How We Teach

Lincoln Hall, Academic Campus in Chicago, by Benjamin Felix. Professor Richard Economakis.
Lincoln Hall, Academic Campus in Chicago, by Benjamin Felix. Professor Richard Economakis.

The following are the foundational points that students at the school are directed to continuously study and to master— while they are on campus and within their professional lives beyond Notre Dame.

  1.  Architecture and nature
  2.  Pursuit and preservation of knowledge
  3.  Diversity and unity of the built environment
  4.  Practice and stewardship
  5.  Architecture and conservation
  6.  Architecture and justice
  7.  Architecture and the city
  8.  Architecture and the university
  9.  Building the skills of observation
  10.  Design, representation, and actualization
  11.  Notre Dame in Rome
  12.  Notre Dame in the world

For further reading regarding these twelve points, see the online book below, or request a physical copy.