TEACHING ARCHITECTURE.
A COLLABORATIVE TASK.
Studio Space
as Common Ground
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We believe that teaching begins with dialogue. Not as a one-way delivery of knowledge, but as a shared space where questions matter more than answers. In the studio, we create common ground. Guided by a Socratic model, we invite students into conversations that challenge assumptions and expand understanding. There are no pedestals, only participants. Team teaching and flat hierarchies foster mutual respect, allowing knowledge to move freely between students, instructors, and disciplines. This culture of inquiry reaches beyond the studio, into the places and people we learn from, because education must be rooted in context and connection.​
Engaged Design
for Collective Intelligence
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Architecture is not a solo act. It is a collaborative process for collective impact. Group projects are central to our pedagogy, where students learn to coordinate, negotiate, and act together. These are not abstract exercises, but shared efforts that mirror the complexity of real-world practice. Efficient workflows support clarity and accountability, shaping design as a collaborative process. Collective intelligence grows not only in the studio, but through direct engagement with communities, across disciplines, and within lived environments.
Transscalar Think-Tank
for the Future
We teach architecture through critical thinking, because futures are not predicted. They are constructed through knowledge, intention, and reflection. Design emerges from understanding how place informs decisions and how those decisions impact urban ecology across scales. Students explore spatial, cultural, and environmental relationships, connecting the local and the systemic. The studio becomes a transscalar think tank for the future. It is a space where ideas evolve through analysis, where speculation meets responsibility, and where architecture becomes a tool for meaningful change.