TY - JOUR
T1 - The Elephant in the Room
T2 - How neoliberal architecture education undermines wellbeing
AU - Troiani, Igea
PY - 2021/9/1
Y1 - 2021/9/1
N2 - This essay examines the performative space of neoliberal architectural education in the United Kingdom, its history, attributes and values, focusing on staff and student wellbeing in relation to work-time. In so doing, it addresses the vertical unit studio as the ‘elephant in the room’. As a site in which unhealthy work practices are acculturated, and which, when learned at university, can be perpetuated throughout an architect’s work life, the vertical unit system encourages a competitive ego culture at the expense of a balanced work life. In a neoliberal market economy, how might the architecture design studio /education be reframed to enhance wellbeing?
AB - This essay examines the performative space of neoliberal architectural education in the United Kingdom, its history, attributes and values, focusing on staff and student wellbeing in relation to work-time. In so doing, it addresses the vertical unit studio as the ‘elephant in the room’. As a site in which unhealthy work practices are acculturated, and which, when learned at university, can be perpetuated throughout an architect’s work life, the vertical unit system encourages a competitive ego culture at the expense of a balanced work life. In a neoliberal market economy, how might the architecture design studio /education be reframed to enhance wellbeing?
UR - https://pearl.plymouth.ac.uk/ada-research/523/
M3 - Article
SP - 11
EP - 35
JO - Charrette -Association of Architectural Educators
JF - Charrette -Association of Architectural Educators
ER -