Studio-Based programme

Studio-Based Programmes
Practical work at the drawing tables and in the workshops occupies a significant amount of the student's time. Students learn by sharing a studio and exchanging ideas with fellow students.  

Projects, Dialogue and Hard Work
Students work on individual projects, devloped in close dialogue with a professor and fellow students, and alternate between using the computer, drawing table or working in workshops during the project phase. Workdays can be long, and many students spend evenings and weekends working on their projects. Each student will present his/her work on an ongoing basis and thereby engage in a dialogue with his teachers and co-students. This will help advance the project and facilitate each student’s personal study process. Projects, however, are not the only means of instruction in the programme of architecture. The programme is research-based and both faculty and external researchers teach short- as well as long-term courses, lecture series, seminars and workshops in their respective fields. Some lectures and courses require handing in brief, written assignments. 

A Communication Oriented Programme
Students will be asked to present their work at review sessions where their projects will be critiqued. The student must feel confident enough to stand up for his work, and must be prepared to listen to constrcutive criticism, advice or tourgh questions. Being able to communicate is therefore an integral part of the architecture programme. Students will be asked to explain their approach to the assignment, and the underlying idea behind the work.

Your department is your base.
As a student of architecture, you will study at a department, which consists of between 90 and 140 students across 5 different years, and your team/year will consist of approximately 20 students. Your department is in charge of the in-class instruction and will counsel you on an ongoing basis. Much of the in-class instruction focuses on a concrete project, which will be based on an overall programme covering the questions of where, when and what – but not how – which is left up to you to decide. Normally, a group of students will work on the same project simultaneously and individually. The project is qualified by means of experiments and innovation to the largest extent possible and will be subject to critique sessions and discussions along the way.

It is up to you to find the truth
There are no right or wrong answers. The best proposals are well documented and unpredictable. The philosophy is that you learn by doing and by constantly expanding your knowledge base and understanding of architecture. This is done, among other things, by actively participating in a dynamic and energetic study environment. Your learning outcome will largely depend on your involvement in projects and on whether you manage to optimise your team’s, your department’s and the school’s resources. The greatest challenge you will encounter is perhaps how to approach this very task.