The earth is a closed system, and the climate crisis demands profound transformations across society. Architecture cannot remain untouched—design practice must evolve from mere form-making toward regenerative action. This studio therefore redefines the role of the architect: not only as designer, but as changemaker.

Our approach merges experimental pedagogy, situative specificity, and material exploration. Through fieldwork, prototyping, and design-by-construction, students work directly with geo- and bio-based resources of the Euregio, transforming undervalued materials into architectural propositions. Building becomes a site of research: construction is not a translation of ideas into form, but a generative act of design.

The one-year studio unfolds in four acts: resource mapping and prototyping, folly design and exhibition, study trip and collective project, and finally an individual design or research thesis. Along the way, large-scale models, mock-ups, and direct collaboration with local industries and farmers cultivate both technical knowledge and cultural awareness.

By treating construction as research and positioning architecture within bioregional contexts, the studio equips students to integrate theory and practice, design and making. Its aim is not a new architectural style, but a new kind of architect—capable of transforming building into a regenerative project for society and the planet.