With the rise of consciousness about the importance of education, ideas and attempts to entangle architecture with education have appeared. The new engineering building at Utah State University was designed1 to be a learning tool for the structural engineers who will study in it. “Education by Design” and the “Use of Metaphors for Teaching” are principles advocated by Bernal in designing2 the building for the Design and Architecture High School in Washington, D.C.
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