The Future of Education

During the International Design and Building Workshop at the École Nationale d'Architecture de Marrakech (8-18/12/2023), a pedagogical and design experiment was launched in collaboration with the master’s degree Course in Architecture at the University of Chieti-Pescara. The goal was to explore ways to transform common school spaces into dynamic learning environments, allowing students to meet and study in a freer manner through the inclusion of micro-architectures. These interventions aimed to enhance the experience of existing interior spaces, fostering a more interactive and supportive environment for learning. Studies explore multidisciplinary concepts, including using play to build social learning infrastructure and creating supportive, wellness-focused environments that enhance the effectiveness of space as an educational tool (1). In fact, them, as elements neither exclusively architecture nor simple furniture but a hybridization of the two scales that, are proposed as an effective tool that, thanks to the experience of self-construction, can bring young pupils closer to the themes of circular economy, taught within a fully integrated pedagogical framework (2). Through the act of aggregating construction elements, it is indeed possible to develop a new learning perspective for the reconfiguration of inclusive school spaces that place the pupil at the center of the learning process (3). Within the framework of the objectives, this study presents the results of work developed with students from the Master of Architecture degree course in which classes were involved in an experimental activity based on the innovative use of digital design and fabrication with sustainable materials for the collective design and construction of small pavilions.

Keywords: Educational spaces, Pedagogy, Ephemeral architecture, Self-construction

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