Experiential and integrated learning environments - Teaching urban design studio at curtin university

Experiential and Integrated Learning Environments in Architecture is an educational project based on action learning pedagogy (Revans, 1980) that challenges the traditional design studio teaching approach to Architectural/Urban Design and builds on Dewey (1939) and Kolb (1984) theories of experienti...

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Main Authors: Mancini, Francesco, Glusac, Tanja
Format: Conference Paper
Published: 2020
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/84794
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description Experiential and Integrated Learning Environments in Architecture is an educational project based on action learning pedagogy (Revans, 1980) that challenges the traditional design studio teaching approach to Architectural/Urban Design and builds on Dewey (1939) and Kolb (1984) theories of experiential learning. An innovative model of teaching Urban Design to Master of Architecture students has been trailed for the first time in 2018, when the studio was set in the City of Bayswater, and has been refined over the course of 2019 in two separate study periods - Study Period 1 (Rome/Milan Study Tour) and Semester 2. This model provided students with an opportunity to collaboratively learn from and re-design the existing urban environments by immersing themselves in the very context they are studying. The proximity of the classroom to the urban setting presented an opportunity for students to draw comparisons and analysis between national and international examples and that of the surrounding urban milieu. Additionally, advanced technology supportive of distributed learning environment and intense collaboration with industry such as Hassell, Element and The Office of the Government Architect (OGA), coupled with opportunities to visit various practices, provided deeper insights and an all rounded approach to learning and engaging with architecture.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-847942021-07-28T04:44:52Z Experiential and integrated learning environments - Teaching urban design studio at curtin university Mancini, Francesco Glusac, Tanja Experiential and Integrated Learning Environments in Architecture is an educational project based on action learning pedagogy (Revans, 1980) that challenges the traditional design studio teaching approach to Architectural/Urban Design and builds on Dewey (1939) and Kolb (1984) theories of experiential learning. An innovative model of teaching Urban Design to Master of Architecture students has been trailed for the first time in 2018, when the studio was set in the City of Bayswater, and has been refined over the course of 2019 in two separate study periods - Study Period 1 (Rome/Milan Study Tour) and Semester 2. This model provided students with an opportunity to collaboratively learn from and re-design the existing urban environments by immersing themselves in the very context they are studying. The proximity of the classroom to the urban setting presented an opportunity for students to draw comparisons and analysis between national and international examples and that of the surrounding urban milieu. Additionally, advanced technology supportive of distributed learning environment and intense collaboration with industry such as Hassell, Element and The Office of the Government Architect (OGA), coupled with opportunities to visit various practices, provided deeper insights and an all rounded approach to learning and engaging with architecture. 2020 Conference Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/84794 10.4995/HEAd20.2020.11192 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ fulltext
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Experiential and integrated learning environments - Teaching urban design studio at curtin university
title Experiential and integrated learning environments - Teaching urban design studio at curtin university
title_full Experiential and integrated learning environments - Teaching urban design studio at curtin university
title_fullStr Experiential and integrated learning environments - Teaching urban design studio at curtin university
title_full_unstemmed Experiential and integrated learning environments - Teaching urban design studio at curtin university
title_short Experiential and integrated learning environments - Teaching urban design studio at curtin university
title_sort experiential and integrated learning environments - teaching urban design studio at curtin university
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/84794