Ways of Choosing

The Role of School Design Culture, Values and Philosophy in Irish Architectural Education

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https://doi.org/10.51588/eaaeacp.24

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design culture, values in design, sustainable design excellence, design process, sustainability in design education

Abstract

Architectural education in Ireland — as elsewhere — is a somewhat unique educational environment in that it must provide for professional requirements within its system. It must produce graduates which have demonstrated standards of knowledge, skill and competence for practice as an architect and who possess particular professional attributes. Coupled with this framework, architectural education is also required to instil in students their civic responsibilities, in being bound by professional codes of ethics to act and to build in a way that has societal values at its heart; considering the interests of society as a whole (1) to shape a better world. As such, graduates are taught to question and direct design conditions from particular points of view (2) and to create ‘good’ architecture through the application of dependable professional education (3). The content and subject matter of architectural courses must therefore be both creative and technical, freeing and curtailing, locally responsive but universally applicable.

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O’Dwyer, S., & Gwilliam, J. (2019). Ways of Choosing: The Role of School Design Culture, Values and Philosophy in Irish Architectural Education. EAAE Annual Conference Proceedings, 128–131. https://doi.org/10.51588/eaaeacp.24

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2019-08-28

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2019: The Hidden School - Book of Abstracts. EAAE Annual Conference Zagreb 2019

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Presentation Abstracts

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Copyright (c) 2019 Sarah O’Dwyer, Julie Gwilliam

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Author Biographies

Sarah O’Dwyer, Cardiff University

Sarah O’Dwyer (BSc, BArch, MArchSc, MRIAI) is a practicing architect and programme lead of the ‘Environmental Design of Buildings’ DL MSc in the Welsh School of Architecture. O’Dwyer’s research interests include sustainable design process studies and the evaluation of the sustainability of buildings, particularly at early stage design. She has previously investigated these topics through a funded MArchSC and previously published research. She is currently pursuing a PhD exploring this topic, with a particular focus on the transitioning of architectural design education to incorporate sustainable design excellence, on the role of education in the delivery of sustainable design excellence in the built environment.

Julie Gwilliam, Cardiff University

Dr Julie Gwilliam (MA, BArch, MSc, PhD, FHEA) is College Dean for Postgraduate Studies at Cardiff University and Senior lecturer in the Welsh School of Architecture. Her main interests lie in the transition of architectural and associated built environment professional practice towards a sustainable future. As such she is interested in the social production of buildings, collaborative practices, the investigation of professional working practices in the delivery of built environment sustainability. She also has a long term interest in the role of education and continuing professional development in the delivery sustainable development including in the study and teaching of environmental design and sustainability as applied to the built environment.

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RIAI Standard of Knowledge, Skill and Competence for Practice as an Architect (2009). Available at: https://www.riai.ie/education/policy_standards/standards_of_knowledge/

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D'Anjou, Philippe. ‘An Ethics of Freedom for Architectural Design Practice.’ Journal of Architectural Education 64.2 (2011): 141–147.

The responsibilities of head of school, TCD. Available at: https://www.tcd.ie/Secretary/academic-governance/headof-school.php

Jones, Barclay. ‘Design From Knowledge, not belief.’ Journal of Architectural Education 17.3 (1962): 104–105

D'Anjou, Philippe. ‘Beyond duty and virtue in design ethics.’ Design Issues 26.1 (2010): 95–105

D'Anjou, Philippe. ‘Beyond duty and virtue in design ethics.’ Design Issues 26.1 (2010): 95–105

D'Anjou, Philippe. ‘An Ethics of Freedom for Architectural Design Practice.’ Journal of Architectural Education 64.2 (2011): 141–147.

D'Anjou, Philippe. ‘An Ethics of Freedom for Architectural Design Practice.’ Journal of Architectural Education 64.2 (2011): 141–147.