The chair of Architecture and Dwelling is involved in the research and education in the field of housing and architectural design. The chair aims to investigate the architecture of dwelling against the background of changing lifestyles and new technologies, which make up our daily environment. Topical issues which are addressed in our research and education programmes are the creation of diversity by the mixing of functions, research into high density schemes, sustainability in relation to spatial configurations, the rethinking of the quality of our suburbs and the interrelations between the private realm of dwelling and the public spaces of the city. 

The research of the chair is part of the new programme of the Department of Architecture, The Architecture Project and its Foundations. Our research is based on both historical-theoretical studies and contemporary design analysis. The chair of Architecture and Dwelling has launched a new platform for these studies, the biannual Delft Architectural Studies on Housing (DASH), published by NAi Publishers.

DASH - forthcoming issue

The chair of Architecture and Dwelling runs a complete two-year Master track as part of the MSc programme of the department of Architecture, offering design studios and courses for the education of architects and engineers at TU Delft. Lecture series are organised in collaboration with other chairs of the Architecture department, while the Technology and History departments offer complementary courses.

Next to the MSc track the chair of Architecture and Dwelling contributes to the BSc programmes  of the BSc 1 and BSc 3 semesters. For the BSc 5 semester the chair has introduced a new and succesful minor 'The House of the Future', organised together with the group of Form and Modelling studies. Within our design studios and courses, student work is geared toward the development of new spatial configurations and sustainable typologies as well as attractive and imaginative architectural designs suited for 21st century living.