The Bowers Program: Effects of Cross-Disciplinary Design Activities on Architectural Engineering Student Performance
Publication: Journal of Architectural Engineering
Volume 9, Issue 4
Abstract
This paper describes the implementation of problem-based instruction program in the integration of architectural design and planning into the architectural engineering curriculum. The program consisted of two components: the use of a problem-based structural design exercise administered to an entire class of upper level architectural and civil engineering students, followed by two design exercises undertaken jointly with architecture and landscape architecture students by a selected group of students from the same class. The effect of participation in the joint design exercises was assessed by means of a final examination question and a questionnaire administered before and after participation in one of the exercises. The results of the assessment indicate that the participants achieved a greater ability to integrate architectural and structural design than the nonparticipants, and that the architectural engineering students have greater ability than civil engineering students to integrate architectural and structural design.
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Journal of Architectural Engineering
Volume 9 • Issue 4 • December 2003
Pages: 119 - 125
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Copyright © 2003 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Received: Feb 28, 2003
Accepted: Jun 20, 2003
Published online: Nov 14, 2003
Published in print: Dec 2003
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