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Basic Learning of Form
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i Serrano, Magda Mària; Musquera Felip, Sílvia; Beriain Sanzol, Luis – Journal of Technology and Science Education, 2018
"Form is 'what', Design is 'how'" (Kahn, 1960). Learning about the formal universe and the wide range of possibilities it offers should be one of the purposes of the early subjects in architectural studies. This article aims to explain the contents of a first course of architectural design and demonstrate how, using a methodology based…
Descriptors: Architectural Education, Architecture, Design, Teaching Methods
Integration of a CAS/DGS as a CAD System in the Mathematics Curriculum for Architecture Students
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Falcon, R. M. – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2011
Students of Architecture and Building Engineering Degrees work with Computer Aided Design systems daily in order to design and model architectonic constructions. Since this kind of software is based on the creation and transformation of geometrical objects, it seems to be a useful tool in Maths classes in order to capture the attention of the…
Descriptors: Mathematics Curriculum, Architecture, Computer Software, Engineering Education
A Methodological Approach to Encourage the Service-Oriented Learning Systems Development
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Diez, David; Malizia, Alessio; Aedo, Ignacio; Diaz, Paloma; Fernandez, Camino; Dodero, Juan-Manuel – Educational Technology & Society, 2009
The basic idea of service-oriented learning is that a learning environment should be conceived as a set of independent units of learning packaged as learning services. The design, development and deployment of a learning system based on integrating different learning services needs both a technological platform to support the system as well as a…
Descriptors: Architecture, Distance Education, Systems Development, Educational Environment
Sustainable Education Campus in Spain: Nature and Architecture for Training
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Calvo-Sotelo, Pablo Campos – PEB Exchange, 2008
The quality of education is intimately linked to its architecture. Any urbanistic/architectural project must stem from an in-depth study of the area's characteristics, taken in the broad geographical, climatic, cultural, functional and ideological sense. The site should provide the conceptual energy from which a campus draws life. This requirement…
Descriptors: Architecture, Foreign Countries, Sustainable Development, Educational Quality
Utopia, University and Architecture: A Journey that Changed the Design of Contemporary Universities
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Calvo-Sotelo, Pablo Campos – Higher Education Policy, 2006
In 1927, a group of advisors to King Alfonso XIII of Spain, led by the architect Modesto Lopez-Otero, set out for the United States and Canada. Previously, they had visited a number of European cities where they examined the medieval architectural form of some famous universities. Inspired by a Utopian vision, the journey to the New World studied…
Descriptors: Universities, School Buildings, Building Design, Architecture
Planning, Designing and Managing Higher Education Institutions
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Daigneau, William A.; Valenti, Mark S.; Ricciarini, Sylvana; Bender, Stephen O.; Alleyne, Nicole; Di Grappa, Michael; Duart, Josep M.; Lupianez, Francisco; Sanchez, Miguel Angel Ehrenzweig – PEB Exchange, 2005
The OECD Programme on Educational Building, together with the Association of Higher Education Facilities Officers (APPA) and the OECD Programme on Institutional Management in Higher Education, organised an international conference on the planning, design and management of facilities for higher education institutions on April 24-27, 2005. The…
Descriptors: Facilities Management, Foreign Countries, Educational Technology, Information Services