Approaching Technical Issues in Architectural Education

This paper discusses teaching of technical subjects in architecture, presenting two experimental activities, recently organized at Aalborg University - a two week long workshop and a one day long lecture. From the pedagogical point of view, the activities are strategically placed between conventional disciplinary courses and architectural design studios. On the one hand, this allows a better mix of theoretical lectures, exercises and design practice; on the other hand, narrow topic related to structural design may be deepened on the basis of a research-based approach to design