Thinking While Doing - Explorations in Educational Design/Build

The field of design/build is rapidly growing in popularity in architectural education. The active engagement of architecture students in the design and construction of real projects is now an important dimension at more than 150 universities worldwide. Yet this emerging field continues to suffer from an insubstantial scholarly foundation, and a lack of common criteria of evaluation. In response, an interdisciplinary five-year initiative brought together numerous universities in North America with the shared aim of developing a consistent, innovative, scholarly/professional practice model, based on the contributions of the humanities, engineering, and community development. "Thinking While Doing" will set a new standard for this key aspect of education and professional practice.