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Cross-discipline collaboration and innovation in the design studio : drawing on the Bath model

Tucker, Richard and Rollo, John 2003, Cross-discipline collaboration and innovation in the design studio : drawing on the Bath model, in Design + Research : project based research in architecture, Association of Architecture Schools of Australasia, Melbourne, Vic., pp. 1-9.

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Title Cross-discipline collaboration and innovation in the design studio : drawing on the Bath model
Author(s) Tucker, Richard
Rollo, John
Conference name Association of Architecture Schools of Australasia.Conference (1st : 2000 : Melbourne)
Conference location Melbourne
Conference dates 28-30 September 2003
Title of proceedings Design + Research : project based research in architecture
Editor(s) Newton, Clare
Kaji-O`Grady, Sandra
Wollan, Simon
Publication date 2003
Conference series Association of Architecture Schools of Australasia Conference
Start page 1
End page 9
Publisher Association of Architecture Schools of Australasia
Place of publication Melbourne, Vic.
Keyword(s) innovation
cross-discipline
design
collaboration
architecture
engineering
Summary As information expands and comprehension becomes more complex, so the need increases to develop focused areas of knowledge and skill acquisition. However, as the number of specialty areas increases so the languages that define each separate knowledge base become increasingly remote. Hence, concepts and viewpoints that were once considered part of a whole become detached. This phenomenon is typical of the development of tertiary education, especially within professional oriented courses, where disciplines and sub-disciplines have grown further apart and the ability to communicate has become increasingly fragmented.
One individual and visionary who was well acquainted with the shortcomings of the piecemeal development between the disciplines was Professor Sir Edmond Happold, the leader of the prestigious group known as Structures 3 at Ove Arup and Partners, who were responsible for making happen some of the landmark buildings of their time, including Sydney Opera House and the Pompidou Centre, and the founding professor of the Bath school of Architecture and Civil Engineering in 1975. While still having a profound respect for the knowledge bases of the different professions within the building and construction industry, Professor Happold was also well aware of the extraordinary synergies in design and innovation which could come about when the disciplines of Architecture and Civil Engineering were brought together at the outset of the design process.
This paper discusses the rational behind Professor Happold’s cross-discipline model of education and reflects on the method, execution and pedagogical worth of the joint studio-based projects which formed a core aspect of the third year program at the School of Architecture and Civil Engineering at the Bath University.
Notes Reproduced with the specific permission of the copyright owner.
ISSN 1449-1737
Language eng
Field of Research 129999 Built Environment and Design not elsewhere classified
Socio Economic Objective 970112 Expanding Knowledge in Built Environment and Design
HERDC Research category E1 Full written paper - refereed
Copyright notice ©2003, AASA
Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30005080

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