Studio in Motion is an ongoing exploration of architectural education beyond the classroom. It positions learning as a dynamic, place-based process, where travel, fieldwork, and direct engagement with context become essential tools for understanding architecture.

Developed as part of the Engaged Sustainable Futures (ESF) platform, the studio extends learning into real environments, moving beyond abstract studio conditions toward observation, making, and critical reflection. Each edition focuses on a specific location and set of conditions, using the site itself as a laboratory for investigation.

Across different geographies, the studio explores how architecture responds to climate, material, and local knowledge, encouraging students to engage with both global discourse and vernacular practices.

CLIMATIC INTELLIGENCE WITHOUT ELECTRICITY

Siwa 2026

Working across three integrated systems — energy capture, thermal storage, and air movement — participants developed full-scale prototypes intended for real-world application within EQI’s ongoing projects.

ELEMENTAL ARCHITECTURE

Wahat 2025

In Wahat, the focus shifted from learning to doing. Working directly with adobe, participants engaged in hands-on construction, exploring material behavior through practice. The experience culminated in an experimental exercise — building a vault, translating theory into structure.