Effects of Design Studio Culture on Creativity of Architecture Students
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2017-12
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Archiculture
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Architectural education will not be complete without due reference to its studio culture. This Culture
consists of habits, patterns and experiences expressed by students in their design studio. The design studio
culture has been observed to have affect creativity of students over the years. This paper examines the effect
of design studio culture already existing from the review of literature. The study survey method was adopted
to obtain quantitative data from the students through the use of structured questionnaires which were
administered in the selected schools in southwest Nigeria. The data gotten were subjected to factor and
regression analysis using the statistical package for social sciences (SPSS). Results gotten showed that the
students perceived the other factors to be the core components of design studio culture in addition to those
already identified in the review of literature. The findings also indicated that only five(5) of these
components affects architecture students’ creativity. This paper recommends that the awareness of studio
culture should be promoted through the departmental policies as a way of improving students creativity.
Findings for this study are expected to provide the universities with empirical grounds that will aid policies
and reforms directed at improving academic performance of architecture students