DKK 3.3 million granted by Realdania for research network at RASA, DTU and AAA

Dato:

20.10.09

Integrated Product Devilery in the building industry is the name of the research network, in which CINARK, Centre of Industrial Architecture, will be included over the next three years in collaboration with DTU and the Århus School of Architecture. Realdania has chosen to support this research network after having funded two preliminary studies of the development stage of Integrated Product Devilery in Denmark and the need for research in this particular field.

CINARK receives approximately DKK one million of the overall project aid to complete a co-funded PhD programme and a number of network activities pertaining to this subject matter.

The PhD programme will focus on “Sustainable Integrated Product Devilery in renovation and new construction”, and is co-funded by RASA, Realdania and JJW Arkitekter that joins in as a corporate partner.

Professor Anne Beim, PhD, is responsible for RASA’s activities.

Project summary

The purpose of this project is to develop and communicate new knowledge within new industrially produced architecture and construction development in Denmark by bringing into focus the development of Integrated Product Devilery.

The latest technology will be incorporated and applied, and focus will be placed on design, sustainability, including new production methods and forms of organisation – in fields such as architecture, production and commerce.

Within this context, Integrated Product Devilery covers a wide spectrum:

Work needs to be carried out on the development of theory, methods and concrete projects from “subsystems” to “spatial systems”, crossing over to “building systems” – on a conceptual level as well as a concrete developmental level.

This may be done by establishing a research network and a number of research and development projects of both theoretical and practical nature in close co-operation with different parties in the building sector.

Thus, this project relates to the vast effort, which currently is being made to streamline building processes and increase building quality.

The project description suggests initiating four PhD projects, which aim to cover the overriding problem area. These projects are expected to serve as a basis for additional PhD projects. The four PhD projects to commence initially complement each other as far as content concerns, and cover different architectonic / building scale levels. Thus, they constitute a collective unit – a totality.

The knowledge and results of theoretical and concretely practical nature, which the project will generate and accumulate (the purpose), will be communicated on a wide scale. They will be conveyed through the respective institutions’ well established communication channels (including training of architects and engineers), the network’s website and in close co-operation with development and communication communities such as Smith Innovation and DAC.