The COVID-19 External Studio: Can this blended learning model be the future of an agile architectural-studio?

Burch, James; Bourne, Andrew; Moriarty, Aine; Marco, Elena; Drozynski, Charles; Lavaf-Pour, Yahya

The COVID-19 External Studio: Can this blended learning model be the future of an agile architectural-studio?

Burch, James; Bourne, Andrew; Moriarty, Aine; Marco, Elena; Drozynski, Charles; Lavaf-Pour, Yahya

Authors

James Burch James.Burch@uwe.ac.uk
Associate Professor of Architecture

Andrew Bourne Andrew.Bourne@uwe.ac.uk
Associate Director: Interdisciplinary Practices

Aine Moriarty

Elena Marco-Burguete Elena.Marco@uwe.ac.uk
PVC, Head of the College of Arts, Technology and Environment

Charles Drozynski Charles.Drozynski@uwe.ac.uk
Senior Lecturer in Architecture

Yahya Lavaf Pour Yahya.LavafPour@uwe.ac.uk
Senior Lecturer in Architecture

Abstract

The learning-by-doing studio environment has been redefined and transformed during COVID-19 and is now primarily delivered online. What before could have been considered an impossibility has now become the norm. Architecture schools all over the world are tutoring through online-platforms with thought-provoking results that will challenge the old status-quo to a much more agile future for architectural-studio education. The University of the West of England in the UK presents the case of a Socially-Distanced External Learning Environment (R3) as an agile future practice-research model. A hands-on transformative student practice opportunity that has enabled to get away from the monotony of the screens while understanding the difficulties of building something real.

Citation

Burch, J., Bourne, A., Moriarty, A., Marco, E., Drozynski, C., & Lavaf-Pour, Y. The COVID-19 External Studio: Can this blended learning model be the future of an agile architectural-studio?