Pedagogy of Architectural Education on Sustainability in Malaysia – Student Perspective

The increasing global concerns about the environmental degradation and climate changes oblige architecture students to apply sustainable design approaches in their studio projects. Therefore, renewable energy raises the expectation of providing sustainable solutions for their architectural design proposals. This paper aims to investigate the learning of students in knowledge, awareness and applicability on sustainability during their first three years of the part 1 architecture programme. Surveys were conducted on 500 students from eight architecture schools from the local universities, two architecture schools from the polytechnic colleges and three architectural schools from the overseas universities. These survey results from 335 respondents confirmed that the learning on sustainability through self (51.6%), peer (48.6%) and design studio lecturers (37.0%). These results confirmed also that most respondents did rely on pre-design assessments to develop sustainable design strategies in their final architectural design proposals. These results concluded that the perception of architecture students on learning sustainability is based mainly on other sources. These findings provide knowledge for educationists and practitioners towards the planning of architecture curriculum and the implementation of pedagogical approach in sustainability. This paper determines the most important source of learning on sustainability knowledge for students in the pedagogy at university level.

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Sustainable Design Approaches in Malaysia’s Traditional Mosques and Houses

PROCEEDING INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ENGINEERING ◽

10.36728/icone.v1i1.1263 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

pp. 13-21

Author(s):

Mohd Farid Mohamed

Keyword(s):

Case Studies ◽

Sustainable Design ◽

Building Design ◽

Design Strategies ◽

Humid Climate ◽

Sustainable Solutions ◽

Design Concepts ◽

Modern Development ◽

Fast Pace ◽

Modern Building

The traditional Malaysian mosque and Malay house concepts have been naturally developed for hundreds of years and proven to provide sustainable solutions for building in Malaysia, a country with a hot and humid climate. However, the fast pace of modern development has negatively affected the acceptance of the traditional building concept, especially in the current development of houses and mosques. However, the success of the sustainable design approaches in the traditional Malaysian buildings to ensure sustainable development for hundreds of years has been forgotten. As a result, mainstream modern design concepts have become a contributor to deteriorating environmental conditions due to various factors, including increased energy consumption. Hence, it is crucial to understand the sustainable design approach in traditional Malaysian buildings’ design and appropriately apply it to modern building design. Therefore, this study aimed to outline sustainable approaches in traditional mosques and Malay houses in Malaysia. The methodology used in this study was a combination of literature review and site observation on the selected case studies. Six main case buildings were selected for the traditional buildings, including three case studies for the traditional house and three for traditional mosques. This study found a long list of sustainable approaches in traditional Malaysian Mosques and Malay houses. The list of the approaches can be used as an initial reference or guideline in designing new modern buildings in Malaysia, mainly buildings with passive design strategies that contribute to sustainable Malaysia.

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Changing architectural education for reaching sustainable future: A contribution to the discussion

Spatium ◽

10.2298/spat1329075m ◽

2013 ◽

pp. 75-80 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Danijela Milovanovic-Rodic ◽

Jelena Zivkovic ◽

Ksenija Lalovic

Keyword(s):

Environmental Economic ◽

Collaborative Design ◽

Paradigm Shift ◽

Architectural Design ◽

Critical Level ◽

The Other ◽

Architectural Education ◽

Sustainable Solutions ◽

Integral Education ◽

Educational Methodology

This paper discusses potential changes for the architectural education in response to rapid environmental, economic and socio-political situations, globally and locally. Unpredictability and complexity of those changes on one side and increasing exclusion of architects in urban developments on the other side, are forcing us to rethink the role and purpose of architects and architecture in society in general. We started to question methodology and the substance of architectural education which would create professional architects that would be able to deliver and implement creative sustainable solutions. It is evident that the need for the sustainable architectural design, sensitive to environment and energy issues, has reached a critical level in both public and professional circles. However, the issue of social sensibility is still not adequately taken into consideration by professionals. We argue that it is a consequence of archaic academic curricula which must be changed in order to support a paradigm shift. This change would be from the ?architect provider? to the ?architect enabler?. As a result of this issue, we introduce a new educational methodology to support: (1) building student's capacity for being engaged in collaborative design process, and (2) building bridges between the different disciplines in order to reach integral education.

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From Lab to Field: Extending the Architectural Design Studio to Integrate Emerging Technologies

10.35483/acsa.teach.2019.17 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Corneel Cannaerts ◽

Keyword(s):

Architectural Design ◽

Emerging Technologies ◽

Architectural Education ◽

Design Studio ◽

Pedagogical Approach ◽

Architectural Practice ◽

Hands On ◽

Architectural Design Studio ◽

Set Up ◽

The Impact

The architectural design studio, as a place for educating future practitioners, is faced with two necessary dissociations: the distance from practice and its futurity. While the responses in architectural education have been varied1, the question of how to integrate emerging technologies seems to further sharpen these dissociations. This paper discusses the MMlab and Fieldstation studio, two learning environments set up as extensions of the design studio aiming to question the impact of emerging technologies on architecture. These extensions are particular ways of responding to the dissociations between the design studio and practice and its futurity: through hands-on experimentation with emerging technologies and questioning their relevance for architectural practice and culture, and by exploring the impact of technologies on the environments in which we operate as architects, deliberately looking for places and sites where emerging technologies manifest themselves with a particular urgency. The argument builds on a number of design studios, workshops and elective courses, it discusses two case studies in detail and describes the shift from lab to field in terms of subject matter, spatial setting and pedagogical approach.

