[beasiswa] [Norway] Doctoral Research Fellowships at Oslo School of Architecture and Design(DL:1st March 2006)
Oslo School of Architecture and Design (AHO) offers 11
doctoral research fellowships, commencing September
2006. The application deadline is 1st March 2006. The
fellowships have a duration of 4 years, and include
25% teaching duty at AHO. The yearly salary amounts to
NOK 292.000. Candidates with external funding are
welcome to apply. Eligible applicants must have a
Master degree in architecture, engineering, landscape
design, industrial design or interaction design, or
have other relevant education at a corresponding
level.
Application form
http://www.aho.no/Om_aho/Hovedadministrasjon/ledige_stillinger/Soknadsskjema_phd2006.doc
Research topics
AHO's institutes have defined research topics which
are of particular interest to the school, and
encourage applications within these topics. The topics
are:
Norwegian architectural history (Institute of Form,
Theory and History) Institute of Form, Theory and
History (FTH) is developing Norwegian architectural
history as one of its key areas of research,
emphasising the modern period (1800 - present). The
post war years in particular represent a little
studied period in Norwegian architectural history. We
are interested in a recontextualised history which
situates architecture within a broad cultural and
intellectual context. Applicants are therefore
encouraged to widen the traditional style-based
perspective, and to emphasise architecture as a
cultural product. FTH aims for an integration of
theoretical and empirical studies, and encourages
applicants to place Norwegian architectural discourse
and practice in an international context.
Contact: Mari Hvattum
Norwegian urban planning history (Institute of
Urbanism)
Institute of urbanism aims to strengthen its research
in the history of urban planning, with a main focus on
Norwegian developments seen in an international
context. There is a lack of comprehensive and
theoretically updated surveys of modern Norwegian
planning history. There are both important historical
periods and individual planners that deserve more
research attention. As such, Norwegian urban planning
history is a thematic field that gives new
possibilities for empirical and theoretical
exploration. Norwegian urban planning history has
traditionally focused on the development of modernist
urban planning in the period 1930-1960. There are few
historical analyses of the period when the modern
planning discipline was established (from the end of
the 19th Century to the 1920's), and much the same
goes for the development from around 1970 and onwards.
The institute will give priority to research on both
these periods, with a particular emphasis on recent
developments. New and critical readings of the
hegemonic period for modernist urban planning will be
encouraged. The institute endeavours to develop a
research team in urban planning history that combines
both discipline specific and cross-disciplinary
approaches, with the aim of developing both new
theoretical positions and exploring new historical
methods. Research that focuses on social and cultural
frameworks and effects of urban planning practices
will be encouraged. The interrelationship between the
production of physical environments and socio-cultural
developments will also be emphasized. A project
labelled "The Norwegian urban planning history" is
about to be established.
Contact: Jonny Aspen, Karl Otto Ellefsen
Modern architectural theory / design theory (Institute
of Form, Theory and History)
Institute of Form, Theory and History (FTH), together
with Institute of Industrial Design (ID), places great
emphasise on architectural- and design theory in
teaching as well as research. We wish to encourage an
internationally oriented PhD project that approaches
contemporary theory in a critical and interpretative
manner. We are interested in exploring the connection
between design activity and the formation of
theoretical reflection, and wish to see modern
thinking on architecture and design in a wide
intellectual and historical perspective. We
particularly encourage projects that explore
theoretical communalities between architecture and
industrial design.
Contact: Mari Hvattum
Urban Transformation (Institute of Urbanism)
How do we analyse forces working on the physical form
and life of the city, and how can we influence these?
