Forskning

Research at the institute
The Institute of Architectural Technology’s education and research deal with the technological subject areas within architecture,. The institute develops defines and communicates these subjects both as a source of inspiration and as a necessary tool for the architectural profession. The subject areas are tied together in a cross field between the technical building sciences, the building physics and perceptual disciplines and the artistic-architectural attitudes

The objective is partly to communicate scientific results and knowledge from the technical areas and partly to explain the architectural technologies to the students and the architects. The overall objective is to strengthen the technological aspects of the education in order to enhance the architectural quality and support social needs, as well as to inspire and serve as a source of information to the education and the industry.

The institute is the home of the following subject areas, laboratories and centre: Acoustics, Applied Building Technology, Lighting - including The Daylight Laboratory, Structures, Materials - including The Material Collection, Climate and the Centre for Industrialized Architecture (CINARK). The institute’s individual subject areas reflect its various fields of responsibility, each of which deals with a subfield within the area of architectural technology. The fields have the common object of securing that the necessary technological know how is made available to students of architecture and architects through courses, consultancy or supplementary training.
Research on sustainable concepts and building technologies, is a focus area integrated in a major part of the projects of the institute.

The Centre for Industrialized Architecture (CINARK) is one of the current focus areas of the school. It’s overall objective is to widen the scope of employment of the graduates and to strengthen the link between the school’s research and graduate programmers and the architectural practice.

The subjective fields operate individually as well as collectively in connection with research and the teaching of students. The following is a specification of the individual fields: