About SMEF’s Brick Group of Institutes

Educating Creators of the Future

At SMEF’s Brick Group of Institutes, education isn’t confined to classrooms, textbooks and exams. It goes beyond conventional learning and teaching techniques to encompass a global approach. For us, learning opportunities are endless. Whether it’s during an extra-curricular activity, a research project or while working on a social cause, students learn multi-dimensional academics that make them better designers and creators of the future.

We’re reinforcing a culture of innovation and experimentation to expand the discipline of design, and change the world. We encourage students to strengthen their knowledge of the past and present and gain insights into the future, to contribute towards a better built environment. Our undergraduate programs present a unique blend of both, intensive research and lots of collaboration. Together, this fosters an environment of productivity and collective learning.

The precise and rigorous design training builds the foundation to push students beyond their comfort zones. As an institute, our goal isn’t just to teach the best design practices to our students, but to prepare them professionally to meet the current and future challenges of our industry.

As we move forward in our journey of educating and transforming bright and creative young minds, we are assured of a hopeful future that’s beautiful, sustainable and fair – to humanity, the environment and global culture.

Accessible Education for One and All

At SMEF, we strongly believe that knowledge is power. It has the strength to change the world, build better futures and contribute towards an equal, humane and sustainable society. An initiative of Ms. Pooja Misal, with the strong support of Smt. Madhuri Misal, the foundation aspires to create a long-term impact on the quality of education in India.

Envisioning a large-scale impact in the field of education, we need dynamic institutions like the Brick, where education, development and knowledge is generated at multiple levels. To bring about a lasting change in the way students learn, we stimulate learning outside classrooms too, wherein our students learn from local community initiatives. We’re also re-visiting assessment techniques and standards to focus on the student’s journey, efforts, and progress. We’re building skills for the future workplace with intellectual learning so that our students can address the design challenges of the 21st century.

Education isn’t a privilege but a right that everyone deserves to own. At SMEF, we strive every day to make quality education accessible to every aspiring student so that he/she can contribute towards building a remarkable nation. SMEF is well-equipped to deliver the most innovative methods of teaching, learning, ideation, research, and solutions for a better tomorrow.

Vision

SMEF’s Brick School of Architecture to be recognised for imparting holistic learning and research oriented architecture education in an inclusive learning environment where teachers effectively engage with students and impart the ability to communicate, collaborate and compete in a global economy with strong skills, in-depth knowledge and humility.

Core Values

Creativity and Intellectual Curiosity

Excellence
Integrity and Prudence
Leadership and Resourcefulness
Humility and inclusive environment

Philosophy

Creating an open platform for learning that welcomes every student from diverse cultural backgrounds and unique thought processes. Giving every student the freedom to learn, and the encouragement to become life-long learners. Promoting education across all branches and sectors, thus promoting a holistic learning experience that extends beyond classrooms. Building a bridge between teachers and students to ensure open communication and promote a two-way learning process. Embracing the new role of teachers as facilitators, mentors, creative instructors, and even challengers at times. Developing social-emotional learning with skills like respect, listening, self-awareness and attention to foster mindfulness in education.

Goals

To design curriculum not confined to academics, but also related to collaboration, social connections, emotions and feelings.
To support environment -friendly practices and contribute towards a sustainable future through the learning process.
To generate resourceful and interactive learning environments.
To embrace leadership as a trait of entrepreneurship and help students fuel their dreams with all the support possible from the Teachers.

Mission

Creating an open platform that welcomes every student from diverse cultural backgrounds and unique thought processes.
Giving every student the freedom to learn, and the encouragement to become life-long learners.
Building a bridge between teachers and students to ensure open communication and promote a two-way learning process.
Developing social-emotional learning with skills like respect, listening, self-awareness & foster mindfulness in education.

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Vision and Philosophy