Aarhus School of Architecture

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    Exners Plads 7

    8000 Aarhus C

    Denmark

Organisation profile

Organisation profile

Rector: Torben Nielsen
Prorector: Kristine Leth Juul

 

Aarhus School of Architecture was established in 1965 and today has about 600 students. The school offers a three-year Bachelor's degree programme, a two-year Master's degree programme, a three-year PhD programme, and supplementary education programmes in the form of master programmes.

Aarhus School of Architecture was granted the status of a research institution in 1988, and the PhD programme was introduced. Since then, Aarhus School of Architecture has awarded over 100 PhD degrees, and 55 of a staff of 130 are researchers.

In our efforts to strengthen architectural research, Aarhus School of Architecture insists on developing further and maintaining a broad scope. For this reason, we deliberately apply a broad research concept that ranges from scientifically based research to research by design to artistic research. Quality and relevance are crucial to us, regardless whether you are using well-established research methods from other academic fields or achieve research results through creative reflections in project development.

Our research comprises basic research, applied research, and artistic research. And with a focus on research by design, Aarhus School of Architecture emphasises the development of research in close dialogue with the design methods, tools, and processes of the discipline. This approach is based on a desire to, also in research, strengthen the connection to the practice of the profession and the building industry.

The school's researchers are organised in two large research labs precisely to strengthen research collaboration and networks. Each lab has its own academic field of interest in architecture and is required to contribute to research within the school's focus areas: Habitation and Transformation. In parallel with this, sustainability and the green transition are a fundamental premise in both labs. Research Lab 1 Transformation. Research Lab 2 Technology, Building Cultures and Habitation.

 

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