Study on Method of Introductory Lecture of European Architectural History for College Students of Engineering Course

Abstract

Effectiveness of original lecture method to introduce European architectural history for students at the stage of basic study of architecture was considered. In our lectures, dynamic change of European churches’ shape from ancient times to modern times, and relationship between design disciplines of modern European countries, were focused on, and year number of Christian era were not used. Based on the questionnaire to students conducted after the lecture, it was clarified that weak consciousness of European architectural history they had was wiped out, and their desires of next learning stage of architectural history were also evoked. As another method, we tried a lesson that was easy to grasp the flow of Architectural works and styles, using sheets with parallel European and Japanese age