Assessing the Effective Factors on JudgingArchitectural Design Projects of UniversityStudents

Abstract

Since nature of architecture is quite different from that of other fields of study, the criteria used for<br />judging projects in this field continuously undergo some changes. On the other hand, because of the undeniable role of<br />human factors in judging the projects, there is always a percentage of deviation from the standard given the interests<br />of the judging committee. The standards of judging architecture projects can be divided into these general classes:<br />idea, process and technical issues. The standards of judging architecture projects can be classified as such: Selection,<br />placement, relations of function, form, volume, internal arrangement and circulation; Considering the studies, analyzing<br />and planning the body of the project; Considering the substrate of the project and recognizing the facilities and their<br />limits; Engineering of the project: considering the relationship between technical knowledge and designing; Using<br />imagination, innovation and creativity when it comes to the idea of the project and the quality of developing this idea;<br />Providence: flexibility and variability of the design in the future; Being aware of the factors affecting the formation of<br />the design (moral, tribal, and cultural); Being practically logical and realistic, paying attention to the applicableness<br />of the design and its compliance with the topic; Taking into account the technical principles, structural systems and<br />machineries; Graphic (visual) and oral (introduction and defense) presentation method. Reviewing previous studies<br />that have focused on different methods for judging student projects shows that we can divide these methods into the<br />following classes: Evaluation by the professors (throughout the project); Group display of the works; Evaluation by<br />the classmates; Personal evaluation; Traditional methods of judgment; Written judgment of the professors; Evaluation<br />by the professor (regarding the completed project).