Based on a comprehensive survey of design-build programs conducted in 2011-2012 consisting of interviews and reviews of a number of programs, this article provides a sketch of the motivations, practices, challenges, successes and failures associated with this popular and unique educational practice found in many architectural design programs. It provides a history of, documents the variety of rationale for, as well as the methods used in upstart and well-established Design-build programs. It serves as a guide for the development, improvement, and maintenance of existing and future programs.
Design-build in Architectural Education: Motivations, Practices, Challenges, Successes and Failures
Type
journal article
Year
2012
Based on a comprehensive survey of design-build programs conducted in 2011-2012 consisting of interviews and reviews of a number of programs, this article provides a sketch of the motivations, practices, challenges, successes and failures associated with this popular and unique educational practice found in many architectural design programs. It provides a history of, documents the variety of rationale for, as well as the methods used in upstart and well-established Design-build programs. It serves as a guide for the development, improvement, and maintenance of existing and future programs.
Citation
Canizaro, Vincent B. "Design-build in Architectural Education: Motivations, Practices, Challenges, Successes and Failures," in ArchNet-IJAR: International Journal of Architectural Research, vol. 6, issue 3 (2012): 20-36.
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Copyright
Vincent B. Canizaro
Country
United States
Language
English
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