Learning architecture through the game

Abstract

The game is emotion and without emotion there is no meaningful learning. Emotion is the secret ingredient of learning, neuroscience says, and it is a fundamental piece for those who teach and for whom they learn. This has been the engine of the experiment carried out at the School of Architecture of Valencia (ETSA), in second and fifth years in subjects of architectural projects during the courses 2015-16 and 2016-17, to reflect on the process of learning in the subject of architectural projects. In order to relate the game as a learning engine and the creative process, and to explore the possibilities that both have in the formation of the student of architecture, a project exercise is proposed, consisting in the design and construction of a children's game related to the architecture that has led to reflection on their own learning, consolidation of their knowledge and the search for situations to transfer these results to society.