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Morton, David – Progressive Architecture, 1975
When administrators at Worcester State College decided to build student housing at their formerly all-commuter school, they took pains to involve students and faculty in planning the project. The result was a 500-student village, comprised of 26 different "houses," which has proved very popular with students. (JG)
Descriptors: Architecture, College Housing, Design Preferences, Dormitories
Download full textShaffer, David Williamson – Wisconsin Center for Education Research (NJ1), 2003
This ethnographic study explores the underlying structure of the design practices in the Oxford Studio, a design studio course taught at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Department of Architecture. The study describes elements of the practices in the Oxford Studio and then analyzes the connections among these elements at three levels: (a)…
Descriptors: Epistemology, Architecture, Ethnography, Ethics
