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37 - Undergraduate Research in Architecture

from Part III.5 - Arts & Design

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 August 2022

By
Carola Ebert ,
Tatjana Schneider  and
Carolin Stapenhorst
Edited by
Harald A. Mieg ,
Elizabeth Ambos ,
Angela Brew ,
Dominique Galli  and
Judith Lehmann
Harald A. Mieg
Affiliation:
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Elizabeth Ambos
Affiliation:
Council on Undergraduate Research, Washington DC
Angela Brew
Affiliation:
Macquarie University, Sydney
Dominique Galli
Affiliation:
Indiana University–Purdue University, Indianapolis
Judith Lehmann
Affiliation:
Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Summary

Architecture is a university subject with educational roots in both the technical university and art/specialized architecture schools, yet it lacks a strong research orientation and is focused on professional expertise. This chapter explores the particular role of research within architectural education in general by discussing two different cases for the implementation of undergraduate research in architecture: during the late 1990s and early 2000s at the University of Sheffield, UK, and during the 2010s at RWTH Aachen University, Germany. These examples illustrate the asynchronous beginnings of similar developments, and also contextualize differences in disciplinary habitus and pedagogical approaches between Sheffield, where research impulses stemmed from within the Architectural Humanities, and Aachen with its strong tradition as a technical university.

Keywords

architectural educationresearch in architecturehybriditydsciplineprofessionresearch by designdesign researchcurrriculumRWTH Aachen Universitythe University of Sheffield
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The Cambridge Handbook of Undergraduate Research , pp. 355 - 362
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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