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9781966515500: Architecture Educators and Practitioners in Collaboration: Chicago Studio over 25 Years
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1966515502 ISBN 13: 9781966515500
Verlag: Oro Editions, 2026

Inhaltsangabe

The book tells the unwritten story of Chicago Studio over 25 years—a semester-long, place-based, experiential learning program harnessing the city as a learning lab through engagement of practitioners, city leaders and neighborhoods, while also providing pedagogical assessment and a look going forward.

The authors have played various roles—lead educator, host firm, mentor—for the program at various times and have come together to write their collective story. Architects usually write about buildings and their practices, but here the authors write about pedagogy and the collaboration between educators and practitioners. The book presents this unique model and what constitutes the elements for its resilience. It also includes pedagogical assessment of Chicago Studio with other transformational pedagogies globally.

Originating in 2002, more than 400 students have benefitted from this program. It developed from a network of professional and alumni relationships, and persisted as the network grew. The architects, allied professionals, city and community leaders rigorously supported the program through interactions with students – as mentor, critic, community activist, etc. Some contributors are well-known while others are emerging professionals. All have an unwavering commitment – every semester, every year. Over 20 Chicago architecture practices have served as host firms, over 250 allied practitioners, and many other community organizations and neighborhood residents have impacted the students’ education.

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Kathryn Clarke Albright is a professor of architecture at the College of Architecture, Arts, and Design, Virginia Tech. She is a founder of Chicago Studio, which was awarded the National Council of Architecture Registration Boards’ 2005 Prize for Creative Integration of Education and Practice in the Academy. Andrew Balster is a Chicago-based leader in the areas of architecture, urbanism, public policy, sociology, and academia. He is the former director of Chicago Studio 2011-2015, he outlined his vision in an article titled, “Into the world by way of the city,” published in DesignIntelligence in 2013. Chip von Weise is a Chicago-based architect, director of Chicago Studio, associate professor of Practice in Virginia Tech’s School of Architecture. In 2022 he received the Nathan Clifford Ricker Award for Architecture Education from the American Institute of Architect’s Illinois chapter. John Syvertsen is a retired Chicago architect, instructor in Virginia Tech’s School of Architecture. He taught at six Architecture schools and has 45 years leading firms ranging in size from 3 to 1,000. In 2019 he received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Institute of Architect’s Chicago chapter. Ashraf M. Salama is a professor of architecture and Urbanism, Head of Architecture and the Built Environment, Northumbria University Newcastle. He is a renowned pedagogue for experiential learning where architecture education intersects practice and results in transformative educational models. Karine Dupre is a professor of architecture, Associate Dean for Research and Creative Scholarship in the College of Architecture, Arts, and Design at Virginia Tech. She has published over 100 peer-reviewed publications as an expert in architectural pedagogy and social design.

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1)Chicago Studio at Virginia Tech emerged as a transformative model of architectural education that seamlessly integrates academic rigor, professional mentorship, and real-world problem-solving into a cohesive, immersive experience. In this framework, students evolve beyond their traditional roles to become urban explorers, deeply embedded in a city rich with challenges and opportunities. 2)The extensive collaboration with practitioners fueled the success of the students’ immersive experiential learning, and ultimately the persistence of Chicago Studio. The commitment of the architecture community was, and remains, paramount to this innovative educational model.3)Situating Chicago Studio within a significant spectrum of comparators reveals unique strengths in metropolitan continuity and protected “unbillable-curiosity” reflection time, elucidates ten transferable lessons, ranging from protecting critique time to coupling design with social-value parameters, and outlines four improvement arenas that inform a proposed “Chicago Studio 2.0”.

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Verlag
Oro Editions
Erscheinungsdatum
2026
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1966515502
ISBN 13 
9781966515500
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
208
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