Since Bandini assumed her position last January, the architecture college began restructuring its entire curriculum, emphasizing environmental awareness in all its coursework. If we do not help our students think in an ecologically sound way, we are not working within present environmental constraints. You should not use hazardous or endangered materials, you should not waste materials, and one should design for a purpose, with grace and the needs of the users in mind. I know that functionality is no longer a cherished word, but there's an elegant functionalism that we can go back to. Bandini encourages teachers and students to work in teams.
Architects are no longer the only ones who have all knowledge about the built environment.
They have to learn to be team members. In an effort to expand the architecture program's emphasis on technology, fabrication and construction, Bandini is reaching out to involve other disciplines at Tech. We are not the only people who think about design. Bandini's father, an Italian film producer who shared a similar fascination for the complex, specialized in making films in difficult places. He once brought home a book about a house that had been made in France for an expedition of seven, then shipped to the Antarctic and remade to sleep 25.