Cities, particularly the larger cities, are undergoing
transformation of a magnitude which can only be
compared to the industrialization in the 18th and 19th
century. The driving forces are globalization of
economy and culture, the digitalization of technology
and the deregulation of politics. The results are new
economic and productive frameworks for urban life, new
urban scales and connections as well as changes in the
physical form of the city. This urban transformation
has for the last 10 years been the central theme for
research and development activities as well as
teaching at the institute of Urbanism. It is a broad
field, and can be approached from a variety of
academic fields and research traditions. Thematically,
the research and development activities at the
institute have ranged from studies of processes and
development of methods for urban analysis, to urban
theory and architectural theory. The projects should
aim at theoretical and practical investigations of the
relationship between spatial/physical aspects of urban
transformation and questions of economy, identity,
culture and factors of social transformation.
Contacts: Peter Hemmersam, Jonny Aspen
New strategies for the design and production of the
environment This broad area encompasses reflections on
current mechanisms guiding the generation and shaping
of the man made environment (space, building, urban
space, cities, landscape etc.). More specifically,
studies in this area seek to address changes both in
processes and outcomes arising from new social
practices and technological developments. The
generation of new strategies for design and production
of the built environment is seen as one of the most
important issues in AHO's teaching and research, and
also closely linked to the practices of related design
professions. The focus of research in this field is
innovation and development of architectural and design
practice.
1. Strategies for the formation of urban form
(Institute of Urbanism)
The theme invites reflection on approaches and
strategies in the formation of urban form on regional,
urban or individual project scale. Development of
strategies for design and production of physical
environments is an important part of the research and
development activities as well as teaching at the
Institute of Urbanism, and it is essential to the
disciplines of urbanism, architecture and landscape
architecture.
In recent decades, much of the initiative in the
development of urban form has shifted from public
authorities to private property development. This
raises a number of central issues concerning urban
project development processes, including such tings
as:
The challenge posed by the limited capacity in
planning for handling changes in circumstances over
time and the uncertainty that is inherent in urban
development,
The lack of transparency in planning processes.
Challenges connected to the representation of projects
Challenges connected to architectural quality and
quality of construction
The challenge posed by the fact that urban projects
tend to be inward looking, failing to relate to
unstable and unpredictable urban contexts.
The project should investigate new strategies for the
production of urban form and the urban environment. It
should focus on the relationship between the current
production of build form, the practise of Norwegian
and international designers involved in urban
projects, and the relevant theoretical literature.
Innovation and the development of new design practices
should be emphasized.
Contact: Peter Hemmersam
2. Practice Related Knowledge (Institute of
Architecture, Institute of Architectural and Design
Technology)
The process of globalisation is having a marked impact
on the practice of architecture. The monopolisation of
initiatives and resources in a climate of increased
competition is promoting structural changes in all of
the building industry.
Within the architectural profession this has lead to
new types of commissions, new roles for the architect,
a tendency towards increased specialisation, the
confrontation with new economic processes, increased
demands for quality control, and stress on the
production of sustainable developments.
The challenge for applicants to the PhD grant in the
area of Practice Related Knowledge is to propose a
project whose outcome contributes to the understanding
of the changes to the design and building processes
described above. Applicants are encouraged to submit a
diversity of themes and approaches within this area.
However, the proposed study should be focused on
current practice, on the attainment of architectural
quality, and on the elucidation of those critical
factors which contribute to this process.
Contact: Margrethe Dobloug, Christian Hermansen
Interaction design (Institute of Industrial Design)
Interaction Design is one of IDE's key research areas
and is divided into the following three sections:
‘Digital lives', ‘tools and methods' and ‘strategic
design'. IDE encourages project applications in each
of these areas to further develop the projects already
underway.
The area of ‘Digital lives' is a broad area, and we
are looking for projects that can develop
scenario-based futures within the area of digital
products and services, projects investigating social
computing, contextual solutions, design of public
services, future TV and emotional computing. Project
approaches that include embodied interaction are
desirable.
Within the area of 'Tools and Methods' we are looking
for proposals that focus upon the designers role in
innovation processes, designing conceptual development
tools, the designer as facilitator, emotional design
and user-centred design methods and service design.
The ‘Strategic Design' initiative would like to see
projects related to the role of design in strategic
decision-making in ICT companies, the relation between
design maturity and strategic design thinking in
organisations, the designer as facilitator of strategy
processes, service design and projects mapping the
experience economy to interaction design skills.
