Author(s)

Yiyang Zhao ¹

Affiliation(s)

¹ College of Intelligent Science and Engineering, Xi'an Peihua University, Xi'an, 710100, Shaanxi, China

Corresponding Author

Yiyang Zhao

ABSTRACT

Current architectural design courses face widespread practical challenges, including insufficient hands-on skills, a disconnection from real-world project examples, and a limited evaluation system. These challenges make it difficult to meet the industry's demand for application-oriented and innovative talent. This paper aims to innovate the architectural design curriculum through a school-enterprise collaboration model, enhancing students' comprehensive skills and project-based competence. The research methodology includes: first, establishing a joint school-enterprise teaching team to jointly develop the course syllabus and training objectives; second, introducing real-world enterprise projects as course examples, with students working in groups to complete scheme design, modeling, and construction drawing production; third, establishing a phased evaluation mechanism, including classroom performance (20%), scheme innovation (30%), technical application ability (30%), and comprehensive assessment by the enterprise mentor (20%); fourth, collecting student feedback through questionnaires and interviews, and analyzing teaching effectiveness based on performance data. Results show that the accuracy of construction drawings for students participating in this course increased to 92%, the scheme pass rate increased to 93%, and student satisfaction reached 96%. The average score of the students' professional competence given by the enterprise mentors is 4.5 out of 5. Teaching innovation through school-enterprise cooperation has effectively addressed the disconnect between traditional courses and industry needs, significantly enhancing the development of students' practical and innovative abilities, and providing a replicable path and empirical reference for reforming architectural courses.

KEYWORDS

School-Enterprise Cooperation; Architectural Design Courses; Practical Teaching; Curriculum Innovation; Talent Training

CITE THIS PAPER

Yiyang Zhao, Innovative Practice of Architectural Design Courses Based on School-Enterprise Cooperation. Curriculum and Teaching Methodology (2025) Vol. 8: 1-8. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/curtm.2025.080701.

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