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Integrating Water Sensitive Design in the Architectural Design Studio in China: Challenges and Outcomes

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su13094853 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (9) ◽

pp. 4853

Author(s):

Maycon Sedrez ◽

Jing Xie ◽

Ali Cheshmehzangi

Keyword(s):

Urban Areas ◽

Architectural Design ◽

Water Cycle ◽

Interdisciplinary Approach ◽

Architectural Education ◽

Design Studio ◽

Design Strategies ◽

Fully Integrated ◽

Primary Element ◽

Architectural Design Studio

Urban areas around the world are increasingly facing environmental challenges such as water scarcity, water pollution, and water-related disasters, which demands sustainable design solutions for cities. Efforts to introduce sustainable methods in architectural education are noteworthy since the early 1990s. However, Water Sensitive Design (WSD) has not been fully integrated to architectural education. WSD is an interdisciplinary approach that considers the water cycle as the primary element of design strategies, integrating the site’s ecological and social aspects to structure water management. The main objective of this study is to identify cases introducing WSD in an architecture design studio revealing its pedagogical approaches, comparing and discussing with a WSD-focused design studio. This study adapts on an exploratory and descriptive research, analyzing the literature on the topic of WSD in architectural education and documenting a graduate-level architectural design studio that proposes the development of water-oriented masterplan. The results suggest that WSD, as interdisciplinary method, can be incorporated into the design studio as the topic due to its tangible tools and strategies towards water. It also fits the proposal of a design studio to integrate knowledge from diverse disciplines. This unique study presents a comprehensive WSD introduction in an architectural design case and indicative pedagogical methods, contributing to the development of an approach for future related works.

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Modern structure of the higher architectural and construction education

E3S Web of Conferences ◽

10.1051/e3sconf/201911002136 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 110 ◽

pp. 02136

Author(s):

Olga Sotnikova ◽

Iana Zolotukhina ◽

Ekaterina Prokshits

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Sustainable Development ◽

Architectural Design ◽

Design Thinking ◽

Architectural Education ◽

Ethical Justification ◽

Sustainable Solutions ◽

Construction Education ◽

Practical Design ◽

Practical Level

The analysis of the higher education in the sphere of sustainable development shows that there is a need to include the concept of sustainable and practical design thinking at all levels, starting from ideological level (stability as conceptual and ethical justification of architecture), methodological level (the principles and strategy for the solution of various subject matters), and finally, practical level, by introducing stability concerning programs for architectural education to impart abilities to critically analyze process and to creatively find sustainable solutions which can be developed for creation of the environment. The two-level programs implemented at the universities consisting of the system of architectural education and a subsystem of steady architectural design (consisting of the steady theoretical and design training/practical courses and cross-disciplinary courses connected with education in the field of sustainable development in the architectural training program) are presented in this article.

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Evidence-Based Design in Architectural Education: Designing the First Maggie’s Centre in Israel

HERD Health Environments Research & Design Journal ◽

10.1177/19375867211007945 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 193758672110079

Author(s):

Nirit Putievsky Pilosof ◽

Yasha Jacob Grobman

Keyword(s):

Literature Review ◽

Architectural Design ◽

Early Stage ◽

Scientific Research ◽

Well Being ◽

Architectural Education ◽

Local Context ◽

Evidence Based ◽

Architecture Education ◽

The Impact

Objective The study examines the integration of the Evidence-based Design (EBD) approach in healthcare architecture education in the context of an academic design studio. Background Previous research addressed the gap between scientific research and architectural practice and the lack of research on the use of the EBD approach in architectural education. Methods The research examines an undergraduate architectural studio to design a Maggie’s Centre for cancer care in Israel and evaluates the impact of the EBD approach on the design process and design outcomes. The research investigates the impact of the integration of three predesign tasks: (1) literature review of healing architecture research, (2) analysis and comparison of existing Maggie’s Centres, and (3) analysis of the context of the design project. Results The literature review of scientific research supported the conceptual design and development of the projects. The analysis of existing Maggie’s centers, which demonstrated the interpretation of the evidence by different architects, developed the students’ ability to evaluate EBD in practice critically, and the study of the projects’ local context led the students to define the relevance of the evidence to support their vision for the project. Conclusions The research demonstrates the advantages of practicing EBD at an early stage in healthcare architectural education to enhance awareness of the impact of architectural design on the users’ health and well-being and the potential to support creativity and innovative design. More studies in design studios are needed to assess the full impact of integrating EBD in architectural education.

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On Strengthening the Interest of Architecture Students in Bio-informed Solutions: A Systematic Approach for Learning from Nature

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su13042138 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (4) ◽

pp. 2138

Author(s):

Semra Arslan Selçuk ◽

Güneş Mutlu Avinç

Keyword(s):

Design Education ◽

Architectural Design ◽

Systematic Approach ◽

Point Of View ◽

System Thinking ◽

Sustainable Solutions ◽

Research Areas ◽

Biological Phenomena ◽

Architectural Structures ◽

Interdisciplinary Relationships

The bio-informed concept, which means “designing by learning from nature’s best ideas” as an approach, method, tool, discipline or strategy, is one of the most important research areas of today. It does not only shape designs, but also is based on collaborative/interactive/creative methods in education and can be integrated with contemporary educational approaches. This paper questions how to translate the bio-knowledge, which can be an effective and useful method for developing designers’ skills such as system-thinking, innovative thinking and problem-based learning, to design education in an easy and understandable way. In this context, the method of determining and applying biological phenomena/systems into architectural design process through the “natural language approach” is investigated. With this research, it is aimed to open the way to reach more innovative and sustainable solutions by establishing a bridge between architectural and biological terminology while creating architectural structures. It has been shown how to increase the biodiversity utilized for bio-informed solutions in the architectural field by proposing a systematic approach to search for biological systems. From this point of view, this study emphasizes the importance of promoting the bio-informed design approach, increasing interdisciplinary relationships and orienting individuals to nature for creativity and sustainability.

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