Teaching Quality Spatial Design in the Studio (Part 1) - What Went Wrong?

Send us Fan Mail Why is there such a lack of quality in spatial design among architecture students? I’ve watched this for a decade, and the research is clear that it isn’t a shortage of talent — it’s a systemic shift in how architecture is taught and conceptualised. Five drivers: (1) the Instagrammability of architecture, where a building is judged by one two-dimensional render rather than the experience of moving through it; (2) over-reliance on digital tools, where students jump straight in...