Construction Thematic Subnetwork
2002
Preliminary Structure of the Workshop
The Workshop will consist of five sessions, each of which will discuss a particular question. For the discussion to be facilitated and more focused, five thematic sections have been organised. Going into depth with each one of them, it is expected that during the Workshop the differences and the similarities of the content of construction teaching and the ways it is taught in different schools will have been identified. The questions of each session are:
Session 1. What and Why
Thursday morning, 30 May 2002
This session will deal with the content of construction teaching. What do teach in construction as a School of Architecture ? What types of themes do we choose, what are the priorities we set and what choices do we make? What are the principles that govern the organisation of construction courses? What are our educational objectives when we design these courses? The discussion deals with what we teach and why we teach it.
Session 2. How
Thursday afternoon, 30 May 2002
Friday morning, 31 May 2002
This session is the longest of the five as it deals with one of the most important issues in the teaching of construction: its pedagogy. Not only the teaching methods in terms of effective knowledge transfer but also its synergy with other subjects that are part of a school curriculum, with emphasis on studio design teaching. Could construction be taught in the design studio? Is construction teaching theoretical or is it the application of existing construction norms on already design schemes? What are the views on this issue?
Session 3. Who
Friday afternoon, 31 May 2002
Who teaches construction to architects? What should be the construction teacher's background? What kind of experience should he/she have? What is the situation of schools of architecture today? How do engineers collaborate on construction questions?
Session 4. When, to What Extent
Friday afternoon, 31 May 2002
This session will discuss the distribution of teaching in the duration of the studies of an architect. How does this distribution occur? In what year should construction be introduced and to what extent? How far should construction go in a School of Architecture ? How will different subjects on construction be prioritised? How will construction teaching be related with the teaching of other subjects in architectural education?
Session 5. Dynamics and Tendencies
Saturday morning, 1 June 2002
This session will attempt to make a synthesis of all previous session in order to draw some conclusions towards directions in which schools of architecture can move, the emerging models applied in pedagogy of the subject or a way of mapping these models. In the context of this discussion the future of the network of construction teachers will schedule
its future activities.
