They must embody the ideals and instill the beliefs. It is mandatory that for the faculty of Umbau--teaching is to be an art form. Art form in the realm of design studio teaching is the hardest and most magical to achieve. One must continually transcend oneself, one’s students, one's norms, one's expectations. The effort can be most elusive. The design studio is a learning environment. Totally. If the teacher is not learning, the student is not learning. The rigour requires the Umbau-ian to inspire, not entertainstretch, not intimidatelead, not coercerespond, not prescribechallenge, not intimidateintegrate, not specializecreate, not solveentice, not demanddemand, not detachdetach, not clone Design studio teaching cannot be learned in education classes—it can only be learned from having had the great teacher. It is a thing absorbed, handed down. If the great teacher has been missed, it is possible to achieve the necessary understanding later in life by sheer miracle. Good design teaching is a rare combination of intuition, dance, passion, insanity, belief, rigour, welcomed paradox. It is not common in today’s world. Beyond the classic literature of Whitehead, Bruner, Piaget, and Newman, the closest equivalent is to be found in the wisdom literature of the major religious traditions: Zen, Sufi, Hasidic, Desert Father, Upanishads. How will Umbau find such? They already exist, they are known, we are in contact. Umbau has a thriving network of people who think like we need. The experience is varied, they have had working mentors, there is a shared energy, belief system, and commitment to daring excellence. Umbau will be comprised of nest faculty and floaters- those who are the studio heads/bedrock and those who pass through/set fire. Actually both sets will be arsonists. http://www.umbauschoolofarchitecture.org/?page_id=13
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