Abstract:
Institutional architectural education in Bangladesh, started in 1961, has passed through around
five decades within which the context has changed. The rapid growth of population, expansion of
development works in public and private sectors, changes in public awareness regarding
architecture, have created a demand on expansion of architecture as a profession, and hence on
education in this country. In comparison to the changes in professional field, the changes in
curriculum and pedagogy in architectural education is insignificant.
This paper describes the trend of architectural education and the profession of architecture in
Bangladesh. It aims to find out feedback from the professional practice, from the experiences of
the graduates and their employers. The paper is based on desk top analysis, literature review
from different experiences and actual questionnaire study covering graduates and their
employers from selected institutions. The pilot questionnaire designed with the aim to find out
the required feedback information that can be further developed for wider use. The research
question is how the present method of teaching and curriculum is covering the needs of the
architectural practice in order to formulate guidelines for future changes in curricula and
teaching method.
