E-Books →What an Architecture Student Should Know

This book will help you understand and be aware of:
- Specific working methods at architecture schools and in the critique process, so you'll feel oriented and confident.
- How to cope with uncertainty in the design process.
- How to develop the ability to synthesize the complexity of architecture in terms of function, durability, and beauty.
This book is about how architects learn to cope with uncertainty and strive to master complexity. Special attention is given to criticism, which is an essential part of the design process. The author, a recipient of several educational awards, has written this book for architecture students and teachers, to describe how each student can adopt the architect's working method.
Key concepts are defined throughout and references at the end of each chapter will point you to further reading so you can delve into topics you find particularly interesting.
Jadwiga Krupinska is professor emerita at the School of Architecture of the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) in Stockholm, Sweden.