EMBED OF SUSTAINABILITY CONCEPTS IN ARCHITECTURAL EDUCATION IN EGYPT ARCHITECTURE DEPARTMENT, ASSIUT UNIVERSITYAS A CASE STUDY | ||||
| JES. Journal of Engineering Sciences | ||||
| Article 16, Volume 42, No 1, January and February 2014, Page 273-288 PDF (332.44 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Research Paper | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/jesaun.2014.114708 | ||||
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| Abstract | ||||
| Contemporary architecture faces many challenges to prove that it is able to accommodate the requirements of sustainable development and the preservation of the environment, so it is imperative to prepare architects, who are aware with the concepts and principles of sustainability and able to apply and integrate these principles with modern techniques and used them in the production of a sustainable urban environment. Because of the importance this topic, this paper reveals the role of architectural education in qualification architects familiar with sustainability issues, and have the awareness, knowledge and skills, which will enable them to apply the principles of sustainability and integrate them into their projects and all the elements of the built environment. Until now there is no evidence on the amount of information and knowledge concerning issues of sustainability, which is received by the student in the field of architecture in Egypt. Through this study, a comprehensive investigation about how much the concepts of sustainability are embeds in architectural education. Architecture program at the Faculty of Engineering - Assiut University was chosen as a case study. The study of the program included the curriculum, academic standards and intended learning outcomes. A questionnaire considered faculty members and their assistants was holding to explore the quantum which the student receives from the knowledge and skills related to sustainability issues. Then another questionnaire for students of final years was hold to reveal degree of their awareness with sustainability issues and its knowledge and tools. The study revealed that the architecture program at the Faculty of Engineering - Assiut University has the necessary ingredients to supply the community with architects familiar with the issues of sustainability. Through the current academic standards adopted by the program sustainability issues can be embedded, through the formulation of the intended learning outcomes that cover important sustainability issues which are not covered by the current program such as water, resources and energy issues of sustainability, and their integration into the appropriate courses. Through the partial or total merger of these issues in the courses of the Architecture design, City planning, Urban design and Theories of Architecture, in the form of units of study linked to other courses, or by making the projects of the design courses have the central role that requires different theoretical knowledge, including Concepts of sustainability. | ||||
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