I have written a short abstract on the current condition of architectural education and would like to invite everybody to share their input

This commentary embodies a two-part aim. The first part is the exploration of the nature of the teaching process inside architecture studios, where academics’ impulse is illustrated in the form of, 1) top-down power and dominance in knowledge production imposed on students through using Foucault’s theory of power and knowledge, and 2) commercialization of architectural and urban products that emphasizes capitalist demands at the expense of community needs through Marx’s concept of commodity fetishism. The second part of the article’s aim puts forward the notion of anarcho-syndicalism within education, a novel idea that seeks to foreground revolutionary approaches in the design methods that gives local communities spatial and economic control rather than academics. From the author’s academic experience, the article sheds light on how contemporary education has been affected and constrained by exterior spatial and economic forces of military and capitalist power, with significant suggestions for education to lead the market and not the other way around.