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Also the variation of the model nature and lecturers from different
background were involved in providing their experiences.
5.15 Cardiff Chimera Case Study Analysis
Introduction
This study aims at identifying the usefulness and effectiveness of
promoting skills such as creativity and collaboration in design education.
It also aimed at understanding the potential use of tools to support
creativity and collaboration in design education.
Participants
Staff Profiles
This case well illustrates the variety of academic backgrounds, ages,
interests, and attitudes of the contributors that lent to a diversity of
perspectives and a wide variation in possible teaching methods. The
contributors served to lead the students in new directions, exposing
them to new ideas which at times caused confusion, but ultimately
stimulated creativity. Each contributor guided the students towards
different ideas which provoked the students‟ determination to champion
their specific design ideas.
Professor Richard Goodwin has been practising for over 30 years as an
internationally exhibiting artist and architect, Goodwin has sustained a
prolific professional practice of art and architecture. His work, ranging
from freeway infrastructure to gallery installation, to “parasitic”
architecture, public artworks, is held at major collections, including the
Art Gallery of NSW, the National Gallery of Victoria, the Nuremberg
Museum and numerous Regional Gallery and private collections.
John Punter is a Professor of Urban Design at the School of City and
Regional Planning at Cardiff University. Professor John Punter‟s
interests range from contemporary urbanism, in particular aspects of
urban planning, urban form, urban design, and architecture to all
aspects of contemporary planning practice, especially the comparative
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