Why para-academic
Alongside the university rather than inside it. No degrees, no semesters and no entrance exam, but the same seriousness about the material, taught by people who teach and practise for a living.
It means we can run a two-day programme on one cave complex, or a certificate on the parts of practice a syllabus has no room for, and open both to a student, a practising architect and a curious neighbour at the same time.