pre:fab School Pilot: June 13th - August 8th
pre:fab School is accepting enrolments now for the June-August 2026 pilot program, pre:fab pre:School. Enrol here to confirm your place.
pre:fab School is an alternative route to education and licensing in architecture and the built environment delivered with a local focus through hands-on community building projects and five key subject areas—our pillars of learning: history and philosophy, theory of practice, community organising, mātauranga māori, and materials
pilot schedule:
The 8-week schedule for pre:fab pre:school Pilot includes regular weeknight classes as well as weekend practical sessions such as tours, guest talks, and on-site building and material workshops.
pre:fab School Pilot is designed to fit in with whatever else you have going on: join us for a few hours each week, after work, and on weekends for 8 weeks to enrich your learning and get hands-on experience.
pre:fab School
Real People. Real Projects. Real Life
Architecture as gathering: At the core of pre:fab School is our belief that building the built environment has always been about gathering and that our conscious design of, and participation in this gathering is foundational to our ability to create spaces that support our goals and aspirations.
Learning through doing: The delivery of pre:fab school will be informed by a history of educational models that center students as active contributors to the output of the school, and structured around community building projects—our pillars of learning embodied through the act of organising and effecting change in the built environment.
Research and Licensing: Alongside workshops and hands-on building and organising, pre:fab School will offer two parallel mentorship programs, the first to obtain LBP licensure, and the second to support a self-directed research project across history; theory of practice; teaching and learning; communication; and organising for the purpose personal, professional and disciplinary development.
In 2026, pre:fab School will run as an 8 week part-time pilot, a space for all involved to collectively test, develop, discuss and refine this vision, building to the launch of what we imagine as an annually recurring 12-16 week x 3 year vertically integrated school, with associated mentorship schemes following shortly after.
pre:fab School seeks students, program collaborators, funding and promoting partners, and anyone else interested in contributing to the design of an alternative take on life, education, and licensing in the built environment, connect with us at kiaora@prefab.xyz or @prefab.platform on IG.
For a deeper cut you can read the transcript from recent pre:fab School launch event at Objectspace.
The future of the future is the past*...
Join the Conspiracy and become training data for tomorrow's present today!
*Marshal McLuhan circa 1970
