Educating and building: some thoughts about architecture training by exploring the original meaning of “culture”

Document Type : Scientific - Research

Author

Ph.D.Student ,School of Architecture and Urban Development , Shahid Beheshti University

Abstract
Nowadays education has different meanings in different domains of sciences and techniques. According to these meanings there are different methods for educating human beings. Architecture is one of the subject in the domain in art or science, so there are various ideas and discussions on the methods of educating architecture, and sometimes they have contrast. In this context, there is an additional problem in Iran about identity and cultural originality. The one, that puts architecture as a subject of the culture, believes that for achieving the ideal architects we should attend to the culture in the architectural education. In such a way we are facing various educating methods that, in spite of obtaining different understanding about culture, have a common point; they do not clear the object of culture, education, and architecture essentially! This is a main subject of misunderstanding and increased day by day until you could not find a way of reconciliation easily. Considering the idea of our predecessors about the relation between ‘culture’ and education’ one hand, and educating and cultivating on other hand, shows that they had an inter-wrought concept. The similarities and differences between what they understood and what we understand of “culture”, “education”, and “building” could clear some dark and forgotten part of our misunderstandings. By this purpose, I begin with exploring the “culture”; the essence that architecture is a row of it.

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  • Receive Date 07 May 2012
  • Revise Date 10 October 2012
  • Accept Date 23 October 2012
  • First Publish Date 01 March 2013
  • Publish Date 01 March 2013