What is it about?
This paper reflects on the transition of a school of architecture to incorporate sustainability principles (social, economic and environmental) as a core part of its undergraduate programme. The paper offers a brief overview of the processes undertaken and the outcomes - an integrated problem-based curriculum geared to engage students in the development of architectural solutions with an emphasis on sustainability.
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Why is it important?
The paper contributes to discourses on sustainability in architectural education, examining the transition taken by an architectural programme to incorporate sustainability as a core part of its curriculum. The outcomes of this process provide advice that could be useful to schools of architecture seeking to integrate sustainability into their programmes.
Perspectives
Changing any academic programme is difficult at the best of times, but in East Africa, changing curricula and curriculum content is extremely rare. This paper provides a perspective on the implementation of sustainability in architectural education from a global South point of view, with ideas that could benefit schools of architecture globally.
Dr Mark Olweny
University of Lincoln
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This page is a summary of: Introducing sustainability into an architectural curriculum in East Africa, International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, September 2018, Emerald,
DOI: 10.1108/ijshe-02-2018-0039.
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