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Phenomenology and experiential learning as an approach to teaching studio in architecture

Smith, Ross T. ( 2014)

This thesis proposes an approach to teaching design Studio in architecture which is phenomenological in theory, experiential in practice, constructivist in pedagogy, and phenomenographic in method. This is demonstrated in three graduate Studios: Live/Work, Sub Rosa, and Silence. Observations at Cranbrook Academy of Art, Taliesin, the Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture, Rural Studio, and the University of Melbourne, interviews, student work, and student and academic peer feedback are drawn upon. It is concluded that the proposed approach should be used as a catalyst in the spectrum of conventional university architectural design Studio teaching with particular emphasis on establishing this method of teaching and learning at a Studio in a remote rural location.