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning, Doctor of Science in Architecture. The Role of Analogy and Visual Displays in Architectural Design, supervised by Prof. Gabriela Goldschmidt Technion- Israel Institute of Technology, Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning, Master of Science in Architecture. Modeling Design as a Top-Down Refinement Process: The Patio House Type, supervised by Dr. Rivka Oxman National University of Mar del Plata, Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning, Bachelor of Architecture. Mar del Plata, Argentina. Thesis subject: "Urban design of Mar del Plata Harbor", supervised by Prof. Jorge De Schant Escuela Nacional de Educacion Tecnica "Domingo F. Sarmiento", Mar del Plata, Construction Foreman. Mar del Plata, Argentina 1993 – 1998 1990 – 1993 1984 – 1989 1978 – 1983 Employment 2006 – Present 1998 – Present 2001 – 2005 Senior Lecturer. Tel Aviv University. The Porter School of Environmental Studies (2 hours) Senior Lecturer. Ariel University Center of Samaria, Department of Architecture, Ariel, Israel. (Full Time) Research Fellow. Tel Aviv University, Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Laboratory of Cognitive and Environmental Studies (ESLab). Tel Aviv, Israel. Directed by Prof. Juval Portugali 1 1999 – 2005 Lecturer. The College of Management, Academic Studies, Department of Interior Design, Rishon Letzion, Israel Teaching 2008 – Present 2006 – Present 2005 – Present Final Thesis Project. Environmental Design: Social Cognitive Morphological Approach. Tel Aviv University. The Porter School of Environmental Studies (2 hours) Urban Design: Social Cognitive Morphological Approach. Ariel University Center of Samaria, Department of Architecture, Ariel, Israel Design Studio. Ariel University Center of Samaria, Department of Architecture, Ariel, Israel Visual Analysis in Architectural Design. Ariel University Center of Samaria, Department of Architecture, Ariel, Israel Academic Writing. Ariel University Center of Samaria, Department Architecture, Ariel, Israel of 1998 – Present 1998 – Present 2005 – 2008 2005 – 2007 1998 – 2004 1999 – 2005 Research Methods. Ariel University Center of Samaria, Department of Architecture, Ariel, Israel Contemporary Theory and History of Architecture. Ariel University Center of Samaria, Department of Architecture, Ariel, Israel Contemporary Theory and History of Architecture. The College of Management, Academic Studies, Department of Interior Design, Rishon Letzion, Israel. (2 hours) Design Sudio. Wizzo-Canada, Academy of Art and Design, Haifa, Israel Design Studio. Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Faculty of Town Planning, Haifa, Israel Building Details. Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Faculty of Town Planning, Haifa, Israel Application of Artificial Intelligence in Design. Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Faculty of Town Planning, Haifa, Israel Computer Modeling Design. Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Faculty of Town Planning, Haifa, Israel Theory and Criticism in History of Architecture. National University of Mar del Plata, Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning. Mar del Plata, Argentina 1997 – 1999 1993 – 1998 1997 – 1998 1993 – 1995 1992 – 1994 1989 – 1990 Honors, Fellowships, Awards and Grants 2007 Invited by the United States National Academy of Sciences, and the University of Seville to participate in the Middle East Frontiers of Science and Engineering (FOSE07). Seville, Spain. March 15-17 2 2005 Research and Development Center – Samaria & Jordan Rift (30,000NIS): PI with Itzhak Omer, and Miriam Billig (PI). “Modeling of functional areas in the Judea and Samaria Settlement”. Hamburg University, Graduiertenkolleg Kognitionswissenschaft (Graduate School, Department of Cognitive Sciences), FB Informatik. Fellowship for Postdoctoral Studies Miriam and Gerhard Karplus Award for D.Sc. thesis The Role of Analogy and Visual Displays in Architectural Design. Technion, IIT, Haifa, Israel Increased Full