Cracking the Code: A New Perspective on Architectural Education

Legitimation Code Theory, or LCT, a framework from education studies, offers the potential for a new perspective on architectural education by distinguishing the different forms knowledge can take and the conditions that determine whether knowledge is considered legitimate within a field of practice such as architecture. At a time when the field is under pressure to respond to climate change and social equity, LCT offers a cogent and tested set of tools for understanding the present state of architectural education and influencing its future. Building on the core LCT dimension of specialization, three potentials for the field are identified in the interest of moving the field toward a polyvalent definition of architecture.

https://doi.org/10.35483/ACSA.AM.110.10

Volume Editors
Robert Gonzalez, Milton Curry & Monica Ponce de Leon

ISBN
978-1-944214-40-1