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Even though the computer acts as an effective interface for the cooperation ofvarious actors involved in the construction, the success of a project dependscrucially on the socio-cultural characteristics and disciplinary boundaryconditions of the people involved. In addition to the technological challenges ofdigitisation, different working methods, requirements and objectives oftenrepresent an obstacle to the successful cooperation and execution of architecturalprojects. This is where we as a university are challenged to point out new waysthat are geared to the future requirements of our professions and, as it were,integrate individual professional profiles. Against this background, thecooperative education project brought together architecture students and traineesin the carpentry trade in order to help them gain an understanding for theirrespective differing approaches and for their own expertise at an early stage intraining, and thus experience the added value of a cooperative working method.The teaching of digital design and planning methods as well as the use ofcomputer-aided production technologies were the vehicles for networkedcooperation and integrative learning.