Contact: Simon Clatworthy
Architectural Conservation (Institute of Form, Theory
and History)
Based on FTH's recent initiatives in the area of
architectural conservation, we wish to establish a PhD
project dealing with Norwegian architectural
conservation in a historical, theoretical, and
practical perspective. We are particularly interested
in the following issues:
a) Explorations of the ideological and theoretical
presuppositions that governed Norwegian conservation
in the 20th century. This involves questions
concerning value and selection: what were the criteria
for the listing of buildings in the different periods,
and how were the buildings selected? By exploring the
ideological framework behind 20th century conservation
practice, one may establish a better understanding of
Norwegian architectural heritage, as it is maintained
and used by public and private interests.
b) Discussions of the processes, methods and agents
acting within contemporary Norwegian conservation,
submitting current conservation practice to a critical
academic scrutiny. During the 20th century, many
important conservation programs have been undertaken.
These programs are, however, relatively little studied
with regards to their underlying ideological position,
their processes, and their results. One important
issue is for instance the question of how different
agents (users, political government, conservation
professionals etc.) relate to each other in a
conservation process, and how such processes work.
Projects should be based on a Norwegian empirical
material, but should be situated within an updated
international theoretical discourse.
Contact: Mari Hvattum
Augmented Reality (Institute of Architecture)
Institute of Architecture is establishing a research
project on Augmented Reality. The aim of this project
is to elucidate and make a significant contribution to
the way in which civil society is able to participate
in the process of shaping our urban environment and
thus make a contribution to the transparency and
quality of local governance.
The current ways in which design proposals are
presented to the public, projections, perspectives,
models, 3D digital models, etc. embody both the need
for significant levels of abstraction and
interpretation, and are thus both difficult to
understand and subject to high levels of manipulation
by those with greater design knowledge. Conventional
means of visualization often mislead those not trained
in these media, whose expectations, built up as a
result of the interpretation of a representation,
often far exceed the perceived qualities of the real
project.
doctoral research fellowships, commencing September
2006. The application deadline is 1st March 2006. The
fellowships have a duration of 4 years, and include
25% teaching duty at AHO. The yearly salary amounts to
NOK 292.000. Candidates with external funding are
welcome to apply. Eligible applicants must have a
Master degree in architecture, engineering, landscape
design, industrial design or interaction design, or
have other relevant education at a corresponding
level.
Application form
http://www.aho.no/Om_aho/Hovedadministrasjon/ledige_stillinger/Soknadsskjema_phd2006.doc
Research topics
AHO's institutes have defined research topics which
are of particular interest to the school, and
encourage applications within these topics. The topics
are:
Norwegian architectural history (Institute of Form,
Theory and History) Institute of Form, Theory and
History (FTH) is developing Norwegian architectural
history as one of its key areas of research,
emphasising the modern period (1800 - present). The
post war years in particular represent a little
studied period in Norwegian architectural history. We
are interested in a recontextualised history which
situates architecture within a broad cultural and
intellectual context. Applicants are therefore
encouraged to widen the traditional style-based
perspective, and to emphasise architecture as a
cultural product. FTH aims for an integration of
theoretical and empirical studies, and encourages
applicants to place Norwegian architectural discourse
and practice in an international context.
Contact: Mari Hvattum
Norwegian urban planning history (Institute of
Urbanism)
Institute of urbanism aims to strengthen its research
in the history of urban planning, with a main focus on
Norwegian developments seen in an international
context. There is a lack of comprehensive and
theoretically updated surveys of modern Norwegian
planning history. There are both important historical
periods and individual planners that deserve more
research attention. As such, Norwegian urban planning
history is a thematic field that gives new
possibilities for empirical and theoretical
exploration. Norwegian urban planning history has
traditionally focused on the development of modernist
urban planning in the period 1930-1960. There are few
historical analyses of the period when the modern
planning discipline was established (from the end of
the 19th Century to the 1920's), and much the same
goes for the development from around 1970 and onwards.
