Integration of building construction courses in the architecture education programme

Abstract

The curriculum of architecture education programme is very important in respect to knowing that every course is related to each other. Design courses of curriculum are the combination of technical, theoretical and expression based courses. Building construction courses are technical courses of architecture department programme. As construction courses are the ones that give knowledge about structural systems, materials, structural stability etc. it has a fatal importance in the architecture education programme. The problem is how to integrate construction courses to architecture curriculum and to design studios. In this paper, a method of integration of construction course into design studio with a case study will be discussed. The aim of this paper is to create a reading through experience and practices on integrating construction courses into design studio.