Colour education in architecture

Abstract

Architecture is an interdisciplinary profession that combines and uses the elements of various major fields such as humanities, social and physical sciences, technology and creative arts. The main aim of architectural education is to enable students acquire the skills to create designs sufficient both aesthetically and technically. The goals of the under graduate programme can be summarised as; the information transfer on subjects and problems related to the application of the profession, the acquisition of relevant skills, and information on specialist subjects. Colour is one of the most important design parameters every architect has to use. Architect candidates should be equipped in the field of colour just as they are in other relevant subjects. This paper deals with the significance, goals, methods and the place of colour education in the undergraduate programme of architectural education.