Open CAmpus, Informal Spaces, Off-The-Record Paths

The educational institution represents the basis of civil society: any great empire or civilization began to be considered when it developed a structured educational system capable to educate aware citizens participating in public life. Retracing the etymological origin of the term school, I think this latter suggests an hidden component which should still be at the basis of the idea of contemporary school. The proposal in this paper is that the first hidden layer of architectural education is to give back to the school its authentic meaning of scholè, where the love of knowledge lives. The Place on one side and the Educator on the other are the first components to update our universities: open campus, informal spaces, off-the-records paths + innovative teaching are the main tools to pursue a better quality of architectural education.