Development in Architecture Teaching: Interaction Between History & Technology

Architecture as an art, like science, has been evolving consistently through its historical base is analogous to a living organism and it is placed in a dialectic process. Development of architecture is the result of interaction between technology and history. It is very important to achieve an efficient and advanced architecture design in any time and every era, a concept that has roots in Iranian architecture. Education based on apprenticeship and establishment of elements of traditional architectural basis and ethical principles form the essence of architecture. The existence of antibiosis and complexity in the development of science and technology and consequently in the art and architecture styles determine the quality of the architectural education. The purpose of this study is to examine the essence of architectural education and its changes through the time as a scientific process to clarify new horizons for architectural education and learning. Logical argumentation research strategy and descriptive analytical research method have been adopted as inference mechanism and research method of study. The results show that new horizons of contemporary architecture should be clarified through interaction of "consistency" and "diversity". It is proposed to adapt the teaching methods, which focuses on socio-cultural parameters rooted in sustained and indigenous believes and thoughts.