About P⁵BL

P⁵BL is a methodology of teaching and learning focuses on problem-based, project- organized activities that produce a product for a client. It is based on re-engineered processes that bring people from multiple disciplines together.

Based on P⁵ Based Learning concept, Renate designed the AEC Global Teamwork Program and the P⁵BL lab.

The AEC Global Teamwork Program
The P⁵BL Lab
The P⁵BL research team

The AEC Global Teamwork Program -- A master builder's atelier

• AEC Global Teamwork Program is a cross-disciplinary, collaborative, geographically distributed course offered over two academic quarters (CEE122/222). It gathers students, faculty, and industry practitioner from Architecture, Engineering and Constructional management in a distributed learning environment including universities from Europe, Japan, Australia and the US.

• The course is structured along the lines of a master builder's atelier. The industry mentors serve as the role of master builders, sharing their practical experience and knowledge with the students. The graduate students will fit the role of journeymen, and the undergraduate students act as apprentices.

• The mission is to educate the next generation professionals who know how to team up with professionals from other disciplines and at the same time, using the cutting edge information and collaboration technology to produce better and economical product.

(Please refer to Stanford online report for more news about the AEC program)

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The P⁵BL Lab -- The home of AEC global teamwork program

The lab was designed based on the concept to provide a structure for modeling and coaching. It has a flexible learning space that can be reconfigured by faculty and students to facilitate learning and teaching activities.

Some features of the lab are:

• Modular furniture
• ISDN, wireless, and Internet-2 links
• The floor and wall perimeter has a grid of network and power sockets that enable connection of computers in any location of the learning space
• All the PCs in the lab are equipped with videoconference tools
• Large touch screen SmartBorad

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The P⁵BL Team

Gathering expertise from cross disciplinary such as architecture, structural engineering, constructional engineering, computer science, networking, cognitive science, linguistic, education and social science. The team consists of:

Research Students: Graduate students of these disciplines from Stanford University, Berkeley University, Sweden and Germany.

Faculties: Faculties from Stanford, Berkeley, Japan, Asia, Europe. They are intrigued and interested in the challenges that the global teamwork brings to the learning and working environment.

Industry Partners: Partners from the industry who volunteer their knowledge into this program.

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