2014 | | English | 288 pages | PDF | 4 MB
It's not just you. Every architecture student is initially confused by architecture school - an education so different that it doesn't compare to anything else.
Contents
Preface
1 Student uncertainties
2 Professional uncertainties
The architect: a historical overview
Practitioner or academic?
The split between architecture and construction
A genius, administrator, or an engineer of fortifications?
Concerns with subjectivity
Trying to reduce uncertainties
Humble Assertiveness (an essay)
References
3 What skills are needed?
What skills are needed—and how can they be taught?
Scientific factual knowledge
Scientifically based humanistic subjects
Theory and practice in the contemporary discourse
Technical subjects
A Few Words About Concrete (a short lecture)
Arts, crafts and skills (practical knowledge)
Language and drawings
References
Can I be an autodidact?
Can I be an autodidact?
The curriculum
The experiential level
Working toward autonomy level in the design studio
Mastering complexity
References
5 The design process
What is design?
Do architects have a working method?
Mapping the design process
Analysis through synthesis
Individual variation
Beginners and experts
References
6 Analysis through synthesis—in practice
Formulating the problems
Demarcation of boundaries, dichotomy games and alternating
The primary generator, the guiding principle, the concept
Sketching and searching
A Summer Reflection
References
7 Criticism
Criticism, to what end?
Some terms
Criticism, types and purposes
Historical roots
Tutoring and desk critique
Assessment reviews
Final examination by jury
Research on assessment reviews
References
Assessment reviews: stage and actors
Creative personality
Students
Teachers
Critics
References
9 Assessment reviews: the presented proposal
To identify patterns in complexity: a review in year 2
Observing an assessment review in year 3
Structure and criteria
To grade or not to grade
Suggestions for improvement
Analyzing: aspects of power and transactional analysis
References
10 Awareness and understanding
Advanced-level criticism
Risk-taking and choices
Awareness and understanding
Final words
Apples and Pears (part of a lecture)
References
Illustration credits
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