ABOUT THE PROJECT
This project addresses existing gaps in the South-Mediterranean countries regarding architectural education and profession, between academia and practice, between social and technical knowledge, and between professionals and local stakeholders.
It aims at building and nurturing key green competences (knowledge, behaviors, attitudes, and skills) required to qualify students and teachers to address the urgent challenges of sustainable urban development in their societies and beyond.
A special focus will be put on an integrated understanding of environmental issues that bridges social and ecological aspects on a basis of recognizing their complex and dynamic interdependencies.
To achieve this aim, the project employs a synthesized “Joint Lab” approach that links different disciplines, actors, and contexts. Accordingly,
it will establish a non-hierarchic network of academic urban labs that connects 8 HEIs in Europe and the South-Mediterranean region as well as several local associated partners.
These joint labs shall act as hubs for continuing innovation and capacity building in curriculum development based on mutual interests and local needs. During the lifetime of the project, the development of a new Master program at the University of Petra will be supported as well as developing new practice-oriented modules for professional training in another 4 universities in Egypt and Jordan.
The network of labs will sustain a platform for integrating the aspired competences into teaching and research in the South-Mediterranean region. It will also support European HEIs in facing the global challenges brought about by climate change through an intensification of international mobility, exchange, and cooperation with South-Mediterranean countries.
KEY INFORMATION
Project name: Promoting Green Competences for Integrated Sustainable Development in Architectural Education through Experiential, Lab-based, Active Learning
Project acronym: Pro-GREEN-LABs
Programme: Erasmus +
Key Action: KEY ACTION 2: COOPERATION AMONG ORGANISATIONS AND
INSTITUTIONS
Action: Capacity Building in Higher Education
Project Strand: Strand 2 – Partnerships for transformation in higher education, which aim to have a large and wider impact on innovation, university/business relations and institutional governance
Countries: Germany, Italy, Sweden, Egypt, Jordan
Project Coordinator: BAUHAUS-UNIVERSITAET WEIMAR – BUW
Total budget: 799 607.00 EUR
HIGHLIGHTS
Overarching priority: Green Deal (socio-economic recovery, tap into region’s economic potentials, circular & green economy, urban development, climate awareness, sustainability and resilience)
General aim: The general aim is to support partner SEMED HEIs in establishing and maintaining their capacity to provide high quality, competence-based, and socially relevant architectural curricula that employ experiential lab-based learning to equip future professionals with key green competences to address the urgent challenges of urban sustainability in their societies and beyond—while meeting their societal and market needs.