The New European Bauhaus in Architecture Education? An Anthology for the Invisible

Looking at the ambitions of the New European Bauhaus (NEB) initiative this paper looks into what the skills and professional behaviours—ways of working—are that are sought for. We identify an informal and incomplete list of skills and behaviours required to contribute to a sustainable innovation that weaves together the core values of aesthetics, sustainability and inclusion. Focusing on architecture education (AE) the paper builds on the research findings of the Erasmus + “Architecture’s Afterlife” (AA) research and discusses how AE delivers graduates that find their place in diverse professional sectors (multi-sector), for which the obtained skills and behaviours remain close despite the different professional trajectories graduates take. Looking into the matches and mismatches between skills and behaviours—ways of working—trained in AE and the ones that could support the NEB ambitions the study reveals a significant match is to be found. In this, the paper likes to—among others—address the role personal competences play in this relation. As a conclusion, the argument is made that a key role is to be played recognising the beyond architecture and dive into the ways of working, the personal competences, the skills and behaviours that are lying beyond.