The Liberal Education of Architects. a Symposium (Lawrence, Kansas, November 8-9, 1990)
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DOCUMENT RESUME ED 350 246 SO 022 638 AUTHOR Domer, Dennis, Ed.; Spreckelmeyer, Kent F., Ed. TITLE The Liberal Education Le Architects. A Symposium (Lawrence, Kansas, November 8-9, 1990). INSTITUTION Kansas Univ., Lawrence. School of Architecture and Urban Design. SPONS AGENCY Graham Foundation for Advanced Study in the Arts, Chicago, Ill. PUB DATE 91 NOTE 120p. PUB TYPE Collected Works Conference Proceedings (021) EDRS PRICE MF01/PC(.6 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS *Architects; *Architectural Education; *Architecture; *General Education; Higher Education; Humanistic Education; Liberal Arts; Professional Education ABSTRACT This publication contains the proceedings of a symposium concerning the liberal education of architects. Thepapers and addresses included are: "Prefatory Remarks to the Symposium" (S. Grabow); "Keynote Address" (W. McMinn); "Invited Position Papers" (D. Ghirardo; J. Hartray; R. Bliss); "A Liberal Education for Architects" (R. Allen); "On the Liberal Education of Architects" (N. Clouten; C. Jetter); "Architecture and the Liberal Arts: A Case Study in the Acquisition of an Education" (J. Coddington); "From a Historian's Point of View" (H. Cooledge, Jr.); "Who Should Shape Architectural Education? The Liberal Arts Graduate" (D. Domer); "A Definition of the Comprehensivist" (W. Drummond); "Learning From the Liberal Arts" (E. Dunham-Jones); "A Liberal Education for Architects" (P. Fast); "The Liberal Education of Architects: A Reflection" (H. Gottfried); "Defining Liberal Education in the Context of Architectural Education" (L. Groat); "Should an Architectural Education Requireor Include a Prerequisite and Formal Liberal Education" (A. Johns, Jr.); "Clarity, Reflection, and Accountability: The Nature of Architectural Education" (M. Malecha); "Somewhere Over the Rainbow...A Liberal View of Architectural Education" (G. McSheffrey); "Communication Approach in Architectural Education" (A. Minai); "The Disciplined Imagination: A Case for the Emancipation of Architectural Education" (M. Quantrill); "Aspiring to Liberal Education" (G. Richardson); "Onthe Liberal Education of Architects" (C. Sanchez); "Thoughtson Architectural Education" (D. Sander); "The Practice of Placemaking and Placetaking as a Liberal Art" (R. Shibley); "Sc'ne Noteson the Liberal Education of Architects" (A. Stamps); "The Liberal Education of the Architect" (W. Steward); and "The Architectural Education of the Liberal Arts Student" (R. Vickery). A bibliography and list of symposium participants also are included. 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OF ARCHITECTS A Symposium Sponsored by the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts The University of Kansas School of Architecture and Urban Design PEST CPPY AVAILABLE All rights of publication and copyright of material containedin these proceedings remain with the individual authors. References of material contained in these proceedings should cite the various authors, the editors, and the Universityof Kansas. Printed in the United States of America. THE LIBERAL EDUCATION OF ARCHITECTS A Symposium Sponsored by The Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts November 8-9, 1990 The School of Architecture and Urban Design The University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas Proceedings Edited by Dennis Domer Associate Dean Kent F. Spreckelmeyer Associate Professor THE LIBERAL EDUCATION OF ARCHITECTS Table of Contents Acknowledgements iii Introduction 1 Prefatory Remarks to the Symposium 6 Professor Stephen Grabow University of Kansas Keynote Address 13 Professor William G. McMinn Dean, Cornell University College of Art, Architecture, and Planning Invited Position Papers 20 Professor Diane Ghirardo Editor, Journal of Architectural Education Mr. John Hartray 24 Principal, Nagle Hartray, Chicago Professor Robert L. Bliss 28 University of Utah Graduate School of Architecture Synopsis of Symposium Discussion 33 Selected Position Papers Robert B. Allen, Washington State University 42 "A Liberal Education for Architects" Neville Clouten and Cheryl Jetter, Lawrence Technological University 44 "On the Liberal Education of Architects" Jon P. Coddington, University of Tennessee 46 "Architecture and the Liberal Arts: A Case Study in the Acquisition of an Education" Harold W. Cooledge, Jr., Clemson University 51 "From a Historian's