PhD Courses in Denmark

Language

English

Coordinator

Anne Romme and Morten Birk Jørgensen 

Other lecturers

Point Supreme Architects, DOMA (independent institution for contemporary architecture) and Konstantina Valentini Karvountzi, (Deputy Dean, Athens School of Architecture) 

Course description

Leaving the Beaux Arts-model and its master-oriented basis for architectural education, many academies and universities across the world are relying on research as a basis for teaching. In the establishment of a formalized research culture in architecture, institutions have incorporated research methods and practices from various fields in the humanities, social sciences and natural sciences. More recently a research culture of the practicing arts has found its ways into formalized academic settings, not least in the Nordic countries. The application of research methods from more established disciplines onto architecture is indispensable and bring about important insights. Yet, for candidates with architectural training, the transition into architectural research careers too often feels like plunging into another profession. 

This course is built on the thesis that architecture contains both theory, methods and problems to buttress a research culture deriving from the field itself. It seeks to activate knowledge, skills and competencies acquired in architectural training and bridge this into research. Bringing the good example to the forefront of discussions, the course is a collective search for research practices specific to architecture. 

The concepts of making and critique are core to both architectural education and practice. For Anne Romme, multifarious modes of making have been the pivot for both architectural analysis and the development of visionary architectural idioms. The production of architectural critique has for Morten Birk Jørgensen been a way to bridge academic research and architectural practice. As course organizers, Anne and Morten will present results and experiences from their research practices. Through presentations of specific exemplary research work and participants’ doctorial projects, we will build a solid structure of architecture-specific concepts and research practices. 

The course is situated in Athens. The city is home to a collision between ancient architectural and intellectual heritage and contemporary cultural and political responses to crises of economy, migration and climate. With local lectures, presentations and site visits, we will take Athens as inspiration and as support for discussions about our own architectural research practices. Guest teachers from Athens are: Point Supreme Architects, DOMA (independent institution for contemporary architecture) and Konstantina Valentini Karvountzi, (Deputy Dean, Athens School of Architecture) 

Dates

Arrival and check-in: Sunday, October 9th  

Departure: Saturday, October 15th 

An online information meeting will be arranged in August, to inform all participants on practical matters.  

Venue

The Danish Institute in Athens 

ECTS 

5

Costs

Participants are asked to arrange their own transportation to Athens.  

The PhD course offers accommodation at reasonable prices close to the Danish Institute in Athens. Costs for this will be available here soon.  

Application deadline

20th of June via https://katalog.kglakademi.dk/phdtilmeld.php