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Naziaty Mohd Yaacob is a dedicated Architecture Educator & Universal Design Advocate & Consultant with 28 Years of Academic Experience.
Began in April 2020, hosted by Naziaty, Talk Architecture engaged the listeners with deep conversations and reflections on architecture education and practice.
2025 series on "disability and architecture" and "women in architecture".
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The Myth of the Research Framework in Design Theses - Part 2
In the second part of this three-part series on the “context specificity” approach, we explain a design thesis studio philosophy that insists on “real site + real community issues only,” with the focus placed on identifying and solving authentic design problems.
The studio runs for a full academic year, structured as:
- 7 weeks of Special Semester (Brief proposal on site analysis and research)
- 14 weeks of Design Development
- 14 weeks of Detailed Design + Special Studies
Research is integrated into the architectural design process rather than treated separately: it occurs primarily through initial site analysis, topic and building-type research, observation, user interviews, and case studies at the start, and is deepened through additional Special Studies later in the year.
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