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The Role <strong>of</strong> the Design Studio in Shaping an Architectural Education for Sustainable Development:<br />
The Case <strong>of</strong> Beirut Arab University<br />
KHALID S. AL-HAGLA<br />
design studios <strong>and</strong> at the final juries, which has<br />
pr<strong>of</strong>ound negative effects on students.<br />
Finally, this paper comes to conclude that, while<br />
the Faculty <strong>of</strong> Architectural Engineering aims to<br />
incorporate an underst<strong>and</strong>ing <strong>of</strong> sustainability<br />
to its educational processes, the a<strong>pp</strong>roach<br />
it follows lacks the needed wholeness - that<br />
could be the case in many similar schools <strong>of</strong><br />
architecture. The a<strong>pp</strong>roach used represents<br />
a minor intervention for the curriculum by<br />
increasing the importance <strong>of</strong> environmental<br />
topics in related courses, which is not enough<br />
as it is narrowing the responsibility <strong>of</strong> promoting<br />
the underst<strong>and</strong>ing <strong>of</strong> sustainability to very few<br />
pr<strong>of</strong>essors, which may not be in a position to<br />
fully integrate the subject into the design studio.<br />
A wide-ranging integration <strong>of</strong> sustainable<br />
design into the entire coursework is needed. This<br />
requires the commitment <strong>of</strong> the entire faculty<br />
to the exploration <strong>of</strong> the subject <strong>and</strong> to the<br />
complete revision <strong>of</strong> the curriculum. This draws<br />
a roadmap for all schools <strong>of</strong> architecture that<br />
shift towards more integration <strong>of</strong> sustainability<br />
underst<strong>and</strong>ings in their architectural pedagogy.<br />
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