Reframing Practice: Architectural Design Research and the Expanding Role of the Architect
M. Triggianese (TU Delft - Architecture and the Built Environment)
Juan Sádaba (University of the Basque Country)
Lee Moreau (Other Tomorrows, Northeastern University)
Paolo Ciuccarelli (Northeastern University)
C.H.C.F. Kaan (TU Delft - Architecture and the Built Environment, KAAN Architecten)
Georg Vrachliotis (TU Delft - Architecture and the Built Environment)
María Risueño (Other Tomorrows)
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Abstract
Architecture extends far beyond the design of buildings and cities, engaging with environmental, technological, and societal challenges. As practice evolves, so must the research that supports it. This theme track examines architecture’s expanding role in collaboration, communication, and service, positioning it as a research-driven discipline and a tool for inquiry, innovation, and responsiveness to communities and stakeholders. Operating across systems, social processes, and technological infrastructures, architecture is increasingly understood as an interdisciplinary practice. The track strengthens Architectural Design Research by addressing its evolving methodologies and its role in knowledge production. Contributions explore co-creation, artificial intelligence, data as design material, and practice-based approaches, alongside theoretical reflections on design processes. Together, the papers frame architecture as an open, relational, and collective mode of inquiry, in which architects act not as sole authors but as participants in dynamic networks of actors, tools, and knowledge.
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