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ARCHITECTURE RESEARCH STREAMS RMIT Architecture consolidates its research activities around a series of distinct but interrelated research streams, forming curatorial communities of academics, students and research partners located across adjacent disciplines and outside the academy within practice and industry.
For certain academic staff one or more of these thematic research clusters provide a primary focus for their research activities and academic leadership. Participation in these research areas by RMIT Architecture academics generally remains fluid and dynamic, with strategic clusters of research staff and linkage partners forming around specific projects and events. Reflective Practice Invited Postgraduate Stream Reflective Practice . Practice-based research Architects who have established recognised mastery in their architectural practice are invited back within the academy to reflect on and extend their mastery through project-based design research Urban Architecture Laboratory Urban Architectural Design Research urban design; urban housing; urban demographic shifts and retirement housing; sustainable communities; rural towns urban planning; qualitative planning and urban arrangement; 2030 urban density research; grant-funded research; consultancy; UAL postgraduate supervision; urban architecture teaching stream Advanced Technologies Digital systems & Emergent Practices Advanced Technologies, Techniques, Practices and Processes; Emerging architectural design practice; digital design and communication technologies; Master of Architecture studio-based supervision; RMIT Architecture teaching stream This stream includes: Spatial Information Architecture Laboratory Digital Design Technologies Research Digital design development; integrated digital documentation; digital fabrication techniques; parametric modelling; digital visualisation; virtual spatial design; sound design; grant-funded research; consultancy; Architecture/SIAL postgraduate supervision; Architecture/SIAL teaching stream Expanded Field Cross-disciplinary Design Research: Art, Architecture, Landscape Public art/public space; bottom-up urbanism; urban culture and community infrastructure; ephemeral architectures Architectural Discourse Architectural history, theory and critical design discourse research Publishing; exhibitions; online project archives; conferences; lectures; Master of Architecture and PhD (research by thesis) postgraduate supervision; architectural history and theory teaching stream Sustainable Architecture Sustainable architectural design research; sustainable communities; qualitative sustainable design strategies; sustainability and aesthetics; sustainability policy and regulation Architectural Technology Architectural structures and systems research; design development research; digital documentation; digital fabrication technologies; materials research Architectural Communication history and theory of architectural representation; emerging practices; digital communications research; diagramming; representational exegesis; new media Global Practice architecture and globalisation; practice in China and South East Asia; international distributed office practices; digital documentation; design-led project management models. Key Research Contexts Community & Industry postgraduate research, consultancies, research-led teaching, and other community and industry partnered projects International Networks international lectures, workshops, exhibitions, visiting fellows, postgraduate exchange, travelling studios and UMAP grants Compiled and edited by Brent Allpress + | ||||||||
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