Architectural Design Crossovers Studio

MSc2 "Intersections" studio considers experimenting as a central axis of architectural design investigation with a multidisciplinary and intescalar approach within different geographical and territorial contexts. Sharing the same etymological origin with the words experience and expert, the term experiment defines the investigative yet formative characteristics of architectural design process. By geographical displacement, biennales and international workshops, Architectural Design Crossovers MSc2 studio will provide a central theme to be renewed every semester.

The studio couples experiencing and experimenting within different geographical and territorial contexts to help the students form expertise along their research and design interests. Therefore, the studio engages in critical design practices and their theoretical and historical foundations with emphasis on process-based design inquiries. The studio guides the students to apply research-oriented critical approaches to analyse and reflect upon design actions, positions, methods and outputs which lead to site-specific interventions across spatial and temporal scales.

Due to the nature of the course, international collaboration and workshops and participation at architectural events are integral to the studio. A relatively long educational excursion (5-7 days) with on-site workshops is part of the studio program. The corresponding information is to be communicated at the introductory meetings and via Brightspace.