Learning Construction through Model Making and Its Application in Architecture Design Studio

Gunasagaran, Sujatavani; Mari, M Tamilsalvi; Kuppusamy, Sivaraman; Srirangam, Sucharita; Mohamed, Mohamed Rizal

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Learning Construction through Model Making and Its Application in Architecture Design Studio

Sujatavani Gunasagaran, M Tamilsalvi Mari (School of Architecture, Building and Design, Taylor's University, Selangor, MALAYSIA
Sivaraman Kuppusamy (School of Built Environment, University of Reading Malaysia, Johor, MALAYSIA
Sucharita Srirangam, and Mohamed Rizal Mohamed(School of Architecture, Building and Design, Taylor's University, Selangor, MALAYSIA

Disciplinary: Architecture, Architectural Education.
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doi: 10.14456/ITJEMAST.2021.217

Keywords: Construction model; Model making; Construction drawing; Architecture education; Design studio; Student project; Construction knowledge.

Abstract
This study aims to discover the study of construction method via architectural model making, as well as the exploration of the potential for using model-making method in the design studio instead of using construction or detail drawings. The study engages a quantitative study utilising a questionnaire of year two undergraduate architecture participants in a private higher education university. Sixty-one complete questionnaires were analysed using the quantitative method of descriptive analysis and content analysis. This study show that by using the mode-making technique, the construction knowledge and learning from the architecture students is increasing but preferred using the drawings to demonstrate for various reasons as tabled. The sample size was obtained from a private higher education institution, and the construct was self-reported. As a result, architectural education may enhance construction teaching and learning while emphasising buildability in studio instruction.
Paper ID: 12A11G

Cite this article:

Gunasagaran, S., Mari, T.S., Kuppusamy, S., Srirangam, S., and Mohamed, M. R. (2021). Learning Construction through Model Making and Its Application in Architecture Design Studio. International Transaction Journal of Engineering, Management, & Applied Sciences & Technologies, 12(11), 12A11G, 1-13. http://doi.org/10.14456/ITJEMAST.2021.217

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