Archinect - Features 2024-11-21T06:50:05-05:00 https://archinect.com/features/article/150452584/organizing-and-reforming-architectural-education-a-conversation-with-tessa-forde Organizing and Reforming Architectural Education: A Conversation With Tessa Forde Niall Patrick Walsh 2024-11-06T11:49:00-05:00 >2024-11-08T02:50:31-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/8f/8f23fee4f5356ee0a7376933b770ee93.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>In recent years, the word 'organizing' has taken on a heightened power in architectural discourse, most notably through grassroots efforts by architectural workers across the United States to organize for <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/581859/labor-union" target="_blank">better workplace conditions</a>.</p> <p>For Tessa Forde, organizing centers on a&nbsp;vast network of relationships that transcends different scales, disciplines, and actors across and beyond the architectural profession. In particular, Forde sees <a href="https://archinect.com/features/category/502/academia/20" target="_blank">architectural education</a> as an arena in which organizing holds great potential, with positive benefits for educators, students, the profession, the public, and the planet.&nbsp;</p> <p>In that spirit, Forde is one of seven co-authors of the new book <em><a href="https://www.routledge.com/The-Organizers-Guide-to-Architecture-Education/Day-Deamer-Dietz-Forde-GarciaFritz-Geraki-Lechene/p/book/9781032532813" target="_blank">The Organizer's Guide to Architecture Education</a></em>, alongside&nbsp;Kirsten Day, Peggy Deamer, Andrea Dietz, Jessica Garcia Fritz, Palmyra Geraki, and Val&eacute;rie Lech&ecirc;ne. In October 2024, Archinect's Niall Patrick Walsh spoke with&nbsp;Forde about the book and its underlying message. The conversation, edited lightly for length and clarity...</p>