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RE-THINKING BLOOM'S TAXONOMY BY INTEGRATING DIGITAL SIMULATION IN PRAGMATIC ARCHITECTURAL EDUCATION

Abstract

Despite the serious developments in adapting Bloom's taxonomy in architectural design studio in the last few years, in addition to the advancements in applying digital media in the education process, there is still no integrated framework that combines all threads together. The learning objectives of advanced design studio include pragmatic thinking through testing new hypotheses, evaluating and applying different parameters, and identifying appropriate decisions. These are only achieved once barriers between design studio and building sciences considerations are defeated by addressing the process of simulation across the domains and levels of the revised Bloom's taxonomy.The Design Studio and building sciences have always been independent processes due to the lack of an integrated framework. This formulates a good basis to explore the utilization of revised Bloom's taxonomy levels to be adapted by using the process of digital simulation in design studio as a decision-supporting tool. This paper aims to design a path for the process of building simulation through upgrading the framework of Bloom's taxonomy. The research method for this paper is a qualitative exploration of integrating building simulation software and its application in an Environmental design studio. The importance of the proposed framework is revealed by measuring the attained attributes. The results show that using this methodology in the design studio unveils the gaps in the learning process that students are facing in the conventional architectural education.

Author(s)

Dr. Mohsen, Hiba; Arch. Mantash, Lamis and Dr. El-Sayary, Samer