Social and Environmental Impact Academy for Architects! Impacting the everyday life through architectural investigations

Daniel Haselsberger, Cornelia Faisst, Christian Victor Berger, Cecilie Andersson, Astrid Mody, Anne Beim, Els Hannes, Lin Kappel, Peter Prinsen, Liesbeth Huybrechts, Pelle Munch-Petersen

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Abstract

The Social and Environmental Impact Academy for Architects (SEIAA) is a col-lective project that includes research and teaching activities of four architectural schools across Europe: University of Liechtenstein (LI), Hasselt University (BE), Bergen School of Architecture (NO) and the Royal Danish Academy (DK). Based on shared research objectives focusing on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), four investigating workshops were held at each location between spring 2022 and summer 2023.

Knowledge about rammed earth, biogenic materials and architecture of reuse was combined with local cultural practices, creative design processes, and full-scale testing. The workshops were planned according to specif-ic local needs and in collaboration with various actors such as manufacturers, craftspeople, and NGOs.
The workshops involved teachers, researchers, and stu-dents from each university. They were centered around an interdisciplinary ex-change examining the architect’s role, testing social interaction through live-projects, and studying how architectural projects can benefit the needs present in the everyday life of local communities. The processes included in the project, the results, and reflections will be presented and critically discussed in this paper for further use.
Original languageEnglish
Publication date2 Jul 2023
Number of pages11
Publication statusPublished - 2 Jul 2023
EventUIA World Congress of Architects 2023 Copenhagen - København, Denmark
Duration: 2 Jul 20236 Jul 2023
Conference number: 28
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Conference

ConferenceUIA World Congress of Architects 2023 Copenhagen
Number28
Country/TerritoryDenmark
CityKøbenhavn
Period02/07/202306/07/2023
OtherThe UIA World Congress takes place every third year with 10-15.000 participants from all over the world.<br/>The 2023 World Congress of Architects will take place on 2-6 July 2023 in Copenhagen, Denmark. With the theme “Sustainable Futures- Leave No One Behind”, the Congress aims to promote, discuss, create and showcase architecture as a vital tool to achieve the UN 17 Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. It will share sustainable solutions and examine the latest research results.
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Keywords

  • Architecture education
  • Transformative Teaching
  • Co-Design
  • Sustainable Impact

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