Toward Stewardship: An Antarctic case study for methodologiesof critical reflection across time, place, and species.

Written by an alum who completed the design-build certificate at the University of Colorado Denver, this paper considers pedagogy and the student experience in design-build education. Examining a project from Spring 2022, an Antarctic field camp located in the South Shetland Islands, the paper argues for the pedagogical model of distributed authorship in design-build education as a counterpoint to the traditional individually directed architecture studio. In this model, students develop meaningful working relationships with their peers, consultants, engineers, community partners, and the client in order to integrate a wide array of ideas and expertise into the project. The model aims to educate well-rounded students who can enter architectural practice as effective, ethical stewards of the environment, cultivating relationships that serve the planet and treating buildings as catalysts for large-scale change.

https://doi.org/10.35483/ACSA.Teach.2023.10

Volume Editors
Massimo Santanicchia

ISBN
978-1-944214-44-9