Scholarship for pursuing PhD studies. Awarded by the Technion -Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel. 1999 1998 1995-1998 1994 Leon Riskin Award for M.Sc. thesis Modeling Design as a Top-Down Refinement Process: The Patio House Type. Technion, IIT, Haifa, Israel Increased Full Scholarship for pursuing M.Sc. studies. Awarded by the TechnionIsrael Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel. 1993-1994 1993 1992 1989 Aaron and Miriam Gutwirth Memorial Fellowship for excellence in graduate studies. TechnionIsrael Institute of Technology. Technion, IIT, Haifa, Israel Etanit Building Products Ltd. Award for the Project An application of artificial intelligence to housing. Technion, IIT, Haifa, Israel Convocatoria de ideas urbano-arquitectonicas para la ciudad (Summoning urban architectonic ideas for the town). Competence organized by the Architects Association of the Province of Buenos Aires and, the National University of Mar del Plata. The project earned the first mention. Mar del Plata, Argentina. Invited Presentations 2006 2003 1997 Reflective Approach for Teaching in the Design Studio. Dundee University, Department of Architecture. Dundee, UK. September 28. The Role of Visual Displays in Design Problem-Solving. University of Sydney, Key Design Center, Department of Architecture, Sydney, Australia. November 20. The Effect of Reasoning by Analogy in Design Practice and Education. University of Mar del Plata, Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning, Mar del Plata, Argentina, September 18. Seminars 2002 Design Aided by External Representations and Visual Analogy. Presentation delivered at the Technion-IIT, Seminar studies on Design Cognition, Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning Haifa, Israel, March 15. Taxonomy of Decision Points and the Schematization of Maps for Wayfinding Tasks. University of Hamburg, Graduiertenkolleg Kognitionswissenschaft, FB Informatik (Graduate School, Department of Cognitive Science and Informatics). Hamburg University, Hamburg, Germany. August 12. Visual Analogy in Design. A Cognitive View. University of Hamburg, Graduiertenkolleg Kognitionswissenschaft, FB Informatik (Graduate School, Department of Cognitive Science and Informatics), Hamburg, Germany, April 19. 1998 Visual Displays in Design. Presentation delivered at the Technion-IIT, Faculty of Industrial Engineering and Management, Haifa, Israel, April 8. 1999 3 The Use of Visual Analogy in Design Problem-Solving. Presentation delivered at the Technion-IIT, Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning, on Haifa, Israel, May 16. Affiliations 2007 – Present 2007 – Present 2007 – Present Member of SIG (International Special Interest Group) Design Creativity Member of the International Design and Emotion Society Member of The Association of the Senior Faculty of Ariel University Center of Samaria. Delegate for the Department of Architecture. Additional Research and Academic Activities 2007- Present Member of Editorial Board Open Environmental Journal (Scientific Journal) 2008 External Reviewer for the Master Thesis "On Uncertainty as a Method in Architectural Digital Design". Directed by Dr. G. Capeluto and Dr. E. Neumann. Department of Architecture and Town Planning. Technion, Israel Institute of Technology. December. Reviewer for International Journal of Design. Article "Transitional Objects Synergy and Fragmentation Regional Culture From Global Technology". October. Reviewer for International Journal of Design. Article "Exploring Characteristics within the Designers' Ideation Process in Digital Environment". June. Reviewer for Artifact. Special Issue of (Vol. 2 No. 3 2008) on Issues in design research and design research methods. Article "Case Study Research Using Senior Design Projects: An Example Application" 2007-2008 Member of the Advisory Board for The Third International Conference on Design Computing and Cognition (DCC'08) Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia June 23-25, 2008. Reviewer for Articles: (i) Symmetry and Cognition in the Design Studio; (ii) Ideas in the Making – The Design conjecture cycle; (iii) How Designers Design. An Empirical Study of the Architectural Designing Activity Process. 