Will Hunter, founder of the London School of Architecture

摘要

Ahead of the first student cohort matriculating in October, Will Hunter, founder of the London School of Architecture, shares his vision forthe new institution. Why did you decide to set up a new architecture course? I was worried about the effect on the profession of the £9,000tuition fee rise. I wanted to combine new financial and teaching models, bringing practice and education closer to enrich both. How did you develop your approach? Before I launched the Alternative Routes for Architecture think-tank in The Architectural Review, I spoke with many different people-Isabel Allen, Simon Allford, Niall McLaughlin and James Soaneto name a few. A core group decided, instead of just exploring models abstractly, to do it for real. Deborah Saunt suggested the name the London School of Architecture. We couldn't believe our luck that nobody had registered it already.