“Many schools prepare students to be employable for today, but that is not enough. We need to give them the creative, critical, and communication skills to guarantee they will change the field and to be relevant in the future as the field changes rapidly.”

“The architecture academy of the future should offer the freedom for exploration and provide a laboratory for the speculation on alternative models to the current condition from the perspective of design practice”

“Doing Architecture means giving answers to your time because building means edifying the present. It speaks to the man who is here and will live in it, in the buildings or the cities designed.”

“Architecture is a relational practice where each work is the synthetic result of a complex network of external and internal interactions that crystallize at a certain moment and context. In our current society, where the ability to establish relationships between non-convergent disciplines is an uncommon asset, architects have the opportunity to take advantage of their preparation and expertise to become problem-solving leaders and integrate many professional fields beyond architecture itself”

“Architecture is a project that concerns the idea of how to live in the world, the elements that mark our way of living in this earthly dimension. Architecture is the life that lies within this dimension”

“A good architecture professor shall be a good mentor, listener and collaborator. A good professor explores each student’s potential and uniqueness, rather than teach them to be exactly the same as him/herself. A good professor listens carefully to what each student says and learns from them. A good professor collaborates with students, other faculty members and other disciplines and industries”

“Architecture affords us a framework to understand our world through the medium of space. If a problem could be understood spatially it is in my opinion architectural, this aspect I believe gives agency for architects to contribute to many challenges of contemporary society”

“The best architecture schools encourage creativity in their students and this is a commodity of which the world needs more. Architectural education teaches the value of questioning the prescribed formula and using aesthetic and technical exploration to create innovative possibilities. In particular working in the urban context provides architects the broader understanding of issues such as climate change, social inequality and the protection of heritage which affect city dwellers worldwide”

“Architectural education trains architect to make arguments for new realities. Once an architect has established there is an audience that feels that change will be beneficial, and that audience is substantial enough, one can eventually make the change. I think that’s what makes a good architect operate in the world and enable new subjectivities”

“Architecture is a lens through which to see, understand and intervene reality. Buildings shaped our environment across civilizations and time, thus education on the built environment should start as early as possible. Ideally as part of the curricula of secondary school. If we aim to imagine other – better – futures, it is not only important to teach about our current environmental circumstances but to understand them as part of the history and culture of the discipline”

“Architecture is now at the center of all the challenges and opportunities that are shaping the present and the future of the world – from climate and environmental defiance, to the way we bring guaranties to the expansion of daily life into digital domains. Architecture is now a momentous platform from which we can impact reality”

“Architecture is crucial for the world, we need to house almost two billion people in the next decades, battle climate change and an emerging housing crisis. Without well-educated and critical architects this will become a battle for engineers and planners – which would result in a world that is perhaps functional but also devoid of culture”

“Architecture is not just a career, it is a lifestyle per se, it is probably the most diversified and rich subject among others. It takes years, even a lifetime for an architect to understand and discover the true meaning of architecture. Be prepared to engage yourself with a life of discovery”