A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
This paper proposes the potential of design studies as a vehicle for the transfer of what might be considered “architectural knowledge” as compared to “professional expertise.” Among the diverse educational objectives of the design studio project, this function must be seen as integral. An analogy with language study is suggested as a means of conveying the distinction between the acquisition of general design knowledge—a knowledge base which is not domain specific—and its application in dealing with ad-hoc problems. This analogy is pertinent. Much critical and research activity of the past two decades has been characterized by involvement with the establishment of a disciplinary knowledge base related to the description and classification of built form and to the architectural knowledge derived from such new tools of description. The pursuit of the linguistic analogy, i.e., the study of architectural forms as a language, has been a unifying motive with respect to both research and design, and it has broad implications for design education.
This paper proposes the potential of design studies as a vehicle for the transfer of what might be considered “architectural knowledge” as compared to “professional expertise.” Among the diverse educational objectives of the design studio project, this function must be seen as integral. An analogy with language study is suggested as a means of conveying the distinction between the acquisition of general design knowledge—a knowledge base which is not domain specific—and its application in dealing with ad-hoc problems. This analogy is pertinent. Much critical and research activity of the past two decades has been characterized by involvement with the establishment of a disciplinary knowledge base related to the description and classification of built form and to the architectural knowledge derived from such new tools of description. The pursuit of the linguistic analogy, i.e., the study of architectural forms as a language, has been a unifying motive with respect to both research and design, and it has broad implications for design education.
Towards a New Pedagogy
Oxman, Robert (author)
Journal of Architectural Education ; 39 ; 22-28
1986-07-01
7 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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