Examines the significance of Basic Design education in Turkey, suggesting improvements for modern architectural teaching.
The aim of this study is to determine the current status and significance of Basic Design education in contemporary architecture schools in Turkey to contribute in developing new course content and teaching methodology that keeps up with the necessities of the rapidly changing world of 21stcentury. Taking its origins from the Bauhaus, the Basic Design course still maintains its significance in the Turkish architecture schools. Due to technological developments, some experimental approaches started to be appeared to integrate digital technologies and computational thinking into the course curriculum. In order to reveal the status of the course, by using literature review and statistical data, history of the Basic Design course, the technological and generational changes of the 21st century as well as their effects on the course, the characteristics of the course in contemporary Turkish architecture schools, and some experimental approaches to the course will be presented throughout the study.
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