ABSTRACT
This book explores the creative potential for architecture curricula to integrate solid interdisciplinary thinking in design studio education.
Annotated case studies, both from academic institutions and from professional practices, provide examples of interdisciplinary engagement in creative design work, highlighting the challenges and opportunities of this approach. Cases are from a diverse selection of international collaborators, featuring projects from the United States, Australia, Mexico, Germany, and Italy, and cover a range of project types and scales. Chapters by invited experts offer speculations on current and future models, situating examples within the broader context, and encouraging dialogue between practice and pedagogy. The collection of voices in this book offers critical and provocative lenses, learning from history while forging inventive and creative roles for the architect as practitioner, entrepreneur, strategist, choreographer, activist, facilitator, leader, and teacher.
Interdisciplinary Design Thinking provides insights into the potential of interdisciplinary engagement at the level of foundational undergraduate education, making it ideal for faculty in architecture schools. It will also be of interest to design professionals concerned with interdisciplinary collaboration and how to incorporate similar efforts in their own practices.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part 0|6 pages
Introduction
part I|108 pages
Expanding Disciplinary Fields:
part |28 pages
Provocations
chapter 4|14 pages
From Disciplinary Fields to Interdisciplinary Challenges
chapter 5|4 pages
Integrative Technologies in Architecture
part |73 pages
Case Studies from the Academy
chapter 8|8 pages
The Yamuna River Project
chapter 13|8 pages
Aqueous Landscapes
part II|100 pages
Integrating Disciplines:
part |26 pages
Provocation 01
part |44 pages
Case Studies from Practice
part |23 pages
Provocation 02
part III|63 pages
Experimenting in Interdisciplinarity: