Experience in technical education: the organisation of practical construction training for students in a faculty of architecture
Author
Siedlecki, Bogdan
Published in
World Transactions on Engineering and Technology Education
Numbering
Vol. 16, No. 1
Pages
65-69
Release date
2018
Place of publication
Melbourne
Publisher
World Institute for Engineering and Technology Education (WIETE)
Language
English
ISSN
1446-2257
Keywords
education, professional practice
edukacja, praktyka zawodowa
Abstract
Technical education should make future engineers or architects aware of the consequences resulting from material solutions taken up during the conceptual design stage. Practical skills are acquired from birth and throughout the entire period of education, but contact with actual, practical knowledge only occurs through physical participation in a creative process. Architectural studies, with its broad curriculum as a subject stimulates imagination and broadens general and specific professional knowledge. Sculpture, freehand drawing and building structures stimulate imagination, while building construction and installations point to technological needs. Urban planning places the visions within urban space. Therefore, an aim of this article is to show that proper preparation of a technical design without contact with the actual construction of a project is most difficult or even impossible. The education of architects requires a number of stages and these are outlined. Finally, it is crucial to avoid the dangers arising from the inability to detect significant problems, otherwise they could be too numerous for a project to be completed successfully.
