Ashraf Salama, "Design Studio Pedagogy: Horizons for the Future" (2007)

“Research indicates that designers in the academia still distance themselves from the real world, still barricade themselves from real human problems, while missing the opportunity to learn from the richness and depth of human experience”

Ashraf Salama, "A Theory for Integrating Knowledge in Architectural Design Education" (2008)

"Typically, educators focus on offering students ready-made interpretations about the built environment rather than developing their abilities to explore issues that are associated with the relationship between culture and the built environment. If they do, they place emphasis on one single culture, which is their own."