Architectural Design: Education vs. Practice

Architectural Design Lectures Lecture 1

Architectural Design: Education vs. Practice Lectures to Architectural Design 1 October 2009

By: Dr. Yasser Mahgoub

Dr. Yasser Mahgoub

Digitally signed by Dr. Yasser Mahgoub DN: CN = Dr. Yasser Mahgoub, C = KW, O = Kuwait University, OU = Dept. of Architecture Date: 2009.10.05 08:50:03 +03'00'

What is Architecture?

A good definition was provided by the Roman architect VITRUVIUS in the 1st century AD in the first of his famous collection “Ten Books on Architecture�.

What is Architecture?

Vitruvius said that architecture was a building that incorporated: Utilitas ... Firmitas ‌ Venustas Commodity ... Firmness ... Delight Utility ... Structure ... Attractive Use ... Construction ‌ Appearance Function ... Technology ... Aesthetic

The Difference Between Architecture and Building

Any Building ≠Architecture Architecture = Design BEFORE Building Architecture is DESIGNED Buildings, Spaces and Environments.

According to Human Needs Using Technology and Science, With Aesthetic Qualities.

What is Design?

• DESIGN is a both – a verb (to design) & – a noun (a design).

• DESIGN is both – a process & – a product

• The process of designing and product that is designed.

What is Design? • DESIGN is an activity aiming at the production of a plan of action which if executed is expected to lead to a situation with certain desired characteristics and without unforeseen and undesired side and after effects.

Impact of Design on Cost Implications

The Context of Architecture

Earth Climate Ecology Resources

Natural Environment

Human Environment Individual Groups Psychological Social Cultural

Individual

Built Environment Cities Neighborhoods Buildings Interior Spaces

The Architect !

Gary Cooper as Howard Roark in The Fountainhead.

The Star-Architects !

Le Corbusier

F. L.. Wright

Walter Gropius

Mies Van Der Rohe

Robert Venturi

Modern Architecture

Jorn Utzon

Alvar Aalto

Mario Botta

Renzo Piano

K. Frampton

Richard Rogers Jean Nouvel

High-Tech Architecture

Michael Graves

Cesar Pelli

Post-Modern Architecture

Tadao Ando

Critical Regionalism

Sir. Norman Foster

Philip Jonson

Luis Barrag‥n

Ă lvaro Siza

John Pawson

Minimalism Architecture

D. Libeskind

Frank Gehry

Peter Eisenman

Deconstruction

Zaha Hadid

Who is the Architect?

The word architect is derived from the Greek word architekton meaning master builder. One who designs buildings and supervises their construction.

Architects are licensed professionals trained in the art and science of building design. They transform needs into concepts and then develop the concepts into images and plans of buildings that can be constructed by others.

The Architecture Profession • Architecture, as a profession is the practice of providing a service, which includes many different disciplines while the overall aim of an architect is to design buildings. • Architecture can refer to the actual product, the architecture of a building or it can refer to the method or style used to design the building.

Architecture in Practice

Owner

Architect

Consultant

Consultant

Contractor

Consultant

Trade Contractor

Trade Contractor

Trade Contractor

The Education of the Architect

Sociology Psychology Anthropology

Humanities

Arts Painting Sculpture Aesthetics

Architecture Education

Science & Engineering Materials Structure Electrical Mechanical Civil

The Education of the Architect

Project Based Learning • In architecture education we apply what is known as “Project Based Learning” (PBL).

• Project Based Learning allows teachers to create tasks whose complexity and openness mimic problems in the real world.

The Education of the Architect

Project Based Learning • Students can see the interdisciplinary nature of these tasks, and see that each task may have more than one solution. • Students have the freedom to choose different strategies and approaches may become more engaged in the learning process, and these students will be more likely to approach other problems with an open mind.

Comparison Between Architectural Design in Practice and in Education In Practice

In Education

Client/Owner

Real

Hypothetical

Economics

High priority

Low priority

Constructability

High priority

Low priority

Focus

Product

Process

Building Industry

High priority

Low priority

Licensing

Required

Not required

Codes and Regulations

Applied

Considered

Compensation

Money ($)

Grade (A)

Thank you Dr. Yasser Mahgoub http://ymahgou.fortunecity.com/