Histories and Theories of Architecture
A clear understanding of past architecture and its context is essential to build for the future. We pursue multiple histories and theories to create debate and mutual understanding between cultures.
Our history and theory research addresses historical, theoretical, and critical issues in architecture that impact design, technology, pedagogy and professional practice. A dynamic community reflects the breadth of disciplines within the school, made up of designers, historians, theoreticians, technologists, critics, filmmakers, activists and artists, and conducts a similarly wide range of work, from scholarly papers to authored and edited books, creative writing, collective practice, installations and exhibitions.
Selected research projects
As Hardly Found: Art and Tropical Architecture
A collection of essays edited by Albert Brenchat-Aguilar exploring overlooked artists and artworks within the tropical architecture movement.
Resisting Postmodern Architecture
Dr Stylianos Giamarelos retraces the cross-cultural history of critical regionalism, revealing how the "periphery" actively shaped architectural theory.
Hans Hollein TransFORMS
Professor Frédéric Migayrou edits the first major French publication on Pritzker Prize-winner Hans Hollein, reinterpreting his practice through Joseph Beuys, Marshall McLuhan and radical architecture.
Critical Regionalism Abroad: Aris Konstantinidis
How Greek architect Aris Konstantinidis taught and published beyond borders to propagate regional modernism internationally, offering alternatives to globalised critical regionalism.
Reclaiming the Habitat
Dr Stamatis Zografos explores food, fire and affordance as agents shaping urban life, proposing new ecologies and pedagogies that challenge dominant institutions and foster dynamic commoning.