


Regarding the necessity for collaboration in the growing complexity of built environments, underdeveloped skills in building links between fragmented data bases is eventually becoming a serious problem. This separation not only prevents the students from building links between different contents of sustainable design, but also increases their work load while decreasing their creative potential. The majority of schools of architecture have conventional curricula based on fragmented areas of expertise studied separately with disconnected contents, teaching methods, and requirements. However, Turkey, like a part of the central Europe, remains hesitant in this concern. Its widespread benefits from efficiency to sustainability in design and construction converted it into a primary tool in most AEC education institutions in the last decade. Catching Up With BIM: A Curriculum Re-Design StrategyīIM has been discussed widely for enabling collaboration in AEC professions.
