With the increase of opportunities for international cooperation and communication in colleges and universities, workshops are becoming more and more widely employed as a new teaching pattern. In this paper, the kinetic origami structures workshop held in Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts is taken as an example for a detailed description, including planning, academic reports, demonstration of counselors, research topic determining by students, model making and results replying. In addition, the significance of joint workshop for promoting interdisciplinary thinking collision and communication, cultivating team spirit and communication ability, and promoting the unity of teaching and practice is analyzed. And the applicability of workshop in civil engineering is also explored.