Editor's Note: Is architectural education bankrupt? After experiencing over the years how recent graduates think and perform, I tend to think so. What they are programmed to do (and not do) after they have finished their studies is alarming. A number of professionals and observant persons believe that there is something deeply wrong with architecture education today. And that we should take action leading to its complete restructuring. Yet practicalities remain vague, whereas interested students and young architects wish to learn very specific knowledge that will make them into a better person and practitioner.
Breaking the mold where global architecture education is controlled by a handful of people in the wealthiest nations, sitting in the most prestigious institutions, I wanted this project to be as inclusive and universal as possible. I reached out to individuals around the world who share my concerns about the ability of present-day architectural education to prepare architects in creating a human environment. While the proposals vary in details, they share a fundamental humanity largely absent from what we teach students today. This series of essays will hopefully provide a catalyst for universal reform.
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Salingaros, Nikos A. Lesson Plan #1: "Signs versus Symptoms": A Reply to the Open Letter from British Architecture Students Calling for Curriculum Change In On the Future of Architectural Education, Edited by Kristen Richards. ArchNewsNow.com, 2019.
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Dickinson, Duo. Lesson Plan #2: A Time of Change In On the Future of Architectural Education, Edited by Nikos A. Salingaros and Kristen Richards. ArchNewsNow.com, 2019.
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Boys-Smith, Nicholas, and Roger Scruton. Lesson Plan #3: Beauty and Sustainability in Architectural Education In On the Future of Architectural Education, Edited by Nikos A. Salingaros and Kristen Richards. ArchNewsNow.com, 2019.
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Sussman, Ann, and A. Vernon Woodworth. Lesson Plan #4: Response to Open Letter for Curriculum Change: A New, Biological Approach to Architecture In On the Future of Architectural Education, Edited by Nikos A. Salingaros and Kristen Richards. ArchNewsNow.com, 2019.
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Beri, Shirish. Lesson Plan #5: Letter from an architect to the gurus [teachers] and chelas [disciples] of architecture In On the Future of Architectural Education, Edited by Nikos Salingaros and Kristen Richards. ArchNewsNow.com, 2019. See also the unedited version
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Mathias Agbo Jr. Lesson Plan #6: Teacher, Don't Teach Them Nonsense: Reforming Architecture's Broken Education In On the Future of Architectural Education, Edited by Kristen Richards and Nikos A. Salingaros. arc, 2019.
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Dalrymple, Theodore. Lesson Plan #7: An Implicit Rather than Explicit Model for Teaching Architecture In On the Future of Architectural Education, Edited by Kristen Richards and Nikos Salingaros. ArchNewsNow.com, 2019.
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Brussat, David. Lesson Plan #8: Petition of the British Architecture School Inmates In On the Future of Architectural Education, Edited by Kristen Richards and Nikos Salingaros. ArchNewsNow.com, 2020.
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Alexander, Christopher. Lesson Plan #9: Ideas on Architectural Education, Edited by Kristen Richards and Nikos Salingaros. ArchNewsNow.com, 2020.
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Córdova-Ramírez, Miguel. Lesson Plan #10: Life in Ornament, Edited by Kristen Richards and Nikos Salingaros. ArchNewsNow.com, 2020.