Midreviews are behind us – and for the undergrads it marks a special milestone; Shigeru ban offers some face time. Not actually being in Shigeru’s studio it’s hard to offer first hand testimonial but maybe speaking about starchitect studio in general; the consensus is that you dont get much feedback from the named professors. And from what I understand it’s no different here, understandably of course; running an international firm and jet-setting around the world is probably quite taxing on anybody. So what then is a proper model for visiting international tutors? Having an associate from the named firm can be hit or miss, getting in the main partner might only be possible two or three times in a semester and having them in at a final review is only valuable for posterity. Obviously there are tremendous benefits to a starchitecture studio (like being poached by the office for outstanding performance) but is there a better way a school can select potential architects? or requirements for attendance/availability/feedback? How does Rem do it?