Ideas Seminar: John Nelson, Greg Snyder
Professors
John Nelson and Greg Snyder, each who have extensive experience leading
design-build activities, talked about matters that facing design/build
education today. Design/build is a prevailing component of the education of an
architect. But a recent survey of these programs suggests there are
fundamental problems for the long-term sustainability of design/build.
While student interest is strong, most design/build programs are not well
integrated in the curriculum, necessitate specialty pedagogy and skills, are
prohibitively expensive and time-intensive, require costly labs and the faculty
workload of running design/build programs are higher than other forms of
teaching and research programs.
I
believe that as technology advances at high speed, digital design and
fabrication methods become more affordable and available in architecture. But I
also think, John and Greg’s approach also important. From architectural design
process, regardless of how big the project is, students are possible to learn about
real-world architecture, which means tight budgets and construction restraints
introduce students to the rigors of design. I mean, design-build studio offer
good experience of architectural education, in terms of skill building,
understanding of building processes, and providing a fundamental underpinning
for design.
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