ABSTRACT
Performative design has propelled architecture, interior design, and landscape design practices toward emphasizing predictable outcomes from design decisions. This transformation in professional practice necessitates changes in design education to maintain technical and aesthetic proficiency, while incorporating educational principles based on design values and accountability. Performative design mandates that architectural aspirants demonstrate abilities to conceive and manage to completion designs that have positive and predictable human outcomes. Just City design values extend beyond tabula rasa atelier rubrics to emphasize equitable, humanistic, and accountable approaches to serving clients, the general public, and the environments within which designers express their talents. Inclusive educational curricula and pedagogies, infused with an awareness of the consequences of design decisions, improve the accountability of the profession to the public, and enhance the quality of life in environments where we live, work, recreate, heal, and achieve spiritual sustenance.
