Teaching Beyond the Curriculum

Abstract

In view of the materials growing number, the new technologies development, the pre-industrial materials reinterpretation and the use’s innovation, current system of classification generally by family (wood construction, concrete construction, steel construction, straw construction, etc.) has become obsolete. In this context, the geo-bio-based materials teaching for architecture students must develop a multidisciplinary approach with technical, ecological and sensitive dimensions. This paper proposes a method to contextualise geo-bio-based materials through a multi-scalar approach: – From territory to urban and landscape scale: availability and valorisation of the raw material. – From building scale to the wall: integration of implementing and morphology strategies – From building material to the raw material: physical phenomena understanding. The result is an educational tool based on referential activity, his name is “MateriauScope”. This tool takes the form of a database, using an open source Scenari-0pale, where each scale is characterised by postures illustrated by case studies (existing buildings.). The goal of this paper is to understand how this database is built with the student, how this work try to create a critical thinking with transferable skills for complex realities.