The institute will give priority to research on both
these periods, with a particular emphasis on recent
developments. New and critical readings of the
hegemonic period for modernist urban planning will be
encouraged. The institute endeavours to develop a
research team in urban planning history that combines
both discipline specific and cross-disciplinary
approaches, with the aim of developing both new
theoretical positions and exploring new historical
methods. Research that focuses on social and cultural
frameworks and effects of urban planning practices
will be encouraged. The interrelationship between the
production of physical environments and socio-cultural
developments will also be emphasized. A project
labelled "The Norwegian urban planning history" is
about to be established.
Contact: Jonny Aspen, Karl Otto Ellefsen
Modern architectural theory / design theory (Institute
of Form, Theory and History)
Institute of Form, Theory and History (FTH), together
with Institute of Industrial Design (ID), places great
emphasise on architectural- and design theory in
teaching as well as research. We wish to encourage an
internationally oriented PhD project that approaches
contemporary theory in a critical and interpretative
manner. We are interested in exploring the connection
between design activity and the formation of
theoretical reflection, and wish to see modern
thinking on architecture and design in a wide
intellectual and historical perspective. We
particularly encourage projects that explore
theoretical communalities between architecture and
industrial design.
Contact: Mari Hvattum
Urban Transformation (Institute of Urbanism)
How do we analyse forces working on the physical form
and life of the city, and how can we influence these?
Cities, particularly the larger cities, are undergoing
transformation of a magnitude which can only be
compared to the industrialization in the 18th and 19th
century. The driving forces are globalization of
economy and culture, the digitalization of technology
and the deregulation of politics. The results are new
economic and productive frameworks for urban life, new
urban scales and connections as well as changes in the
physical form of the city. This urban transformation
has for the last 10 years been the central theme for
research and development activities as well as
teaching at the institute of Urbanism. It is a broad
field, and can be approached from a variety of
academic fields and research traditions. Thematically,
the research and development activities at the
institute have ranged from studies of processes and
development of methods for urban analysis, to urban
theory and architectural theory. The projects should
aim at theoretical and practical investigations of the
relationship between spatial/physical aspects of urban
transformation and questions of economy, identity,
culture and factors of social transformation.
Contacts: Peter Hemmersam, Jonny Aspen
New strategies for the design and production of the
environment This broad area encompasses reflections on
current mechanisms guiding the generation and shaping
of the man made environment (space, building, urban
space, cities, landscape etc.). More specifically,
studies in this area seek to address changes both in
processes and outcomes arising from new social
practices and technological developments. The
generation of new strategies for design and production
of the built environment is seen as one of the most
important issues in AHO's teaching and research, and
also closely linked to the practices of related design
professions. The focus of research in this field is
innovation and development of architectural and design
practice.
1. Strategies for the formation of urban form
(Institute of Urbanism)
The theme invites reflection on approaches and
strategies in the formation of urban form on regional,
urban or individual project scale. Development of
strategies for design and production of physical
environments is an important part of the research and
development activities as well as teaching at the
Institute of Urbanism, and it is essential to the
disciplines of urbanism, architecture and landscape
architecture.
In recent decades, much of the initiative in the
development of urban form has shifted from public
authorities to private property development. This
raises a number of central issues concerning urban
project development processes, including such tings
as:
The challenge posed by the limited capacity in
planning for handling changes in circumstances over
time and the uncertainty that is inherent in urban
development,
The lack of transparency in planning processes.
Challenges connected to the representation of projects
Challenges connected to architectural quality and
quality of construction
The challenge posed by the fact that urban projects
tend to be inward looking, failing to relate to
unstable and unpredictable urban contexts.
The project should investigate new strategies for the
production of urban form and the urban environment. It
should focus on the relationship between the current
production of build form, the practise of Norwegian
and international designers involved in urban
projects, and the relevant theoretical literature.
