Abstract

This paper discusses teaching and learning in the design studio in architectural education in Nigeria, and the roles they play in promoting sustainable environment. Architectural design studio is one of the seven modules of study in architecture schools in Nigeria as stipulated by the National Universities Commission. A case study of the Federal University of Technology Akure Nigeria and Covenant University Ota Nigeria is presented. The paper asserts that the design studio is central to architectural programme and the practice of architecture. It emphasises the need for an improvement in the architecture curriculum particularly the design studio to inculcate further sustainability studies. This is in view of its key integrative role in the attainment of a humane and sustainable human environment. DOI: 10.5901/jesr.2016.v6n2p157

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