Using Social Work Curriculum in Socially Oriented Architecture Programs

Abstract

This article reports how selected social work curriculum was incorporated into professional architecture programs. After reviewing traditions shared by architecture and social work—art, technical competency, and process—faculty representatives from the two professions agreed to a shared ecological framework. Such a framework encouraged the use of social work curriculum related to: (1) sources of perception (social attachments, cultural exposures, and work setting); (2) techniques of planned social intervention; and (3) skills to promote interaction and participation in the design process.