We believe that there is a craft to teaching. Teaching is about being creative and finding new ways to touch students every day.
We believe that the passion and love students have for their academic endeavors should be matched by their teacher's devotion to them and their process of learning.
We believe there is a lineage in teaching. It has been our greatest pleasure to watch as our best students become teachers themselves.
The Thesis Curriculum that we developed at the Boston Architectural College was recognized by the ACSA in their weekly architectural school highlight.
One of the important aspects that allows our distance pedagogy to work is the Intensives, which are on-site, face to face engagements between teachers and students. They occur the third week of each semester. It is a very special time for our students to engage in studio 24/7 with dedicated space, listen to guest lectures, engage in group pin-ups, participate in seminar and lecture courses, enjoy field trips and meet local professionals through reviews and events.
The work of our students is important to share as evidence of our pedagogy in practice. We are delighted to showcase various examples of our student's work which all engage methodology and process as a way of solving design problems in a creative and innovative way through their thesis work.
Bento & Built Space: Japanese boxed lunch and architecture was an exhibit and series of events held at the Boston Architectural College in the Spring of 2015. Mike Wolfson collaborated with Debra Samuels, Junko Yamamoto and Karen Nelson. The exhibit looked at the design and culture of bento and the connections to architecture through notions of craft, production and space. With his colleagues, Mike conceptualized, curated and designed the exhibit along with the postcard, catalogue and promotional materials.