Collaboration in architectural design studio pedagogy: a literature review
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2025
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Joseph, A.
Kroll, D.
Srivastava, A.
Sharifi, E.
Datey, A.
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CoDesign, 2025; 1-28
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Annette Joseph, David Kroll, Amit Srivastava, Ehsan Sharifi, Aparna Datey
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Collaboration is a fundamental aspect of architectural practice. Architectural studio education, however, is often focused on individual problem-solving under the guidance of a teacher. Considering its significance for practice, collaboration seems underexplored within architectural studio research. This literature review investigates the current state of research on collaboration in architectural design studios. 42 peer-reviewed studies were analysed using thematic content analysis. The interrelationship between 7 themes: activities, stakeholders, tools, drivers, benefits, challenges, and recommendations is explored to provide an understanding of the collaborative studio models existing in the literature and opportunities to enhance them. The findings reveal that while collaboration is present in architectural studios, it remains less defined and limited in scope. Most studies emphasise design outcomes over the pedagogical processes that enable collaboration, with limited evaluation of their long-term impacts and strategies for enhancing collaboration. This study recommends a holistic strategy that addresses pedagogical, institutional, and curricular dimensions for better integration of collaboration. It also suggests further testing and evaluation of collaborative tools and deeper exploration of how collaborative studio experiences prepare students for professional practice. This study lays a foundation for future inquiry by identifying critical gaps and offering direction for advancing collaborative pedagogy in architectural education.
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© 2025 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, and is not altered, transformed, or built upon in any way. The terms on which this article has been published allow the posting of the Accepted Manuscript in a repository by the author(s) or with their consent.