2006 2006 2005 Reviewer for Artificial Intelligence for Engineering Design, Analysis and Manufacturing (AIEDAM). Special Issue of (Vol. 21 No. 4 Fall 2007) on Design Computing & Cognition Member of the Advisory Board for The Second International Conference on Design Computing and Cognition (DCC'06), Technical University of Eindhoven, Netherlands, July 10-12 Reviewer for GeoJournal. Special Issue on Residential neighborhoods in Israel: social and planning perspective Participation in the Pre-selection Committee for Candidate Students, Ariel University Center of Samaria, Department of Architecture, Ariel, Israel. 2000 – Present Current Research Interests Design Thinking Metaphorical and Analogical Reasoning 4 Creativity Design Education Environmental design Pedagogy in the Design Studio Design Tools Human- Environment interaction Sense of Place Design for the Old Age Design and Emotion Cognitive maps and Wayfinding Spatial Representation Spatial cognition 5 Publications Journal Papers Casakin, H. and Billig, M. (2008). "Effect of Settlement Size and Religiosity on Sense of Place in Communal Settlements". Accepted for publication in Environment and Behavior. In Press. Casakin, H. & Miller, K. (2008) "Individual Learning Styles and Design Performance in the Metaphorical Reasoning Process". Accepted for publication in the Journal of Design Research. In Press. Kreitler, S. & Casakin, H. (2007) "Motivation for Creativity in Design Students". Accepted for publication in Creativity Research Journal. In Press. Kreitler, S. & Casakin, H. (2008) "Self-perceived Creativity: the Perspective of Design". Accepted for publication in the European Journal of Psychological Assessment. Casakin, H. & Kreitler, S. (2008) "Correspondences and Divergences in Creativity Evaluations between Architects and Students". Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design, Vol. 35, pp. 666-678. Casakin, H. & Kreitler, S. (2008) "Place Attachment as a Function of Meaning Assignment". The Open Environmental Journal, Vol. 2, No.2, pp. 93-100. Casakin, H. (2008) "Factors of Design Problem-Solving and their Contribution to Creativity". Open House International, Vol. 33, No. 1, pp. 46-60. Casakin, H. (2007) "Metaphors in Design Problem-Solving: Implications for Creativity". The International Journal of Design. Vol. 1, No 2, pp.23-35. Casakin, H. (2006) “Metaphors as an Alternative Reflective Approach to Architectural Design”. The Design Journal, Vol. 9, No 1, pp. 37-50. Casakin, H. (2006) “Assessing the Use of Metaphors in the Design Process”. Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design, Vol. 33, No. 2, pp. 253 – 268. Casakin, H. (2005) “Design Aided By Visual Displays: A Cognitive Approach”. The Journal of Architectural and Planning Research. Vol 22, No 3, pp. 250-265. Casakin, H. (2004) “Schematizing Maps for Wayfinding Tasks: the role of 45° angular constraints, prototypical branching points, and urban components”. Journal of Spatial Science, Vol. 49, No 2, pp. 99-111. Casakin, H. (2004) “Visual Analogy as a Cognitive Strategy in the Design Process: Expert Versus Novice Performance”. Paper selected for Special Issue of Journal of Design Research on Design Expertise, 4 (2). Casakin, H., & Dai, W. (2002) "Visual Typology in Design: A Computational View". AIEDAM Artificial Intelligence for Engineering Design, Analysis and Manufacturing, No. 16, pp.3-21. Casakin, H. (2001) "El Uso de Representaciones Visuales en los Problemas de Dise#o" (The Use of Visual Displays in Design Problems). AREA (Agenda de reflexion en Arquitectura, Diseno y Urbanismo), No. 8 UBA, Facultad de Arquitectura, Dise#o y Urbanismo, Buenos Aires, Argentina, pp. 27-39. Casakin, H., Barkowsky, T., Klippel, A., & Freksa, C.A. (2000) "Schematic Maps as Wayfinding Aids", in Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence: Spatial Cognition II, No. 1849. Christian Freksa, Willfried Brauer, Christopher Habel, and Karl Wender (Eds.). Berlin: Springer, pp. 54-71. Extension of the paper presented for the Workshop on Maps and Diagrammatical Representations of the Environment. 