Discussing sustainable urban development within architectural education

Abstract

The concepts of “sustainability” and “sustainable urban development” have been at the top stages in the world agenda since 1990s. Architecture as a discipline is strictly concerned with urban development in the globalization process, thus sustainability is a crucial issue throughout architectural education. Being conscious about the priority of these facts the authors discuss the importance of these concepts and the ways of achieving sustainable urban development in the architectural studios they supervise. This paper presents the aim and scope of these studios together with the sample projects developed by undergraduate students of architecture in Uludag University, Bursa/Turkey.