An Analysis of Architectural Technology Education in Turkey

Architectural education is a generous field for researches; however, the studies about Architecture Technology education are very limited. Especially when the architecture schools in Turkey are considered, it is safe to say that the number of different approaches about the Architectural Technology education is parallel with the increasing number of different architectural education programs in universities. To clarify this tangled picture, this study intends to make a research regarding different approaches about Architectural Technology education in Turkey and to put forward the current types and trends. In order to demonstrate different approaches in Architectural Technology education, thirty architecture schools have been chosen and analyzed to reflect the main picture. The selection has been carried out according to the OSYM ’s list of undergraduate programs. The research material has been obtained from the schools’ education programs declared in their web sites as “Academic Package” and the analysis has been made by the quantitative factors. As a result of these analysis process, it is possible to evaluate and compare the sub-fields of the Architectural Technology education (Building Materials, Building Construction, Building Physics, Structures etc.) according to the ECTS values, number of the courses, weekly course hours, and semesters