Architectural Design Studio Culture

Year 2019, Volume: 1 Issue: 1, 5 - 15, 31.07.2019

Orhan Hacihasanoglu

Abstract

Studio culture is one of the basic subject in design education. Since many design education curriculum had design studios in which design education take place as a special type of educational environment students and teachers in the studios interacted in a very special way. Studio culture basically came into architectural education in late 1990s at schools of architecture of United States of America. American Institute of Architecture Students prepared a report for studio culture in architectural education. The basic approach of this report base on the interactions and behaviors of actors in between the architectural design studio actors, stakeholders. 

The methodology used in this study is based on the investigation on correlation between the studio culture parameters suggested by American Institute of Architecture Students in the 2002 report which are summarized as Design-thinking skills, Design process as much as design product, Leadership development, Collaboration over competition, Meaningful community engagement and service, The importance of people, clients, users, communities, and society in design decisions, Interdisciplinary and cross-disciplinary learning, Confidence without arrogance, Oral and written communication to complement visual and graphic communication, Healthy and constructive critiques, Healthy and safe lifestyles for students, Balance between studio and non-studio courses, Emphasis on the value of time, Understanding of the ethical, social, political, and economic forces that impact design, Clear expectations and objectives for learning, An environment that respects and promotes diversity, Successful and clear methods of student assessment, Innovation in creating alternative teaching and learning methodologies of this paper and studio culture approaches of 10 architectural schools of USA in bachelor and graduate level out of top 20 according Times Higher Education 2019 field ranking. Finding shows us that each school define its studio culture policy according to its own corporate culture, although there is a common similarity in the criteria defined by accreditation body. 

Keywords

Architecture, design, studio, culture

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