Many people will tell you that the AA is a special place; not everyone can tell you why. One of the things that makes it special is that every aspect of its teaching is a negotiation of the space between freedom and its limits. This approach starts on the Foundation Course and continues to the Graduate School – indeed, it could be said to form the entire ethos of the AA. While our culture today appreciates and values freedom, many educational institutions still rely on models of teaching that emphasize preestablished ways of doing things. But it is the tension between freedom and the particularities of its limits that frames all our actions, be they within a school of architecture, or within a democratic society.

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