Architecture by Design (Research)

The Architecture by Design PhD offers you the opportunity to pursue design-led research at the highest level. The words ‘by design’ refer to your mode of:

• research

• practice

• interpretation

Therefore, it is important to understand how your ‘by design’ method informs and directs a thesis over a particular research duration, and how the development of your ‘by design’ methodology is not only an important aspect of the thetic process, but also important to how your thesis is finally presented.

Research topics

This PhD can be pursued through many lines and techniques of architectural inquiry, spanning:

• design

• buildings

• technology

• history

• sustainability

• conservation

• theory

• criticism

• city

• visuality

• communication

• philosophy

• politics

• environment

• landscape

• information technology

• digital media

Research output

Your output must contain original works such as:

• designs

• built work

• drawings

• models

• photographs

• video

• sculptures

• installations

• websites

You must include documentation of the processes by which the work was produced.

Your research culminates in a professionally presented text of not more than 50,000 words and a comprehensive record of the exhibited material (images, drawings, photographs) contained in a coherent and archivable format (bound thesis and/or CD/DVD).