Hands on: from the history of construction to commissioning of a timbervault

Abstract

This communication presents a transversal pedagogical practice that moves from one area of knowledge to another within the degree in architecture at the San Jorge University, starting in subjects of culture and theory of architecture and continuing in construction subjects. With the timbervault as the main theme of the activity, the reasons for its use throughout history are internalized and its past and recent applications are known, to then project the design of an element that will be built at a scale of 1:1. For this purpose, teachers and students of the Construction Technician Degree of the Fundación Laboral de la Construcción have collaborated in the project. University students and vocational training students join together as a team to achieve the final product, mutually valuing their role in the construction process while living together in a real construction site experience.