Two Professorships in Architecture

Umeå University - with its 29,000 students and over 4,000 employees - is an organisation in constant change and development.Umeå University conducts groundbreaking research within several areas - several in which we are among the best in the world - within others regarded as the leaders in Sweden.We are one of Sweden's largest providers of education and offer a broad and attractive range of courses and programmes.Our campus constitutes an inspiring environment for everyone that studies and works here.We wish to co-operate with companies and organisations throughout the Umeå region and all over the world.Two Professorships in Architecture at the School of Architecture Umeå School of Architecture opens as a new laboratory of experimental architecture in Umeå 2009.Future architects will be educated through artistic research and different methods of integrated design.Sustainability and international perspectives are essential parts of the new School of Architecture in Umeå.Umeå School of Architecture distinguishes itself through the integration of artistic, scientific and professional methods and means of study in an international profile.The intermingling of art encourages development, sustainability and technology.The education aims to point clearly towards sustainable architecture and integrated design.The Architectural programme is based on interplay between artistic development and scientific research.The architectural design process has its basis in aesthetic development, whereas subjects such as architectural history and theory and technology have their basis in scientific research.The education is largely based on project assignments and aims to integrate theoretical and scientific knowledge with artistic process and research.The School of Architecture offers two areas of specialization in Master's programme: the Laboratory for Sustainable Architectural Production and the Laboratory for Immediate Architectural Intervention.These fields will reflect the future development of our research programmes in several ways.In conjuncture with the opening of the Architecture programme, Umeå School of Architecture will launch a research department.By means of strategic enterprises, research in the fields of architecture and architectural theory will be established.To reinforce the connections between research and education, the faculty staff at the School of Architecture will be involved in research programmes.Documents sent electronically should be in MS Word or PDF format.If you are applying to several positions with diferent reference numbers, you must submit a separate application for each position.See complete ad: http://www8.umu.se/umu/aktuellt/arkiv/lediga_tjanster/311-622-623-09.html