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Part 2, and this time the question is the word itself. Does “crit” come from critical thinking? The root is the same: the Greek kritikos, the ability to judge and discern — to separate, sift and decide. Criticism, critique and crit all desc...

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Is critical thinking in architecture any different from critical thinking in engineering or other design disciplines? I went looking, and the striking line I found is this: firms treat problem identification and critical thinking as the definitive b...

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Start from a phenomenon we all know: the dulling of the senses. Do the same thing daily and the sensation fades. Bathing in a river is the opposite — touch, smell, taste, sight and sound arriving at once, grounding and thrilling, though for some it ...

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The educator’s answer to Part 1, and it comes from Porto. At FAUP — the school shaped by Fernando Távora, Álvaro Siza and Eduardo Souto de Moura — spatial intuition isn’t treated as a mystical gift but as a systematically trained muscle. Three ancho...

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Why is there such a lack of quality in spatial design among architecture students? I’ve watched this for a decade, and the research is clear that it isn’t a shortage of talent — it’s a systemic shift in how architecture is taught and conceptualised....