On Wednesday 7 November 2018, REDES’ researcher João Ferreira defended his PhD thesis at Delft University. His research was supervised by REDES group coordinator Professor Rita Almendra and TU Delft professors Henri Christiaans and Paul Hekkert.

João’s thesis is entitled “Design Conversations: An Exploratory Study of Teacher and Student Interaction in the Design Studio”; you can find a link to the document in TU Delft’s repository.

During the session, João had 20 minutes to present his research which focused on design education. Specifically, João concentrated on teacher-student communication in the design studio; he argued that these one-on-one meetings are crucial for design education since they constitute the moment when learning how to design occurs.

You may find his presentation in the downloads section or by clicking here.

The defense, which was held in the Aula Auditorium, had the following jury:

Prof.dr.ir. P.P.M. Hekkert Delft University of Technology promotor
Prof.dr.ir. H.H.C.M. Christiaans University of Lisbon, Portugal

Prof.dr.ir. S.A.G. Wensveen Eindhoven University of Technology
Prof.dr. P.A. Lloyd University of Brighton United Kingdom
Prof.ir. J. van Erp Delft University of Technology
Prof.ir. D.E. van Gameren Delft University of Technology