ABSTRACT
Within the field of architectural education, tectonics and craft have been developed as the art that closely relates material, construction, and expression. How is this knowledge passed on and maintained today in the education of architects? In full scale projects, craft and tectonics are understood not only in terms of the actual work done by hand, but rather as an investigation into the logic of assembling materials in a tectonic manner in order to achieve a characteristic expression of the building. In a critical comparison, the approaches of four European schools of Architecutre are examined: EPFL Lausanne, Switzerland, NTNU Trondheim, Norway, Technical University Vienna, Austria, and the University of Liechtenstein. In a set of interviews, teaching methods, learning effects on students, and cooperations with craftsmen and clients were examined and analysed. The results are compared in four categories that should give insights into the different ways of teaching of architects and promote ideas for future collaborations.
