The impacts of cost determinism in foundation design education

This book concerns teaching cost as an integral design determinant during architectural foundation design education. This book suggests ways to improve and strengthen architectural foundation design education with learning objectives that include cost as an integral design determinant. Critical design methods and approaches in teaching cost considerations during foundation design education was developed for students to interpret indicators and integrate them with other design considerations. Furthermore, this book assessed the effectiveness of indicators and the integrative quality of students' design to improve the value of cost determinism as a part of the foundation design curriculum. This book implies that teaching cost as an integral design determinant in foundation design studio courses is an effective educational method to improving students' perspective of cost. The implications of cost indicators and understanding of cost as a design determinant would help young designers produce and appreciate realistic design.

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Seyeon Lee is assistant professor in the School of Design at Syracuse University. Lee holds a Ph.D. in Architecture from Texas A&M University. Her research interest is in the area of community architecture with an emphasis on sustainable and affordable architectural design and planning with a special focus on housing affordability.