Architecture Research Statement

The DARLab Director

Associate Professor Federico Rossi

The RAID Lab Lead

Bandele Olubodun Our recent REF submission represents the multi-disciplinary research approach done within the School of Built Environment and Architecture between 2014 and 2020. The submission was a strategic opportunity to bring together all research and subject areas concerning the design, development, and operation of the built environment with a focus in Architecture and digital fabrication, Civil, building services engineering and acoustics, Construction management, economics and integrated delivery and Sustainability and resilient infrastructure and communities.

The Digital Architecture and Robotic Lab as research group from the Division of Architecture developed an intensive research and investigation of digital technologies and physical building processes with strategic collaborations with industry, partners including Volkswagen, Titan Reality, Sound Display, HAL Robotics, Dyson and a key project for the European Space Agency for a Planetary Space Habitat unit.

For the next REF submission, the Division of Architecture will look to develop a research platform to convey the visual and textual narrative of specific design studio projects, methods and experimentation, and the work developed by designers, practitioners, and academics from the Division teaching body. We will continue to expand links between fundamental research, applied research, knowledge transfer and architectural design through high-impact research relating to net-zero carbon buildings, social and cultural changes within the built environment. LSBU Architecture Division look forward to bring creative innovations of its student and staff community as we embrace this transformation in the education to become architect.