6 Casakin, H. & Goldschmidt, G. (2000) "Reasoning by Visual Analogy in Design Problem-Solving: The Role of Guidance". Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design. Vol. 27, pp. 105-119. Casakin, H. & Goldschmidt, G. (1999) "Expertise and the Use of Visual Analogy: Implications for Design Education". Paper selected for publication in Special Issue of Design Studies on Design Education. Vol. 20-2, pp. 153-175. Book Chapters Casakin, H. (2008). "City Games as a Framework for Studying Spatial Information and the Dynamics of Urban Design". From Negation to Negotiations – Solving the Puzzles of Development. In P. Maiti (Ed.). Pragun - DK Publishers Distributors, New Delhi. pp. 353-374. Casakin, H. and Omer, I. (2008) "What Features and Structural Relationships make the Streets of Tel Aviv City being Legible? An Urban Design Perspective". From Negation to Negotiations – Solving the Puzzles of Development. In P. Maiti (Ed.). Pragun DK Publishers Distributors, New Delhi. pp. 375-391. Porat, A. and Casakin, H. (2008) "Spatial Representations in Closed 3D Spaces: Key Elements and implications for Design". From Negation to Negotiations – Solving the Puzzles of Development. In P. Maiti (Ed.). Pragun DK Publishers Distributors, New Delhi. pp. 37-53. Conference Papers Casakin, H. & Mastandrea, S. (2009) "Aesthetic Emotions and the Evaluation of Architectural Styles". E&PDE09 11th International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education: Designing for a Changing World, University of Brighton, U.K. To be held in September 10-11. Casakin, H. & Kreitler, S. (2008) "Identifying Motivation for Creativity in Design Education". E&PDE08 10th International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education: New Perspectives in Design Education, Escola Tècnica Superior d'Enginyeria Industrial de Barcelona (ETSEIB), Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), Barcelona, Spain. September 4-5.pp.49-54. Casakin, H. & Kreitler, S. (2008). "Cognitive determinants of attitudes to places". 2008 IAPS (International Association for People-Environment Studies) Conference: Urban diversities, biosphere and well-being. Rome, Italy. July 28-September 1. (Extended Abstract). Casakin, H. & Neikrug, S. (2008). "Sense of Place and well-being in the neighborhood: perceptions of older adults". 2008 IAPS (International Association for People-Environment Studies) Conference: Urban diversities, biosphere and well-being. Rome, Italy. July 28-September 1. (Extended Abstract). Billig, M. & Casakin, H. (2007) "Effect of Devotedness and Settlement Size on Sense of Place". Annual Meeting of the Israeli Geographical Association. Ben Gurion University, Bersheeva, Israel. December 9-11. (abstract). Casakin, H. & Miller, K. (2007) "An Investigation of Metaphor Use and Learning Style in Design Problem Solving". 9th Engineering & Product Design Education Conference: Shaping the Future? Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. September 13-14. Paper selected for publication in Special Issue of Journal of Design Research on Futures of Design Education. Casakin, H. & Omer, I. (2007) "Qué características y relaciones estructurales hacen que las calles de la ciudad de Tel Aviv sean legibles? Una perspectiva urbana". Si+Urb. XXII Jornadas de Investigacion: urbe y territorio. Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina, September 13-15. Casakin, H. & Billig, M. (2007) "Sentido del Lugar en Asentamientos Comunitarios". Si+Urb. XXII Jornadas de Investigacion: urbe y territorio. Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina, September 13-15. Kreitler S. & Casakin, H. (2007) "The Cognitive Motivation of Creativity as a Predictor of Creativity in Architecture Students". 10th European Congress of Psychology, Prague, Czech Republic. July 36. (abstract) 7 Kreitler, S. & Casakin, H. (2007) "Cognitive Orientation as a Predictor of Creativity in Architectural Design". 