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  5. Silent Architecture Workshop Celebrates a Decade of Academic Collaboration
Silent Architecture Workshop Celebrates a Decade of Academic Collaboration

Silent Architecture Workshop Celebrates a Decade of Academic Collaboration

Students at Beihai University of Art and Design recently completed the two-week Silent Architecture workshop, an intensive international design program led by Prof. Dr. Ákos Hutter, Dr Erika Vörös, Júlia Bernadett Török, and Dr Jin Xin. The workshop was jointly organised by the Institute of Architecture of the Faculty of Engineering and IT at the University of Pécs and Beihai University of Art and Design. This year's program was opened by Prof. Dr Gabriella Medvegy, Dean of the Faculty.

The workshop is part of a long-standing academic collaboration between the two institutions, which has successfully fostered educational and cultural exchange for ten years. Held annually, the course is taught by professors from both universities and has become a significant platform for international architectural education.

The workshop encourages students to explore the relationship between space, form, materiality, and human experience. Through research, conceptual design, sketching, digital modeling, and physical model-making, participants investigated the idea of “silent architecture” — architecture that communicates through essential spatial qualities rather than formal complexity.

A distinctive focus of this year's workshop was the exploration of concrete as a genuine structural material. Students examined the tectonic and sensory qualities of concrete and utilized it directly in the creation of their mock-up models. Rather than treating models as purely representational objects, the workshop encouraged participants to experiment with concrete as a material of construction, allowing them to gain firsthand experience with its weight, texture, form-making potential, and expressive architectural character.

The Silent Architecture workshop was complemented by an English for Design course, which provided targeted language support for the program. The language component focused on design-related vocabulary and communication skills, helping students discuss their ideas more effectively with the architecture professors and prepare a short English-language presentation, together with an accompanying PPT, about their own projects.

The two-week program concluded with a public exhibition and final presentations, where student teams showcased their design concepts through posters, digital visualizations, and physical models. The exhibition reflected both the creative achievements of the participants and the continuing success of the international partnership between the University of Pécs and Beihai University of Art and Design.

By combining theoretical inquiry, material experimentation, and intercultural collaboration, the Silent Architecture workshop continues to provide students with a unique educational experience and deeper insights into the fundamental nature of architecture.