The World Is as It Appears: Memory, Film, City, and Perception: General Considerations for Architectural Education by an Architect and Librarian

Abstract

For this article, an architect and librarian teamed up to systemize the means of theoretical development in architectural design students through the use of visual culture (film). To achieve their goal, they used pedagogical criteria to measure and assess the accrual of visual skills. Architectural design education is inextricable from city-based exploration and research. Traces of how architecture is taught and evaluated are embedded in the built environment. Teaching strategies that guide the development of visual literacy skills are essential in order to optimize the learning experience. To effectively apply these strategies, professors and academic librarians need to work in close collaboration to strengthen their students’ visual skills.[This article is a revision of a paper presented at the “Around the World in 80 Minutes: A Circumnavigation of Art Library Projects, Collections, and Services in Latin America and Eastern Europe” session at the ARLIS/NA + VRA joint conference held in Seattle, Washington, in March 2016.]