Fifteenth International Conference on Design Principles & Practices

Abstract

Often considered as informal training, the workshop is a fundamental and complementary instrument for the completion of the students’ learning process and shortcomings. Therefore it should be used as a compelling and active architectural pedagogy tool. The literature suggests that students from architecture and other design disciplines should learn by doing. The workshops, as an extracurricular activity, characterized by personal learner involvement, represent an excellent opportunity to learn through the experience that requires students’ free time and passion for keeping on learning. Workshops allow participants to acquire competencies out of the classroom and some necessary and fundamental capabilities for the practice, regarding materiality, technology, construction process, and collaborative skills. The student becomes an active learner determined by experimenting and working collaboratively.