Innovation and the development of new design practices
should be emphasized.
Contact: Peter Hemmersam
2. Practice Related Knowledge (Institute of
Architecture, Institute of Architectural and Design
Technology)
The process of globalisation is having a marked impact
on the practice of architecture. The monopolisation of
initiatives and resources in a climate of increased
competition is promoting structural changes in all of
the building industry.
Within the architectural profession this has lead to
new types of commissions, new roles for the architect,
a tendency towards increased specialisation, the
confrontation with new economic processes, increased
demands for quality control, and stress on the
production of sustainable developments.
The challenge for applicants to the PhD grant in the
area of Practice Related Knowledge is to propose a
project whose outcome contributes to the understanding
of the changes to the design and building processes
described above. Applicants are encouraged to submit a
diversity of themes and approaches within this area.
However, the proposed study should be focused on
current practice, on the attainment of architectural
quality, and on the elucidation of those critical
factors which contribute to this process.
Contact: Margrethe Dobloug, Christian Hermansen
Interaction design (Institute of Industrial Design)
Interaction Design is one of IDE's key research areas
and is divided into the following three sections:
‘Digital lives', ‘tools and methods' and ‘strategic
design'. IDE encourages project applications in each
of these areas to further develop the projects already
underway.
The area of ‘Digital lives' is a broad area, and we
are looking for projects that can develop
scenario-based futures within the area of digital
products and services, projects investigating social
computing, contextual solutions, design of public
services, future TV and emotional computing. Project
approaches that include embodied interaction are
desirable.
Within the area of 'Tools and Methods' we are looking
for proposals that focus upon the designers role in
innovation processes, designing conceptual development
tools, the designer as facilitator, emotional design
and user-centred design methods and service design.
The ‘Strategic Design' initiative would like to see
projects related to the role of design in strategic
decision-making in ICT companies, the relation between
design maturity and strategic design thinking in
organisations, the designer as facilitator of strategy
processes, service design and projects mapping the
experience economy to interaction design skills.
Contact: Simon Clatworthy
Architectural Conservation (Institute of Form, Theory
and History)
Based on FTH's recent initiatives in the area of
architectural conservation, we wish to establish a PhD
project dealing with Norwegian architectural
conservation in a historical, theoretical, and
practical perspective. We are particularly interested
in the following issues:
a) Explorations of the ideological and theoretical
presuppositions that governed Norwegian conservation
in the 20th century. This involves questions
concerning value and selection: what were the criteria
for the listing of buildings in the different periods,
and how were the buildings selected? By exploring the
ideological framework behind 20th century conservation
practice, one may establish a better understanding of
Norwegian architectural heritage, as it is maintained
and used by public and private interests.
b) Discussions of the processes, methods and agents
acting within contemporary Norwegian conservation,
submitting current conservation practice to a critical
academic scrutiny. During the 20th century, many
important conservation programs have been undertaken.
These programs are, however, relatively little studied
with regards to their underlying ideological position,
their processes, and their results. One important
issue is for instance the question of how different
agents (users, political government, conservation
professionals etc.) relate to each other in a
conservation process, and how such processes work.
Projects should be based on a Norwegian empirical
material, but should be situated within an updated
international theoretical discourse.
Contact: Mari Hvattum
Augmented Reality (Institute of Architecture)
Institute of Architecture is establishing a research
project on Augmented Reality. The aim of this project
is to elucidate and make a significant contribution to
the way in which civil society is able to participate
in the process of shaping our urban environment and
thus make a contribution to the transparency and
quality of local governance.
The current ways in which design proposals are
presented to the public, projections, perspectives,
models, 3D digital models, etc. embody both the need
for significant levels of abstraction and
interpretation, and are thus both difficult to
understand and subject to high levels of manipulation
by those with greater design knowledge. Conventional
means of visualization often mislead those not trained
in these media, whose expectations, built up as a
result of the interpretation of a representation,
often far exceed the perceived qualities of the real
project.
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