Timeliness of Creative Subjects in Architecture Education

[摘要] The following article is about the problem of insufficient number of drawing and painting lessons delivered in the process of architectural education. There is a comparison between the education of successful architects of the past and modern times. The author stands for the importance of creative subjects being the essential part of development and education of future architects. Skills achieved during the study of creative subjects will be used not only as a mean of self-expression but as an instrument in the toolkit of a professional. Sergei Tchoban was taken as an example of a successful architect for whom the knowledge of a man-made drawing is very important. He arranges the contests of architectural drawings for students promoting creative development in this way. Nowadays, students tend to use computer programs to make architectural projects losing their individual approach. The creative process becomes a matter of scissors and paste being just a copy of something that already exists. The solution of the problem is the reconsideration of the department's curriculum and adding extra hours for creative subjects.

[发布机构] Design and Visual Arts Department, South Ural State University, Lenin ave. 76, Chelyabinsk; 454080, Russia^1

[学科分类] 土木及结构工程学

[关键词] Architectural drawings;Architectural education;Architectural projects;Architecture education;Creative development;Creative process;Modern time