36 monthsProgramme duration
32,600 GBPTuition Fee/year
Feb, May, OctStarting Month
Programme overview
Main Subject
Archaeology
Degree
PhD
Study Level
PhD
Study Mode
On Campus
This course encourages the development of architectural research through the creative combination of designing and writing. A research-by-architectural-design thesis has two inter-related elements of equal importance – a project and a text, that share a theme and a productive relationship. Integrating varied research methods, the thesis emphasises the creative interdependence of drawing, writing, and building in the development of innovative practices and theories of architecture.
For most of the three to four years of your PhD, you will focus on independent research under the guidance of your supervisors. Regular meetings with your supervisors will help shape the direction and timeline of your research, and they will be documented in a research log, enabling you and the department to monitor your progress effectively.
There is an option of auditing modules from Architectural History MA as well as from the Situated Practice MA (subject to availability). You are also encouraged to take advantage of the variety of skills development courses run by the UCL Doctoral School and the UCL Centre for Languages & International Education.
Doctoral students are strongly encouraged to attend conferences and give papers, establishing contacts with academics and peers in their field. They routinely organise student-led events and actively participate in the regular seminars and in our annual conference and exhibition.
Programme overview
Main Subject
Archaeology
Degree
PhD
Study Level
PhD
Study Mode
On Campus
This course encourages the development of architectural research through the creative combination of designing and writing. A research-by-architectural-design thesis has two inter-related elements of equal importance – a project and a text, that share a theme and a productive relationship. Integrating varied research methods, the thesis emphasises the creative interdependence of drawing, writing, and building in the development of innovative practices and theories of architecture.
For most of the three to four years of your PhD, you will focus on independent research under the guidance of your supervisors. Regular meetings with your supervisors will help shape the direction and timeline of your research, and they will be documented in a research log, enabling you and the department to monitor your progress effectively.
There is an option of auditing modules from Architectural History MA as well as from the Situated Practice MA (subject to availability). You are also encouraged to take advantage of the variety of skills development courses run by the UCL Doctoral School and the UCL Centre for Languages & International Education.
Doctoral students are strongly encouraged to attend conferences and give papers, establishing contacts with academics and peers in their field. They routinely organise student-led events and actively participate in the regular seminars and in our annual conference and exhibition.
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