WINNER – EAAE Pedagogy Awards 2026

Liesbeth Huybrechts
Teaching Team: Peter Firman, Liese Mertens, Peter Princen, Frank Vanden Ecker
Title: Live Lab
School: Hasselt University – Belgium

This year, the EAAE together with ACE organized the inaugural Pedagogy Awards, Innovation & Excellence in Teaching 2026.
The aim of the awards is to promote excellence and innovation in teaching and to share good practice amongst teaching staff.

The Awards were open to any staff who are engaged in teaching on an architecture programme in Europe and whose school has membership of EAAE or associated membership of the EAAE in the current academic year.

The jury unanimously selected the winner out five finalists for the EAAE Pedagogy Awards 2026. The five are listed below:

• Liesbeth Huybrechts
  Teaching Team: Peter Firman, Liese Mertens, Peter Princen, Frank Vanden Ecker
  Title: Live Lab
  School: Hasselt University – Belgium
• Pia Fricker
  Teaching Team: Zubin Tan, Janne Keskinen, Tina Cerpnjak, Raphael Weidhaas
  Title: Immersive data interaction
  School: Aalto University – Finland           
• Sima Rouholamin
  Teaching Team: Cian Deegan, David Knight, Kevin Donovan, Johanna Cleary, Sarah Sheridan, Adam Campbell, Anna Cooke, Calbhac O’Carroll, Colin Mac Suibhne, Gavin Buggy, Kieran O’Brien, Martin Spillane, Noel Brady, Steve Larkin, Tim O’Leary
  Title: Transformative Action
  School: TU Dublin – Ireland
• Laurent de Wurstemberger & Rodrigo Fernandez
  Title: Rediscovering earth
  School: School of Architecture and Engineering of Fribourg – Switzerland
• Débora Domingo Calabuig
  Teaching Team: Javier Rivera Linares, Eduardo Puertes Espert, Mar Munoz Aparici
  Title: Resilient Rambleta
  School: UPV Valencia - Spain

The jury comprised of Cathi Ho Schar, Claus Peder Pedersen, Dag Boutsen, Daniel Fügenschuh, Dubravko Bacic, Gerhard Bruyns, Luis Rico-Gutierrez, Massimo Santanicchia, Mia Roth Cerina, Michela Barosio, Māra Liepa-Zemeša, Madeleine Maaskant, Nicolas Pham, Oya Atalay Franck, Patrick Flynn, Roberto Cavallo and Rashida Ng.

Find the Project here:  Live Lab

For more information on the Pedagogy Awards, click here