Importance of architecture for the success of primary education

Abstract

One of the main aims of architecture as a professional discipline is to provide sufficient spaces for different functions in everyday life. Architectural programs impose this idea throughout their curriculums to both the undergraduate and graduate students. People can be more happy and successful in their everyday life if they are in the right places that provide suitable physical and environmental conditions for them. These places should meet the basic physical and psychological needs of people. Furthermore, they should be adaptive to the rapidly changing requirements of the related functions. In this study, a research of architectural graduate students about the design parameters of primary school buildings is presented. The aim of their research was to find out how the quality of primary school education can be increased via architectural design. The aim of the course was to make the fresh architects conscious about the relationship between people and their environment and the impact of design on this relationship.