Bridging Academia

In Fall 2019, the Government allocated 1.5 billion DKK to green research from the research unit, and Aarhus School of Architecture has been granted two million DKK for pilot projects that can contribute to the green transition. At Aarhus School of Architecture five research projects have been selected to receive this funding. This research project is one of those five.

It is of paramount importance to collaborate to achieve any of the goals laid out by the UN’s sustainability development goals (SDGs). The objective of the research project is to encourage collaboration and interaction between academia, practice and stakeholders through collaborative research by design. It aims to establish a conceptual framework and organizational structure that enables a new mode of collaborative designs, that involves, connects and guides all stakeholders towards a stronger sustainable future.

We are aiming to find ways to integrate and make synergies in research and development from both academia, practice & stakeholders by disseminating knowledge to the public about what we do and creating create a platform bringing together students, practices and different stakeholders, from product manufacturers to municipalities. The project aims to strengthen and communicate TP3/Lab 3 as pioneering and innovative contributor to the green transition agenda through sustainable architectural research and teaching development.

We have created an interactive map that can be used by future collaborators and even by staff and students to see the network of research and collaborations we are involved in.  In the coming semester we will to a higher degree focus on external partners and their competences within sustainability. The working approaches developed in the Lab and the Units/Studios will be collated into exhibitions, documentation and a website to be publicly disseminated.

External partners and collaborators

• Odense Kommune
• TU Munich
• Aarhus Kommune
• Middelfart
• CLAY
• Dinesen
• COWI

Participants

All participants are members of Research LAB 3