Architectural design education: in varietate unitas

Elise van Dooren, J. van Merriënboer, H.P.A. Boshuizen, M. van Dorst, M. F. Asselbergs

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Abstract

A fascinating and rich landscape of personal views and approaches can be seen in architectural design and in architectural design education. This variation may be confusing for students. This paper focuses on the question: is the framework of generic elements that we developed for explicating the design process helpful to compare the differences in architectural design approaches? The results of interviewing a variety of 15 architectural, urban and landscape designers show all kinds of personal approaches that have a set of five underlying generic elements in common. Therefore, the framework may be helpful for teachers and students to describe these personal approaches and may help students in understanding differences and similarities and in finding out what their own personal approach may be.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)431-449
Number of pages19
JournalInternational Journal of Technology and Design Education
Volume28 (2018)
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2017

Keywords

  • Architectural design
  • Design education
  • Design methods
  • Design process
  • Design strategy

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