PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF DECONSTRUCTION IN ARCHITECTURAL EDUCATION WHEN AND HOW DECONSTRUCTION SHOULD BE INTRODUCED TO ARCHITECTURE STUDENTS

This paper discusses the factors that contribute to influence Architecture students with the deconstruction trend in their projects. This was achieved through reviewing different projects for Architecture students from several universities in the KSA. By determining the stage of the design process in which students get influenced by de-constructivism in their projects some selected projects were put in comparison with respect to different factors such as project type, studio level, theoretical background, instructor’s ideology, and verticality/ horizontality of buildings. Through a critical insight and data analysis it was possible to conclude the relationship between the stage of the design process in which Architecture students in Saudi Universities get influenced by and the factors that contribute to be influenced by de-constructivism.