Teaching through making

Link to the recording

This final round table is an informal debrief of the entire workshop week. Moderator Jean Souviron (ENSA Paris-Est) steers the conversation toward what was learned from the hands-on process. It's a casual review of the week's successes, failures and key pedagogical takeaways.

The session is led by the workshop tutors, who share their reflections on the process:

• Theresa Zschäbitz (RWTH Aachen): Discusses her work with "radical pedagogy" and how the workshop combines research and making.
• Thomas Amann (TU Wien): Highlights the value of seeing how different people look at the same materials and how the research through making approach creates a collaborative process.
• Hanna Segerkrantz: (Estonian Academy of Arts) Describes her role as a facilitator for horizontal education, stressing the importance of leading with the material first, before conceptualising.
• Guillaume Habert (ETH Zurich): Emphasizes that while all the knowledge is online, making is essential for learning what isn't: the "physical reality" of matter (if it's "heavy," "cold," or "hot") and respect for the workers.

This round table was recorded during the October School 2025, a four-day intensive event in Brussels dedicated to regenerative architecture. The school brought together 120 students, teachers, and practitioners from five European universities: KU Leuven, UHasselt, RWTH Aachen, the Estonian Academy of Arts, and TU Wien.

Participants were immersed in the theme through lectures, site visits, and three practical workshops focused on bio- and geo-sourced materials. 

Co-financed by the Erasmus+ programme of the European Union.