Approaching Extracurricular Activities for Teaching and Learning on Sustainable Rehabilitation of Mass Housing

Reporting from the Arena of Architectural Higher Education

Journal Article (2023)
Author(s)

Anica Dragutinovic (TU Delft - Heritage & Architecture, Technische Hochschule Ostwestfalen-Lippe)

Aleksandra Milovanović (University of Belgrade)

Mihajlo Stojanovski (SS Cyril and Methodius University)

Tea Damjanovska (SS Cyril and Methodius University)

Aleksandra Ðordevic (University of Belgrade)

Ana Nikezić (University of Belgrade)

U. Pottgiesser (TU Delft - Heritage & Architecture, Technische Hochschule Ostwestfalen-Lippe)

Ana Ivanovska Deskova (SS Cyril and Methodius University)

Jovan Ivanovski (SS Cyril and Methodius University)

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https://doi.org/10.3390/su15032476 Final published version
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Publication Year
2023
Language
English
Journal title
Sustainability
Issue number
3
Volume number
15
Article number
2476
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Abstract

The article presents the potentials and capacities of extracurricular activities such as student workshops for strengthening existing curricula and introducing emerging specialised areas, topics, and challenges into architectural higher education. The specific objective of this study is to enhance and test different pedagogical models for learning on the sustainable rehabilitation of mass housing neighbourhoods (MHN), as a specific type of modern heritage, through innovative extracurricular teaching practices based on interdisciplinarity, flexibility, and adaptability. This research presents three student workshops focusing on the rehabilitation of mass housing neighbourhoods (MHN), involving students, academics, and professionals from the field, organised in Germany, Serbia, and North Macedonia in 2022. Moreover, it engages a comparative analysis of the learning formats and approaches developed within this discipline-specific cross-border collaboration. The study provides (1) an insight into the comparative analysis of learning capabilities and (2) the formulation of workshop models supported by diagramming of the workshop structure. The conclusion of the article summarises the findings and highlights the essential aspects for engaging student workshops, as an instrument for generating operational knowledge in the field of mass housing rehabilitation.