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Questions and comments Q: I'm intrigued by the idea of having residencies in an architecture firm. I'm wondering if there are some exemplars or models already out there that we could use to, sort of, jump-start on this? A: There is a model in Swiss education that’s not universal, but more than one firm in one city brings in a faculty member so that professional students can do internships in professional offices. They are internships targeted toward research that is meaningful in those particular offices. This gets students out of schools and into a professional setting. COMMENT: I just offered a suggestion to the IDP Coordinators Conference in Chicago last weekend: that the relocation of internship into professional education can be a variation of the youth and education system. COMMENT: Actually, the University of Hawaii’s ... set a basic requirement of the degree program where the students are placed in offices to do research. COMMENT: We did spend quite a bit of time also talking about the American culture and changes that have happened in terms of how, even when we move to those cities, certainly we had knowledge of grants and development constraints. COMMENT: Henry talked about how this is a very broad issue, and culture is the sum total of so many things: climate, traditions, religion, language, all these issues. I didn’t really hear about some of the research topics. One of the topics, I think, that is important is the local content versus the global content. We are living in a globalized world, and many of the buildings in Africa are designed based upon buildings in other parts of the world, especially the Far East and other areas. |
