Start-up Education for Architects: Fostering Green Innovative Solutions
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5821/jida.2023.12350Keywords:
start-up education, learning by doing, transdisciplinary groups, cross-border education, green innovationAbstract
The needs and challenges of today’s planet continue to evolve and change, as does the role of the architect. Historically, architecture was discipline bound, and today still has a very strict curriculum. However, to address different challenges, architects must work with other disciplines and learn from them. This must begin at the level of higher education. Urban Shift, is an experimental cross border programme designed to bring students from different disciplines -architecture, media, business- and different educational levels -university and vocational education training- to work together in developing start-up solutions. Through methods like learning by doing, student entrepreneurs are able to form transdisciplinary groups, identify a problem, ideate a solution, prototype and pitch. As a result of the programme, seven start-ups were developed demonstrating the need for architectural education to change and foster innovation.
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