Aesthetics: An Ethos of Architecture Education

Aesthetics and Architecture are two explicit and inseparable aspects. The aesthetics in architecture differs from that of other types of art, due to the unique characteristics of architecture, with artistic and functional purposes together. In recent years globalization has brought about a number of radical changes in the design process. When the architectural education is discussed, considering all the concerns about aesthetics, the process of aesthetic education seems inevitable. This paper tries to unfold the relationship between aesthetics and architecture in view of architectural education. It further justifies the urge to consider Aesthetics as Ethos and to be inculcated in an initial stage of learning. A conscious perpetual integration of this ethos in the design studio teaching and learning process is needed, so that Aesthetics does not remain to be a presumed aspect of Architecture.