Architecture is never fixed: buildings and (urban) spaces change as their use(r)s and contexts change over time. Even when architectural projects receive recognition of their dynamic nature, it remains unclear how to deal with this during design processes. The need for sustainable building raises interest in this topic in architecture research. This interest converges with discourse on open design in other design fields. Work in human–computer interaction and industrial design engineering is generating more concrete design strategies that bring into view in design processes the dynamic with which artefacts become part of real (end-use) environments. Examples include open-ended design and open script design. We propose such strategies may enrich architectural education particularly in the face of the challenge to move towards a more sustainable architecture that changes meaningfully through time. In this article we explore the value of, and requirements for, teaching open design strategies in architectural education. In the context of a master course on actual topics in architecture we involved architectural engineering students as researchers to explore the value and applicability of these strategies in architectural design. Analysis of focus group interviews and students’ intermediary and final coursework suggests that open design makes explicit a topic that is latently present to these students in their education. They perceive open design as having high societal relevance that will help them in their future practice to approach (design) problems (e.g., including environmental and social challenges) in new ways.

建筑从来都不是固定的：建筑物和（城市）空间会随着使用和环境的变化而变化。即使建筑项目获得了对其动态性质的认可，也仍不清楚在设计过程中如何处理这一问题。对可持续建筑的需求引起了建筑研究中对该主题的兴趣。这种兴趣与其他设计领域的开放式设计相结合。人机交互和工业设计工程中的工作正在生成更具体的设计策略，这些策略将设计过程中的动态因素纳入考虑，从而使伪像成为真实（最终使用）环境的一部分。示例包括开放式设计和开放脚本设计。我们建议这样的策略可以丰富建筑教育，尤其是在面临朝着随着时间的推移发生有意义的变化的更具可持续性的建筑的挑战的过程中。在本文中，我们探讨了在建筑教育中教授开放式设计策略的价值和要求。在关于建筑实际主题的硕士课程中，我们邀请建筑工程专业的学生作为研究人员，探讨这些策略在建筑设计中的价值和适用性。通过对焦点小组访谈以及学生的中间课程和期末课程的分析表明，开放式设计可以使学生明确了解在他们的教育中潜在出现的话题。