Spatial planning is taught in a practical manner in the classroom.
Baden Regio and the Cantonal School in Wettingen carried out a joint spatial planning project. A striking finding was how important people's coexistence was when planning residential and working environments.
Planning officials from Baden Regio initiated a spatial planning project with students from the Wettingen Cantonal School in autumn 2025. According to a recent announcement, the planners designed three lesson blocks in the specialised subject of humanities and social sciences. Working methods and planning tools were presented, and opportunities for public participation were explained.
In practical projects, students analysed their immediate school environment and then developed proposals for the design of the western part of the monastery peninsula. In further lessons, the young people worked with their teachers to explore different housing concepts, housing needs and their influence on urban development. The focus was on social components.
“The practical perspective and in-depth expertise of the speakers from Baden Regio opened up valuable new perspectives for both the pupils and the teachers,” said Oliver Schneider, a teacher at the Kantonsschule Wettingen, in the press release. “The lively interplay between theoretical principles and their direct application to a concrete example made the topic of spatial planning tangible and easy to understand. This aroused curiosity, promoted networked thinking and encouraged the students to look beyond their usual boundaries.”
Those involved from Baden Regio and the teaching staff noted that it was striking how important the coexistence of people was to the pupils.