Welcome to the Centre for Research Architecture
This new and innovative research centre brings together architects, urbanists, filmmakers, curators and other cultural practitioners from around the world to work on expanded notions of architecture that engage with questions of culture, politics, conflict and human rights.
The aim of the centre is to give rigorous tools for urban research and practice to a variety of practitioners from various backgrounds. The work of the centre is based upon the idea of “practice led theory”. Students will pursue individual projects and undertake research and writing that incorporate contemporary Critical Theory, Philosophy and Cultural Studies.
Rather than merely supporting the productive process of architectural constructs, this process involves itself in radical critique of its nature.
Useful links:
PhD: http://roundtable.kein.org/
MA: http://ma.researcharchitecture.net/
Partners:
CAMP is an international collective of architects, scholars, artists, urban planners and theorists committed to research, teaching, and cultural programming that generate new thinking about the role of architecture, media, and the politics of space in zones of conflict. Building on the established intellectual networks and projects of Decolonizing Architecture, the center’s programs are organized from its headquarters in Bethlehem, Ramallah, and Abu Dis. While the center’s core activities are concentrated in the West Bank, CAMP is structured as a center without a center, as an aggregate composed of multiple gravitational points that brings together a number of affiliate institutions, including projects in New York (The Human Rights Project, Bard College) and London (Research Architecture, Goldsmiths).
Funding opportunities for MA in Research Architecture and MPhil/PhD in Research Architecture:
Please see below for details of funding available to Research Architecture students. All details, deadlines and how to apply are available from the following link:
Department Bursaries (for MPhil/PhD candidates)
AHRC funding (for MA candidates)