{"id":3022,"date":"2025-12-10T17:45:44","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T17:45:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fast.oar.archi\/home\/?p=3022"},"modified":"2026-05-19T10:39:31","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T10:39:31","slug":"conclusions-debate-with-the-5-deans-of-schools-of-architecture-the-end-of-the-3rd-edition-of-fast-festival-for-architecture-schools-of-tomorrow-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fast.oar.archi\/2025\/conclusions-debate-with-the-5-deans-of-schools-of-architecture-the-end-of-the-3rd-edition-of-fast-festival-for-architecture-schools-of-tomorrow-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Conclusions &#038; Debate\u00a0with\u00a0the 5 Deans of Schools of Architecture @ the end of the 3rd\u00a0edition of FAST: Festival for Architecture Schools of Tomorrow\u00a02025\u00a0\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The Conclusions &amp;\u00a0Debate\u00a0session marked the official closing of the third edition of the FAST festival in\u00a0Ia\u0219i, offering a final moment of institutional reflection after several days dedicated to architectural dialogue.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Held on November\u00a07\u00a0at Baia\u00a0Turceasc\u0103, the conference brought together the five deans of Romania\u2019s architecture faculties for a structured conversation about the future of education and the profession.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Continuing a format\u00a0established\u00a0in\u00a0previous\u00a0editions, the gathering functioned as a roundtable between academic leaders, focused less on ceremonial closure and more on critical exchange. The session addressed the pressures currently reshaping architectural education, including shifting professional expectations, social responsibility, and the need to adapt teaching models to increasingly complex realities. Rather than positioning schools as isolated institutions, the discussion emphasized their role as interconnected actors within a shared educational ecosystem.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Students occupied\u00a0a central place\u00a0in the debate.<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The deans framed architectural education not only as a technical training process, but as a formative environment where future professionals develop ethical judgment, collaborative skills, and a sense of public responsibility. Questions of pedagogy were closely tied to questions of trust: how institutions earn credibility, how they\u00a0maintain\u00a0relevance, and how they prepare graduates to\u00a0operate\u00a0responsibly in uncertain conte<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">xts.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The session was explicitly aligned with the festival\u2019s overarching theme,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Becoming Trustworthy: Architecture as a Framework for Collaboration and Trust and w<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ithin this framework, trust was discussed as a practical principle rather than an abstract ideal. The conversation examined how curriculum design, institutional transparency, and inter-school cooperation contribute to a culture of accountability. The deans highlighted the importance of exchanging knowledge across faculties, encouraging mobility, and strengthening partnerships that allow schools to respond collectively to national and international challenges.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Another key direction of the discussion concerned the relationship between academia and the profession. Participants noted that architectural education must remain in continuous dialogue with practice, public institutions, and communities. By reinforcing these connections, schools can act as mediators between theoretical knowledge and societal needs, ensuring that architectural culture\u00a0remains\u00a0both critical and grounded in real contexts.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The\u00a0debate\u00a0of FAST\u2019s third edition\u00a0articulated a\u00a0set of shared concerns and priorities, reinforcing the value of sustained dialogue among institutions.\u00a0The roundtable confirmed that cooperation, rather than competition, is essential for strengthening the credibility of architectural education. It also reaffirmed the responsibility of schools to cultivate not only competent designers, but reflective professionals capable of building trust in the public sphere.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3024\" src=\"https:\/\/fast.oar.archi\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/FAST_2025-TALKS-1-240x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fast.oar.archi\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/FAST_2025-TALKS-1-240x300.png 240w, https:\/\/fast.oar.archi\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/FAST_2025-TALKS-1-819x1024.png 819w, https:\/\/fast.oar.archi\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/FAST_2025-TALKS-1-768x960.png 768w, https:\/\/fast.oar.archi\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/FAST_2025-TALKS-1.png 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3023\" src=\"https:\/\/fast.oar.archi\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/FAST_2025-TALKS-240x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fast.oar.archi\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/FAST_2025-TALKS-240x300.png 240w, https:\/\/fast.oar.archi\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/FAST_2025-TALKS-819x1024.png 819w, https:\/\/fast.oar.archi\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/FAST_2025-TALKS-768x960.png 768w, https:\/\/fast.oar.archi\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/FAST_2025-TALKS.png 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Conclusions &#038;\u00a0Debate\u00a0session marked the official closing of the third edition of the FAST festival in\u00a0Ia\u0219i, [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":3023,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,30],"tags":[45],"class_list":["post-3022","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-talks","tag-talk"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fast.oar.archi\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3022","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fast.oar.archi\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fast.oar.archi\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fast.oar.archi\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fast.oar.archi\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3022"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/fast.oar.archi\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3022\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3503,"href":"https:\/\/fast.oar.archi\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3022\/revisions\/3503"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fast.oar.archi\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3023"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fast.oar.archi\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3022"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fast.oar.archi\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3022"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fast.oar.archi\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3022"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}