248 EAAE no 35 Teaching and Experimenting with Architectural Design: Advances in Technology and Changes in Pedagogy
Education in design by research
There was no industrial revolution of the end of 20th century but it's the time for
humans to think more about the built environment.
IT simulation in Education
What is the role of digital devices in the process of Education in architecture - how
to use the simulation methods in architectural design to get the significant role of
sunshine to human being's life? We should look for a new system based on experience,
research, experiments and their validation comparison with the practice. Suggested
example includes use of a system of teaching by research and the relationships among
all of its components with education process in architectural design. Thus the study
formulates a prototype for the suggested system that includes all system components
and the relationships among them. The point is that dialogue with the machines
is still complicated, time consuming and requires lots of related knowledge. Do we
need better machines and software then, or new teachers? Are students obliged to
learn all the knowledge accumulated or to trust the software given without the base
it has been developed on? They definitely trust teachers and acreditated systems of
education.
For example: the industry has traditionally been the one with the poorest lighting.
Light is not the most important matter for machines but for the people that work
with it. The important mater of education is to provoke the desire and knowledge to
students how to solve the problem using IT means of modeling working performance
in respect of sunshine when design a building.
"Of all the fields, industry has traditionally been the one with the poorest lighting. New
Concepts, rather than radically new light sources, are coming up".
J.E.Caminada, PhilipsFig 6
It is not the energy used
only by machines but for
work performance. The fac-
tory is a manmade prod-
uct