Point of View" Dennis Domer, University of Kansas 54 "Who Should Shape Architectural Education? The Liberal Arts Graduate" Wayne Drummond, University of Florida 58 "A Definition of the Comprehensivist" Ellen Dunham - Jones, University of Virginia 61 "Learning From di:, Liberal Arts" Phyllis Fast, State of Kansas 63 "A Liberal Education for Architects" Herbert Gottfried, Iowa state University 65 "The Liberal Education of Architects: A Reflection" Linda N. Groat, University of Michigan 67 "Defining Liberal Education in the Context of Architectural Education" Anthony N. Johns, Jr., Morgan State University 70 "Should an Architectural Education Require or Include a Prerequisite and Formal Liberal Education" Marvin J. Malecha, Cal Poly, Pomona 73 "Clarity, Reflection, and Accountability: The Nature of Architectural Education" Gerald R. McSheffrey, Arizona State University 80 "Somewhere Over The Rainbow....A Liberal View of Architectural Education" Asghar T. Minai, Howard University 82 "Communication Approach in Architectural Education" Malcolm Quantrill, Texas A&M University 84 "The Disciplined Imagination: A Case for the Emancipation of Architectural Education" Gaylord Richardson, University of Kansas 87 "Aspiring to Liberal Education" Carmina Sanchez, University of Kansas 89 "On the Liberal Education of Architects" Dennis Sander, University of Kansas 91 "Thoughts on Architectural Education" Robert G. Shibley, The State University of New York at Buffalo 93 "The Practice of Placemaking and Placetakingas a Liberal Art" Arthur E. Stamps, Institute of Environmental Quality, San Francisco 95 "Some Notes on the Liberal Education of Architects" W. Cecil Steward, University of Nebraska 97 "The Liberal Education of the Architect" Robert Vickery, University of Virginia 100 "The Architectural Education of the Liberal Arts Student" Bibliography 102 List of Participants 109 6 Acknowledgements The authors would like to thank many people and organizations that helped in making the symposium a success. A planning committee began organizing the symposium in August, 1989, and was instrumental in running the events in November, 1990. Members of this committee were Professors Stephen Grabow, Jim Mayo, Bill Carswell, and Donna Luckey of the School of Architecture and Urban Design at the University of Kansas. Sharon Graham of the Division of Continuing Educationwas responsible for the administrative organization. A number of architecture students in the University of Kansas chapter of the American Institute of Architects and the Rhoecus Chapter of Alpha Rho Chi assisted with audio/visual, transportation, and publicity tasks.Primary funding for the symposium came from the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts, Mr. Carter Manny, Director. Funds were also provided by Dean Max Lucas of the School of Architecture and Urban Design, Professor Rend Diaz, Chair of Architecture, and Professor Frank Zilm, Director of Graduate Programs in Management and Practice. Ms. Cindy Muckey, Supervisor of Word Processing inthe School of Architecture and Urban Design,was responsible for overseeing publication of all symposium documents, including these proceedings.Special thanks are due to the invited participants who delivered position papers and led the discussions during the open sessions of the symposium:William G. McMinn, Diane Ghirardo, Robert L. Bliss, and Jack Hartray. Finally, the authors would like to extend their thanks to those who contributed papers and attended the symposium. A complete list of these participantscan be found at the end of these proceedings. Dennis Domer Kent Spreckelmeyer Lawrence, 1991 iii Introduction Should students of architecture be required to In the fall semester of 1989 the School of Architec- have a broad and liberal university education ture and Urban Design at the University of Kansas before beginning professional training? admitted the first students to the new Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Architectural Studies Program. The Can the study of architecture itself be viewed purpose of this program is to provide undergradu- as an appropriate discipline through which a ate students with a liberal education focused on the liberal education can be achieved? issues of environmental design and human settle- ments. It is not an accredited professional degreeObviously, these questions were posed in the con- in architecture, but can provide students the neces-text of a national debate concerning the efficacy sary background to enter a three or