9th European Conference on Psychological Assessment. Thessaloniki, Greece. May 3-6. (abstract) Casakin, H. (2007) "Associative Thinking and the Development of Design Skills". Middle East Frontiers of Science and Engineering (FOSE07). United States National Academy of Sciences, and University of Seville, Seville, Spain. March 15-17. (abstract) Casakin, H. & Kreitler, S. (2006) "Assessing Creativity in Design Problem-Solving". Wonderground. Design Research Society International Conference 2006. IADE - Instituto de Artes Visuais, Design e Marketing, Lisbon, Portugal. November 1-5. Casakin, H. (2006) "Metaforas Como Estrategia Creativa en el Disenio Arquitectonico: de la Teoria a la Practica." (Metaphors as Creative Strategies in Architectural Design: from Theory to Practice). SI + HCT - Historia, critica, y teoria: del clip al territorio. 3er Encuentro Regional. XXI. Jornadas de Investigacion. Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina. September 14-15. ISBN-10: 950-29-0944-5 - ISBN-13: 978-950-29-0944-8 (abstract) Casakin, H. & Kreitler, S. (2006) "Self-assessment of Creativity: Implications for Design Education". 2006 Engineering & Product Design Education International Conference. University of Applied Sciences, Salzburg, Austria. September 6-8. Omer. I., Casakin, H., & Bilig, M. (2006) "Functional Regions of the Jewish Settlement in Judah and Samaria". 16th Conference about Research in Judea and Samaria. Organized by The Ariel University Center of Samaria, Ariel and the R&D Center – Samaria & Jordan Rift, Israel. June, 8. Casakin, H. & Kreitler, S. (2005) “The Nature of Creativity in Design: Factors for Assessing Individual Creativity”. Studying Designers International Conference. Provence University, Aix-enProvence, France. October 17 -18. Casakin, H. & Kreitler, S. (2005) "The Determinants of Creativity: Flexibility in Design". 3rd Engineering & Product Design Education International Conference. Napier University, Edinburgh, Scotland. September 15 -16. Casakin, H. & Portugali, J. (2005) “The Design and Evolution of Cities as Self-Organizing Systems”. 6th International Conference of the European Academy of Design, Design + System + Evolution. University of the Arts, Bremen, Germany. March 29-31. Casakin, H. & Portugali, J. (2004) “Ways of Urban Design”. Annual Meeting of the Israeli Geographical Association. Haifa University, Haifa, Israel. December 12-14 (abstract) Casakin, H. & Dai, W. (2004) “A Human-Computer Model of Schema-driven and Case-driven Visual Analogy in Design”. Future Ground International Design Conference, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, November 17-21. Casakin, H. (2004) “Metaphors in the Design Studio: Implications for Education”. The Changing Face of Design Education: 2nd International Engineering and Product Design Education Conference, TUDelft University, Delft, The Netherlands, September 2-3, pp. 265-273. Casakin, H. (2004) “Metaphors and Urban Design Problems”. ESLab’s international workshop. Simulation, Cognition and VR – A new configuration in the study of Complex Artificial Environments. Venice International University, Isle of San Servolo, Venice, Italy. April 2-4. (abstract) Casakin, H. (2003) “Representing Spatial Information through a Collective Map of the Urban Environment: Implications for Design”. Symposium on The man as a reflection of the scenery of his/her homeland. Annual Meeting of the Israeli Geographical Association. Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel. December 21-23, (abstract) Casakin, H. (2003) “Visual Analogy as a Cognitive Strategy in the Design Process: Expert Versus Novice Performance”. Expertise in Design: Design Thinking Research Symposium. University of Technology, Sydney, Australia. November 17-19, pp.117-134. Paper selected for publication in Special Issue of Journal of Design Research on Design Expertise. 