The article titled “Architects’ Habitus in the Transition from Education to Profession”, for which Hilal Aktaş, a master’s student in the Department of Sociology at Ibn Haldun University, served as the corresponding author, has been published in the Idealkent Journal of Urban Studies. In the study, which was conducted using qualitative research methods, in-depth interviews were held with 16 architects of different ages, genders, levels of seniority, and working conditions, and the data were analyzed using the grounded theory approach.
The findings reveal that the professional habitus of architects begins to take shape as early as their undergraduate years and that this process contains various tensions. By examining the transition from architectural education to professional life within a sociological framework, the study sheds light on the current dynamics of the profession. While faculties of architecture differ among themselves in terms of the advantages they offer to their graduates, it is observed that students engage in an intensive, competitive, and multifaceted workflow from their university years onward as they move toward the profession. Internship and office experiences, on the other hand, make visible the gaps that exist between education and professional practice.
The article emphasizes that architects’ habitus is formed through various tensions, such as those between diploma prestige and design skills, intense workload and creativity, and continuous self-development and routinization.
This study stands out as a significant contribution to understanding the changing patterns of education and professional practice in the field of architecture in Türkiye.
For article: https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/idealkent/issue/95547/1630807
