Welcome to take a dip in the world of architectural research in autumn 2024. This course gives an overlook to architectural and design research, their methods and core ideals through lectures, analytical and self-reflective exercises, discussions, as well as textbooks and research papers from the field of architecture, landscape architecture, and interior architecture.
This course has three editions to choose from:
- 6 ECTS standard edition (autumn term);
- 3 ECTS small edition (autumn term); and
- 3 ETCS small self-study edition (spring term; works both as a stand-alone course and as an add-on to B; still working on the programme).
The basic 6-credits version (A) contains the following elements:
- 7 Classes at Zoom including some mini-lectures, class exercises, and talks by Visiting Scholars
- 6 Quizzes Q1–Q6 related to research basics in our creative design fields
- 2 Individual Homework Assignments (HW1 and HW2)
- 6 Groupwork Assignments (Task 1–6)
The adjusted, 3-credits programme (B) suitable, for instance, for the Interior Architecture Students is:
- 7 Classes at Zoom as above
- The Quizzes Q1–Q6 as above
- 1 of the 2 Individual Homeworks (HW1)
- 3 of the 6 Groupwork Assignments (Tasks 1, 4, and 6)
Our Visiting Scholars in the 2024 course edition are:
- Architect Viola Schulman (Master's Thesis: Kick the habit – Alternative heritage discourse perspectives on mass-produced heritage, 2024)
- Dr Pasi Toiviainen (Doctoral Thesis: Genius or Charlatanry? A psychobiographical reinterpretation of the life and works of Buckminster Fuller, 2024)
I'm still updating these MyCourses pages, stay tuned. Please feel free to contact me at anni.vartola@aalto.fi for any inquiries.
