Educated but Unprepared: Who's Really at Fault? [Part 3]

Send us Fan MailThe conclusive episode (Part 3) to underline the bigger picture of problems in architecture education where we need to deal with the following:1. Architecture design studio curriculum needs to be clear on the "design problem" identification and solving them as complexities in the final year project (Part 1) and design thesis (Part 2).2. The role of the architect as collaborators and teaching in the school architecture how to collaborate and not just merely follow instructions from the part time critics and tutors as it is not really the 'master-apprentice' approach which is not feasible in this day and age any way.3. The misplaced fascination on university rankings and placing importance on research and publication (70%), leaving academics to focus on teaching at a miserable 30%, thus lessening the quality of studio teaching, hence shifting the responsibility to practice instead when it comes to what we discussed in Part 1 & 2 episodes.4. A call for the institutions of architecture and the fraternity to 'fight back' on the architecture education aspects and not let Ministry of Higher Education dictate on what architecture education need to be as per points number 1, 2 & 3 above. This is regarding the poor training of students of architecture due to the fascination with university rankings linked to key performance indicators of academics (KPIs).© 2026 Talk Architecture, Author: Naziaty Mohd Yaacob.Support the showDo subscribe for premium content and special features which will help to support and sustain Talk Architecture podcast on a more in-depth explanation on design thesis and processes. These special commentaries and ‘how to’ explanations are valuable insights and knowledge not found elsewhere!