1st Edition

What an Architecture Student Should Know

By Jadwiga Krupinska Copyright 2014
288 Pages 61 Color Illustrations
by Routledge

288 Pages 61 Color Illustrations
by Routledge

288 Pages 61 Color Illustrations
by Routledge

It's not just you. Every architecture student is initially confused by architecture school - an education so different that it doesn't compare to anything else. A student’s joy at being chosen in stiff competition with many other applicants can turn to doubt when he or she struggles to understand the logic of the specific teaching method. Testimony from several schools of design and architecture... Read more

Preface  1. Student uncertainties  2. Professional uncertainties  3. What skills are needed  4. Can I be an autodidact?  5. The design process  6. Analysis through synthesis - in practice  7. Criticism  8. Assessment reviews - stage and actors  9. Assessment reviews - the presented proposal  10. Awareness and understanding  Index.

Biography

Jadwiga Krupinska is professor emerita at the School of Architecture of the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) in Stockholm, Sweden.

"Professor Krupinska's book will be of great value to every student of architecture and an excellent base for faculty discussions around the subject."

Anna Odlinge, Associate Professor, University College of Arts, Crafts and Design, Stockholm, Sweden

 

"This is a generous book: it shares relevant experiences and valuable reflections upon the teaching and learning of architecture. Krupinska manages to describe the complexity and magic of our discipline."

Beate Hølmebakk, Professor, Oslo School of Architecture and Design, Norway