Architectural design is a creative exploit in both academic and professional context. The evaluation of design products is essentially affected by the evaluator's personal preferences and his/her cultural paradigms. Assessing the design studio products, therefore, is mainly subjective; and establishing an unbiased framework for evaluating both qualitative and quantitative criteria of design is always debatable. This paper aims to shed light on the current efforts, trends, and approaches for assessing architectural design studios. While researchers and educators have made several attempts to adopt frameworks or tools for design assessment and validation, this review paper focuses on the literature of the assessment of architectural design studio in terms of criteria, phases, forms, and process. Finally, recommendations were suggested to enhance the overall process of the assessment.

architectural design assessment, architectural education, design studio, evaluation criteria