Planners at Knowlton find themselves sealed off from their counterparts in the architecture and landscape sections. How do we make Knowlton a more inclusive environment for planning students?
This is a question I've asked myself a lot. I do think that planning studios actually do a better job of preparing planning students for the real world work than architecture studios or even some of the planning studios as other schools (UC for instance). So in that way I think the real work likely trumps theory or creativity you might see in the Arch/Larch studios.
What I think is interesting is that once in the career Planners have lots of interaction with Architects & Larches but I agree it is very segmented in Knowlton. That seems like the real issue to solve and I would say its more on Knowlton staff to develop courses that bring people together.
This is a question I've asked myself a lot. I do think that planning studios actually do a better job of preparing planning students for the real world work than architecture studios or even some of the planning studios as other schools (UC for instance). So in that way I think the real work likely trumps theory or creativity you might see in the Arch/Larch studios.
What I think is interesting is that once in the career Planners have lots of interaction with Architects & Larches but I agree it is very segmented in Knowlton. That seems like the real issue to solve and I would say its more on Knowlton staff to develop courses that bring people together.