this book was conceived following the first eight weeks of the public school for architecture brussels which took place as the first recyclart congresidency at the station brussel-congres / gare de bruxelles-congrès in the spring of 2014. the publication documents the activities that took place during the residency and also provides an opportunity to reflect more broadly on the public school for architecture by asking what an alternative education in architecture is and why it is necessary. the book contains texts from the committee members that helped initiate the program as well as documents from all classes that took place…