Investigation of the basic design course in architectural education through learning relations

Architecture as an interdisciplinary field of expertise, which always renews itself with its level of knowledge that transforms parallel to developing technology, is associated with many sociological, psychological, environmental, cultural issues, and is fed by current perspectives. This also affects Architectural Education. Architectural Education is important for the next generation architectural environment. Especially in the first year Architectural Education introduces students to an educational environment in which abstract information is also included, as opposed to an educational environment in which stereotyped information is included. At this point, the Basic Design Studio, which forms the basis of architectural education, should be handled with the correct pedagogical approaches and learning relationships in order to see more than one truth and to produce creative solutions by realizing their own abilities. The aim of this study is to examine the Basic Design Studio in first year Architecture Education through learning relations. In this context, literature surveys on current learning theories were conducted with different approaches developed in the process on Architectural Education and Basic Design Studio, and relational research results of the data obtained were obtained. The data obtained by literature review and comparative analysis were interpreted in a holistic language and the conceptual framework was created. As a result; the positive interaction of current approaches applied in the Basic Design Studio with learning theories was obtained by comparative analysis data. Keywords: Architectural Education, Basic Design Education, Learning Relations