Abstract
Architectural education is the first step into the professional career of an architect. It has strong connections with the profession itself regarding the technological trends and the needs of the society. Therefore, emerging challenges and developments in the world of architecture like environmental problems and sustainability issues need to be addressed by the educational programs of architecture. In addition to this, sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Program of United Nations puts an important responsibility on the shoulders of architectural educators. SDG includes both architectural and educational goals such as quality education, affordable and clean energy, sustainable cities and communities, and climate action. Accordingly, architectural education needs to be formed in a way to respond to the requirements of the contemporary global society. Design studio is the heart and core of architectural education. It is the place where all the theoretical and technical knowledge and skills gained in other courses become useful for the students to come up with design ideas and products. Additionally, design studios are not isolated environments. They form a series of courses by the consecutive repetition throughout the continuum of architectural education. Thus, they need to be treated as a developing sequence. Therefore, it is very important and valuable that the structure of the design studio sequence is improved and updated with suitable revisions towards emerging needs of the profession and society like the adaptation of sustainability principles, to reflect the dynamic character of architectural education itself. This paper presents a conceptual model proposal for the design studio sequence for the adaptation of sustainability principles to architectural education.
Highlights
Since ancient times, the practice of architecture and its products are affected from the environment they exist in
Adapting sustainability and energy efficiency principles to architectural education is an important issue for the future of architecture profession
This study evaluates the design studio sequence as a continuous structure, and proposes a holistic conceptual model for the whole sequence
Summary
The practice of architecture and its products are affected from the environment they exist in. All architectural products that emerged throughout the history of humanity have revealed an identity belonging to the time, geography and culture they are in, and on the other hand, contributed to the formation of culture. This cycle has continued in this way from the first ages until the twentieth century without exceptions. To contribute to the achievement of these goals, and to provide more sustainable built environments, architecture profession needs to fulfill its responsibilities towards the society Firstly, these responsibilities and strategies to overcome the energy and resource problems must be clarified, and architects need to be made aware of the situation. Increasing environmental problems and sustainability issues need to be initial elements of architectural education so that it can contribute to the profession to stay up-to-date
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