Demonstrating Professional Vision: The Work of Critique in Architectural Education

• Published in: Mind, culture and activity Vol. 16; no. 2; pp. 145 - 171
• Main Author: Lymer, Gustav
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Philadelphia Taylor & Francis Group 02.04.2009; Routledge; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: Architectural Education; Architectural Research; Architecture; Art Criticism; Critical Viewing; Design Requirements; Education; Educational Practices; Foreign Countries; Instructional Design; Learning; Professional development; Rhetoric; Sweden (Gothenburg); Visual Arts; Visual Literacy; Visualization; Sweden

This study provides an account of how architectural competencies are made visible in the work of critique in architectural education. It shows how critics enact a set of disciplined visual practices through which architectural qualities of proposed buildings become available for competent remark. Pa...