A Perspective in Interdisciplinary Built Environment Education

Overview & Synopsis

Interdisciplinary education matters because the most significant questions are too complex to be answered with the knowledge of a single field. This book presents a perspective on the pedagogical foundations necessary for interdisciplinary learning, specifically in the built environment education. It is one of the outcomes of the CORE Studio, a course taught in the Building Technology MSc program at the Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment of TU Delft between 2022 and 2024. In response to the devastating 2023 earthquake in Türkiye, the CORE studio focused on earthquake resilience. It explored how computational thinking and digital technologies can help address this challenging issue, drawing on an interdisciplinary body of knowledge within built environment education. The approach and results of this endeavour are presented in this book, which is enriched by contributions from many international scholars who have tackled the same theme in their own contexts. We hope this book can influence researchers and educators by inspiring innovative approaches to resilience in the built environment through interdisciplinary collaboration.