2024-12-22T05:46:20-05:00 https://archinect.com/features/article/150036928/checking-back-in-with-the-free-school-of-architecture-its-first-year-now-complete Mackenzie Goldberg 2017-11-10T09:00:00-05:00 >2017-11-09T20:44:08-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/8r/8r5vuw46v43d3duu.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Last year,&nbsp;architect <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/623421/peter-zellner" target="_blank">Peter Zellner</a>&nbsp;<a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/149971310/peter-zellner-to-launch-the-free-school-of-architecture-a-tuition-free-experimental-architecture-school" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">announced</a>&nbsp;his plans of a new, tuition-free educational institution dubbed the <a href="https://archinect.com/FreeSchoolofArchitecture" target="_blank">Free School of Architecture</a>. Held at the Container Yard in Los Angeles, the school made its debut over the summer, launching on June 1st, 2017 with a class of 30 post-graduate students and a&nbsp;faculty of 22 teachers engaging in 12 courses over the span of 6 weeks.&nbsp;</p> <p>With the first year now complete, we got the chance to talk to Zellner about the outcome of its inaugural program as well as the goals for the school going forward.</p>