Aesthetics and Architectural Education

Architectural aesthetic problems such as unpleasing forms, shapes, and styles which create disordered environmentshave impacts on city dwellers visually, mentally and psychologically for centuries.The layout of buildings with monotonous repetition, lacking in characteristic urban fabric and harmony are accepted as the signs of poor aesthetic understanding (Gabr, 2009).When the architectural education is discussed, considering all the concerns about the problem of aesthetics in cities, the adaptation of study of aesthetics in architectural education curriculum seems inevitable.In this paper, the method developed for the aesthetics course in architectural education curriculum of The Department of Architecture in Near East Universitywill be discussed.