FRESH ACADEMIC BLOOD

摘要

What interested me was the potential to develop the School of Architecture in Britain's largest industrial city. The school is small, with a strong focus on professionalism and working within a construction industry context. Cross-disciplinary engagement and growth will expand these core values. In 2004, the University of Central England [the former name for Birmingham City University] had a 93 per cent failure rate. Do you think these results still plague the school? Every school of architecture has had turbulent periods in its history. The consequent restructuring for us produced Birmingham School of Architecture BIAD and the school now sits within one of the strongest centres for visual culture and design in the UK, with expertise from jewellery to landscape. In my view, an art institute is the natural place for a vibrant architecture school.