ABSTRACT
When I first started teaching architectural design some years ago, I found that I learnt a great deal very rapidly. Teaching can, of course, be a very effective kind of learning too. This was the first lesson: taking different roles produces different learning. I also realised that if students are to produce good quality work they have to be able to learn to recognise criteria of judgement, which entails an understanding that criteria are constructed and are therefore susceptible to testing and challenging. And one of the best places to do this is amongst a community of others similarly engaged, who collectivelythrough doing, observing and critically analysing each other’s work-develop their skills as designers. This was the second lesson: criteria of quality are socially produced within a community.