8 Casakin, H. & Portugali, J. (2002) “Learning Urban Design through City Games: a Cognitive Approach”. Symposium on The man and the land: a geography of coincidences and contrasts. Annual Meeting of the Israeli Geographical Association. Ben Gurion University, Bersheeva, Israel. December 1-3, pp. 131. (abstract). Casakin, H. (2002) " Well-Defined vs. Ill-Defined Design Problem Solving: The Use of Visual Analogy”. Common Ground. The Design Research Society International. Brunel University. David Durling and John Shackleton (Eds). Stoke on Trent,UK: Staffordshire University Press, 5-7 September, pp. 202-216. Portugali, J., & Casakin, H. (2002) “SIRN (Synergetic Inter-Representation Networks): An Approach to design.” Common Ground. The Design Research Society International. Brunel University. David Durling and John Shackleton,Editors. Stoke on Trent,UK: Staffordshire University Press, 5-7 September, pp. 884-902. Casakin, H. (2001) “The Schematization of Maps in Open Environments”. Symposium on Environmental Information: Technological and Cognitive Aspects. Annual Meeting of the Israeli Geographical Association. Tel Aviv University, School of Environmental Studies, Tel Aviv, Israel. December, 11-13, pp. 109. (abstract). Hatna, E., Casakin, H., & Portugali, J. (2001) “Characterization and Classification of Cognitive Maps: the use of city games”. Symposium on Environmental Information: Technological and Cognitive Aspects. Annual Meeting of the Israeli Geographical Association. Tel Aviv University, School of Environmental Studies, Tel Aviv, Israel. December, 11-13, pp. 60-61. (abstract). Casakin, H., Barkowsky, T., Klippel, A., & Freksa, C.A. (1999) “The Schematization of Maps as an Aid for Wayfinding Tasks”. Maps and Diagrammatical Representations of the Environment. Hamburg University, Hamburg, Germany. August 31-September 1. Casakin, H. (1998) "Diagrams, Sketches and the Use of Visual Analogy in Design Problem-Solving: Experts and Novices". TwD98 International Workshop on Thinking with Diagrams. University of Wales, Aberystwyth, August 22-23, pp.79-85. Casakin, H. (1998) “The Role of Analogy in Architectural Design”. Multi-disciplinarity 2020 – National Competition of Graduate Multidisciplinary Research. The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Givat Ram, Jerusalem, May, 6-7. (abstract) Other Publications Casakin, H. & Billig, M. (2008) "Effect of Devotedness and Settlement Size on Sense of Place". BaHakademia – Published by Ariel University Center of Samaria. Vol. 18, February (abstract). Casakin, H. & Kreitler S. (2007) "Self-Assessment of Creativity: Implications for Architectural Design Education". BaHakademia – Published by the College of Judea and Samaria. Vol. 16, June (abstract). Casakin, H. (2006) "Assessment of Creativity in Architectural Design by means of Objective Factors". BaHakademia – Published by the College of Judea and Samaria. Vol. 12, January (abstract). Casakin, H. & Goldblatt, R. (2005) “The Image of the Israeli City and its values in the globalization period”. The Moreshet Israel Report, The College of Judea and Samaria, March Issue, pp.9 (abstract). Casakin, H. (2005) "Design and Urban Dynamics as a Self-Organized System". BaHakademia – Published by the College of Judea and Samaria. Vol. 9, February (abstract). Submitted Papers 9 Casakin, H. (2008). "Visual analogy, Visual displays, and the Nature of Design Problems: the Effect of Expertise". Submitted to Environmental Planning and Design: Design B. Casakin, H., Davidovitch, N. & Milgram, R. (2008) "Creative thinking as a predictor of creative problem solving in architectural design". Submitted to Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts. Casakin, H. (2008). "Metaphors as Predictors of Architectural Design: Analysis, Reflection and Restructuring of Design Problems". Submitted to. List of Papers in Preparation Tezel, E. & Casakin, H. "Learning styles and students’ performance in design problems". Casakin, H. & Neikrug, S.. "Sense of Place and violence in the built environment: perceptions of older adults". Casakin, H. & Kreitler, S. "Motivation for creativity in architectural design: differences between architects and engineers". 10