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Teaching informal urbanism: simulating informal settlement practices in the design studio
Citation
Owen, C and Dovey, K and Raharjo, W, Teaching informal urbanism: simulating informal settlement practices in the design studio, Journal of Architectural Education, 67, (2) pp. 214-223. ISSN 1046-4883 (2013) [Refereed Article]
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Copyright 2013 Taylor & Francis
DOI: doi:10.1080/10464883.2013.817164
Abstract
Informal settlements have become dominant forms and processes of urban development in many cities, yet the task of helping students engage with design issues in such contexts is fraught with difficulties of access, safety, and complexity. Drawing on detailed fieldwork, this article explores ways in which informal settlement formation can be taught in design studio through the use of games that simulate incremental practices of room-by-room accretion and prospects for transformation. The pedagogical goals are to effect a blurring of authorship and authority, to undermine top-down thinking, and to nourish forms of design imagination that unite process and form.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Refereed Article |
|---|---|
| Keywords: | informal settlements, design studio, pedagogy, design games |
| Research Division: | Built Environment and Design |
| Research Group: | Architecture |
| Research Field: | Architectural Design |
| Objective Division: | Education and Training |
| Objective Group: | Teaching and Instruction |
| Objective Field: | Pedagogy |
| Author: | Owen, C (Dr Ceridwen Owen) |
| ID Code: | 87253 |
| Year Published: | 2013 |
| Web of Science® Times Cited: | 3 |
| Deposited By: | Architecture |
| Deposited On: | 2013-11-11 |
| Last Modified: | 2015-01-19 |
| Downloads: | 11 View Download Statistics |
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