Architecture theory and practice

Our researchers operate at both the edges and the intersections of theory and practice. Our researchers explore the key philosophical and theoretical movements that surge through architecture and its discourse, with diverse investments that include work in the post-structural, phenomenological, postcolonial, new materialism, feminist and queer theory zones. We are simultaneously focussed on the material implications of architecture, and pragmatic questions such as how to design better healthcare environments, hospitals, institutions, research laboratories, etc. We have a strong tradition of Design-Build approaches, and our researchers have constructed conceptually informed pavilions, public art, and installations in diverse urban and rural contexts. We research how architecture and spatial design professionals can incorporate First Nations understandings of Country in place and placemaking projects.