Motivating Architecture Students in the Design Studio

This chapter aims to discuss the power of motivation in achieving a productive and fruitful learning experience in the Design Studio. The objective is to provide focus on the students' motivation determinants in the Architecture Design Studio within the opportunity to present case studies for learning innovations in a female university in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The discussion focuses on the instructor-student interrelationship built as it has been adopted in several cases in the Design Studio courses at different levels at the Architecture department. The presented case studies introduce Design Studio activities and implementation to get students to be more motivated to learn and investigate innovative ideas for incorporating learning techniques. This chapter emphasizes the innovation, implementation, and the barriers and difficulties in teaching Architecture Design Studio courses to Saudi female students. The current discussion aims to foster initiatives that influence students' behavior, instructors' decision-making, and educational adopted policy.