The design studio is still at the core of curricular structures in schools of architecture worldwide, and considered the norm for architectural design practice. However, the central role of the design studio in the conventional pedagogical structure of architectural education needs to be reconsidered , in order to respond to current social, economic, ecological and technological changes. This study investigates the theoretical bases and practical challenges of the knowledge/skill dichotomy in the design studio. It follows a case study research methodology by conducting a questionnaire survey with the students of the three schools of architecture in Izmir, Turkey. Based on comparative analyses of the survey data, it discusses what sort of knowledge/skill dichotomies can be observed in these schools and how these dichotomies affect career targets of the students. It further aims to draw guidelines for alternative (trans-/multi-)disciplinary structures for the future of architectural education.
Sustainability and eco-friendly towers have been among the most discussed topics of contemporary high-rise building design. High-rise buildings have been an important part of the modern economy with their concentration of human capital and branding value for the urban context. In addition, during the recent years, to address the problems of sprawl, environmental, and ecological concerns, sustainable high-rise building design has gained further significance and visibility in architecture and planning literature. In existing literature, sustainability of high-rises is defined mainly through ecological design and green architecture principles in individual building scale. However, sustainability in the case of high-rises remains an ill-defined term, as there is neglect of further long term effects of these buildings on the social, cultural, economic, and resiliency contexts of cities. When not integrated with the broader urban context, sustainability falls into the gap to be perceived as "greenwash", which stands for a superficially-employed concept used as a fashionable branding strategy. Within this general framework, this study will examine the emerging towers in Bayraklı, İzmir, which is designated by the local government as a high-rise development zone. The study will focus on high-rise buildings (completed and under construction) in relation to the perception of sustainability and question whether or not sustainability is used as a greenwash branding strategy or a contextual element that is well-embedded in architectural design process and urban planning decisions. The method of research will be a descriptive case study through semi-structured interviews with the design team and real estate professionals of the buildings, as well as media analysis and consideration of the local municipality reports
OPEN ACCESSBuildings 2015, 5 835 about Bayraklı. The results indicate that sustainability has become a principle embraced and advertised in the building scale as an environmental concern more than it is embraced in the urban and social context.
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.