Design education in architecture and allied disciplines is the cornerstone of design professions that contribute to shaping the built environment of the future. In this book; design education is dealt with as a paradigm whose evolutionary processes; underpinning theories; contents; methods; tools; are questioned and critically examined. It features a comprehensive discussion on design education with a focus on the design studio as the backbone of that education and the main forum for creative exploration and interaction; and for knowledge acquisition; assimilation; and reproduction. Through international and regional surveys; the striking qualities of design pedagogy; contemporary professional challenges and the associated sociocultural and environmental needs are identified. Building on twenty-five years of research and explorations into design pedagogy in architecture and urban design; this book authoritatively offers a critical analysis of a continuously evolving profession; its associated societal processes and the way in which design education reacts to their demands. Matters that pertain to traditional pedagogy; its characteristics and the reactions developed against it in the form of pioneering alternative studio teaching practices. Advances in design approaches and methods are debated including critical inquiry; empirical making; process-based learning; and Community Design; Design-Build; and Live Project Studios. Innovative teaching practices in lecture-based and introductory design courses are identified and characterized including inquiry-based; active and experiential learning. These investigations are all interwoven to elucidate a comprehensive understanding of contemporary design education in architecture and allied disciplines. A wide spectrum of teaching approaches and methods is utilized to reveal a theory of a ’trans-critical’ pedagogy that is conceptualized to shape a futuristic thinking about design teaching. Lessons learned from techniques
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