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in which the concept of LSA would perform
Architecture, purely as a new institute, is
best. Though there is nothing wrong with
without doubt a more than welcome one,
thriving within certain circumstances, it
as in several global media it has encouraged
raises the question whether the concept of
the general conversation about architectural
the LSA is generated on a self-construed
education and its relation to the professional
need, or a need that came from outside. ‘I
field. And that’s an achievement the school
don’t know . . .’ Hunter replies to this. ‘But
has already met without even delivering a
I hope what we’re doing is a sort of sensible
single graduate. ‘Having Alumni going off to
response to a given set of conditions, and
do important things in the world is definitely
what we’re trying to do is to help people
what we’re aiming for. So the legacy of the
who thrive in these conditions and offer
school, and the test in ten years’ time will be:
some leadership about it.’
“Are your graduates producing critical work at the forefront of the discipline?”’, Hunter concludes.
I hope what we’re doing is a sort of sensible response to a given set of conditions, and what we’re trying to do is to help people who thrive in these conditions and offer some leadership about it.
Profession and education influence each other, but they do experience individual problems.
The
probability
that
one
institutional solution will solve all of these from the moment of its inception is likely to be zero. But the London School of
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