SCHOOL  OF  ARCHITECTURE

It is specifically grounded in the following propositions:

• That the making of architecture is a sensible technical and aesthetic activity that serves the needs of human shelter.
• That the construction of shelter is an imaginative cultural research that seeks to establish dwelling as a fundamental human aspiration and means to a graceful life.
• That this educational and professional pursuit must be inflected by the identity of the Sonoran Desert, the geography of Arizona, and the culture of the Southwest—promoting an intertwined land ethic and aesthetic research.
• That in a modern age of increased cultural exchange this education must become a portable global sensibility; however, its practice must be observant of local traditions, tempered by material circumstances, and expressive of the ethos of time and place.