The Effect of Theoretical/Technical Courses on the Formation of Design Knowledge: A Case Study on Final Year Students

Abstract

Architectural education that its objective to provide an opportunity to the students to gain that knowledge contains the design approaches, architectural history, technical knowledge, current developments etc. associate to education field. Correspondingly, it is a process that students can utilize all aforementioned knowledges on architectural scope. Related with the process of architectural education, the accredited programs focus on an appropriate education as well as assessing courses and studios. In this study, it is aimed to focus on the architectural program in Yildiz Technical University and determine the correlation and importance between courses and architectural projects. For this purpose, the focused interview and a set of questionnaire is done with final year students. According to study results, it is evident that design studio is the place where the knowledge gathered from theoretical and technical courses are come together. To sum, a blended learning strategy would be efficient in design education.