As a supplement to classroom teaching, workshop teaching plays a great role in cultivating students' practical ability and innovative ability. Firstly, this paper summarizes the background and characteristics of workshop. Secondly, the paper puts forward the workshop teaching mode of "theory + design + experiment + construction". In this teaching mode, the teaching concept of "cross-disciplines, innovation and research promotion" is proposed, the teaching system of "multi-in-one, multi-collaboration" is constructed, and the teaching method of "integration of science and education, open and independent" is applied. Thirdly, taking the architectural design workshop "Farmhouse Regeneration Project" held by Central South University as an example, this paper reviews the teaching process of the workshop, and summarizes the teaching effect. Finally, the paper points out that the workshop teaching mode of "theory + design + experiment + construction" takes architectural design as the core, guiding architectural design through theoretical research, optimizing architectural design through technical experiments, and testing architectural design through construction practice, which will help students realize rational design, promote design innovation, and improve practical ability. It is of great significance to the training of innovative compound architectural design talents in the future.