Education of architects: Walter Gropius’ ideas a century later
Authors:
- Grażyna Schneider-Skalska
Abstract
The education of architects in Poland follows a specific sequence: standards defined by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education concordant with European Union standards; educational outcomes defined by a specific school; module charts formulated by academic teachers. As a result of this sequence a freshly graduating architect becomes equipped with appropriate knowledge, skills and social competencies adapted to contemporary times. At the start of the 20th Century, Walter Gropius formulated a highly specific vision of the role of the architect in society and a model of education associated with this role. He published this in a book, Scope of Total Architecture. The author of this article has confronted the recommendations by Gropius with the reality of educating architects at the Faculty of Architecture at Cracow University of Technology (FA-CUT), Kraków, Poland, and the author’s own observations. Highlighted here is a series of timeless requirements in architects’ education, in addition to observing differences associated with time and changing conditions.
- Record ID
- CUTc8ff5d12936b4f828621af296d2bc8ee
- Publication categories
- ; ;
- Author
- Journal series
- Global Journal of Engineering Education, ISSN 1328-3154
- Issue year
- 2019
- Vol
- 21
- No
- 3
- Pages
- 189-195
- Other elements of collation
- fot.; Bibliografia (na s.) - 194; Bibliografia (liczba pozycji) - 9; Oznaczenie streszczenia - Abstr.; Numeracja w czasopiśmie - Vol. 21, No. 3
- Conference
- Conference on Engineering and Architecture Design Education (EADE-2019), 2019, 03-06-2019 - 07-06-2019, Kraków, Polska
- Keywords in English
- architectural education, qualities and attributes, Walter Gropius’ educational ideas
- URL
- http://www.wiete.com.au/journals/GJEE/Publish/TOCVol21No3.html Opening in a new tab
- Language
- eng (en) English
- License
- Score (nominal)
- 70
- Uniform Resource Identifier
- https://cris.pk.edu.pl/info/article/CUTc8ff5d12936b4f828621af296d2bc8ee/
- URN
urn:pkr-prod:CUTc8ff5d12936b4f828621af296d2bc8ee
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