IMPACT OF TALENT STRUCTURE ON ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN EXCELLENCE

The study is an attempt to discover the most influential structures of excellence in study of architecture and thus to identify the most original structures in process of architectural creativity, which in turn will lead to a redirecting in the educational process of architecture. Research started from question of which structures related to architectural talent have a direct link to structures related to learning architecture. Answer to this question was tried by Architecture Department students at University of Duhok as a special case study. Thus, the possibility of redirecting teaching of architecture in initial stages according to quality of- the structures of talent of applicants- to study architecture through exploring these structures. A test design has been adopted that demonstrates possibility of a quantitative index of excellence based on the talent test.