Investigating design-build as an alternative model for architectural education

Abstract

The importance for the author of responsible educational architecture is unquestionable and the reasoning behind this cannot be explained much better than by the words used to introduce the Live Projects of the University of Sheffield School of Architecture: ”We see the Live Projects as important in educating architects of the future. Too often architectural education establishes a set of remote values which then go to define the profession; these centre on the myth of the architect as individual, male, hero-genius clinging to a set of ideals that are often removed from the concerns of the everyday world. In contrast, the Live Projects develop collaborative techniques and skills in communication and participatory practice – all approaches that are essential and absolutely relevant to the future practitioner” (University of Sheffield School of Architecture, 2012).