Research and projects

The work undertaken in SAC reflects its structure and two-fold dedication to, on one hand,  research and experiments and, on the other hand, the second-year design thesis. Principally, the research and experiments are conducted during the first year-and-half, whereas the last six months in the program is devoted to the design thesis.

The research and experiments focus on various themes that span from select urban conditions, via socio-economic and cultural themes – such as migration and tourism, to themes in relation to materials and material geometry. Over the last three years, a special research effort has been made in relation to fiber reinforcement systems in composites and their hierarchical, geometric organization.

Both research and project work is undertaken in close collaboration with specialists from a wide range of professional and research fields. SAC engages with contemporary processing and material technologies in order to advance contemporary design know-how and procedures. This is pursued in a unique manner through the assimilation of various technological aspects into the design process on a methodological, strategic and practical level.

TOWARDS NEW DESIGN STRATEGIES

Research and experiments within SAC reflect a two-fold ambition. One, it is motivated by the need in architecture to assimilate and make use of the radical developments in digital technology and material science that have been taking place over the last ten to twenty years. While these technological developments penetrate the architectural realm on many levels, there is still lacking a full, matching advance in architectural design thinking and making. Frequently, architectural design merely adopts new modeling techniques without these reflecting the broader context within which architectural design is always set.