Do you keep your eyes open? Photography as a transversal learning tool

Abstract

In an increasingly diverse professional reality, contemporary education must embrace a versatile perspective of the architectural discipline, conceived through interconnection, diversity, and collaboration. The Educational Innovation Project presented here addresses the use of photography as a tool for learning that enables the observation, representation, communication, and conceptualization of architecture and the environment. To expand the possibilities of photography, a longitudinal exploration is proposed, spanning across all courses and cutting across various knowledge areas. Through Project-Based Learning, students connect different professional domains using the photographic experience as a common thread, resulting in highly diverse outcomes. The photographs displayed in the concluding exhibition of the project highlight the significance of nurturing a personal, perceptive, and creative approach to both existing and envisioned architecture.