Educating the caring practitioner

Description

In a form of dialogue, two architecture educators from Tampere University reflect on their teaching journeys on two architectural design courses that explore who a “caring practitioner” may be. Architectural Design I is one of the first courses students encounter in their studies, introducing basic concepts of architecture. In the course, students design a modest medita- tion hut to a fragile natural environment, exploring design as gestures or reactions to a place: when something new is built, something is lost, and designers should be mindful in their actions. Architectural Design V is
the first course of master’s studies, exploring housing design as a societal phenomenon and an act of care. While imagining design approaches for resilient and restorative living environments supporting the health and wellbeing of other-than-humans and humans, students are challenged to reflect on their own position and responsibility as future architects.

In addition to describing the pedagogical approaches, methods, and practices of the courses, the two educators discuss their paths of becoming architects and educators as representatives of the y and z generations in the climate emergency, reflecting on their shifting values, actions, and idea of hope.

Finally, a synthesis is made to reflect pedagogical learnings and un- learnings, their relation to shifting societal structures that influence the conditions in which architecture is practiced, and how architecture may become a form of care towards the planet and its inhabitants.

Aikajakso	5 syysk. 2024 → 7 syysk. 2024
Tapahtuman otsikko	Learnings/Unlearnings: Environmental Pedagogies, Play, Policies, and Spatial Design
Tapahtuman tyyppi	Conference
Sijainti	Stockholm, RuotsiNäytä kartalla