Archi­tec­tu­ral Poli­cy in FinlandArchi­tec­tu­re as civic education

Fin­land is the undis­pu­ted pio­neer in archi­tec­tu­ral edu­ca­ti­on. In 1998, it was one of the first count­ries in Euro­pe to deve­lop an offi­ci­al archi­tec­tu­ral poli­cy, who­se declared aim it was to more sys­te­ma­ti­cal­ly inte­gra­te archi­tec­tu­re into the edu­ca­tio­nal sys­tem, tea­cher trai­ning pro­grams at uni­ver­si­ties, and adult edu­ca­ti­on. In her field stu­dy, Turit Frö­be spo­ke with various experts to get a pic­tu­re of how suc­cessful this inter­na­tio­nal­ly acclai­med Fin­nish archi­tec­tu­ral poli­cy is being per­cei­ved. Has it suc­cee­ded in ancho­ring archi­tec­tu­ral edu­ca­ti­on in the edu­ca­ti­on sys­tem? What con­di­ti­ons did this requi­re? What struc­tures were crea­ted to do so? And is it pos­si­ble to deri­ve recom­men­da­ti­ons from Fin­nish expe­ri­ence for count­ries such as Germany?