Editorial: Committed Educators are Reshaping Studio Pedagogy

Abstract

The process of educating future architects and designers around the world varies dramatically. However, there is one striking similarity - the dominance of the design studio as the main forum for knowledge acquisition and assimilation, and for creative exploration and interaction. Such a setting encompasses intensive cognitive and physical activities, which ultimately result in conceptualizing meaningful environments proposed to accommodate related human activities. The design studio is the primary space where students explore their creative skills that are so prized by the profession; it is the kiln where future architects are molded. It has occupied a central position since architectural education was formalized two centuries ago in France and later in Germany, the rest of Europe, North America, and the rest of the world.

Citation

Salama, A. (2006), "Editorial: Committed Educators are Reshaping Studio Pedagogy", Open House International, Vol. 31 No. 3, pp. 4-9. https://doi.org/10.1108/OHI-03-2006-B0001