Theory of Architecture: Context first, form later (Part 3) - Why is the student stuck?

Send us Fan Mail Reflecting on situations when we encounter the student is stuck and cannot move forward with his design, we ask why? A couple of conclusions based on some deliberations: 1) Lack of understanding 'context' for the first-degree student where there is too much fixation on 'form' learned in the first year; 2) Lack of design approach on dealing with the context and coming up with programs that cannot support the 'concept' for the design thesis (MArch) student. This is just an inte...