Research areas
Research at the School of Architecture, Art, and Design is conceived as a critical, creative, and situated practice. Through an interdisciplinary approach, we address contemporary challenges by integrating environmental, social, and cultural perspectives from our own disciplines: design, architecture, and the arts.
Research Groups
Research is organized into groups that promote interdisciplinary work and impact on local and international communities:
Architecture and Cultures
This group focuses on critical and transdisciplinary research in architecture, design, art, and environmental humanities.
Main focus areas:
- Gender and housing studies
- Critical ecology and decoloniality
- Speculative architecture
Objective: To promote critical thinking, transformative action, and sustainable futures.
Sustainable Territorial Development
This multidisciplinary group develops methodologies to address challenges such as social inequality and climate change, from the housing scale to the city and the territory.
Main focus areas:
- Just cities
- Regenerative design
- Socio-environmental vulnerabilities
Associated initiatives: City Observatory, C+Lab, Master in Architecture and Urban Design
Creation
This group highlights artistic research as a valid way to generate knowledge. It is committed to intuitive, sensitive, and experimental methodologies to address contemporary cultural issues.
Main focus areas:
- Artistic research
- Interdisciplinary creation projects
- New ways of perceiving and understanding the world
Advanced Design Processes for Sustainable Transformation
Explore design from a systemic, anticipatory, and pedagogical perspective. Redefine the material and conceptual processes of design with a sustainable vision.
Main focus areas:
- Participatory futures
- Biodesign and regenerative processes
- Crafts and heritage
- Digital interaction and education
