Current Research Trajectories
1. Sustainability in Architecture
Research focused on the Czech discourse in the field of “sustainable architecture” and the practices that derive from the positions and approaches of individual actors. We foster critical professional debate in this area and situate local concepts of sustainability in architecture within the international context of thinking about the future of the discipline and its relevance in an era of polycrisis.
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2. Urban Natureculture
Research focused on urban natural and technical infrastructures. We address the topics of biodiversity and climate adaptation in urban environments, examining the potential of using environmental data in the design and validation of nature-based solutions. We are also interested in possibilities for their representation in the context of education and collaboration with local communities.
3. Ignored Technologies
Research focused on crafts, materials, tools, and technologies whose potential has long been overlooked or underestimated. We are interested in what would happen if certain traditional or experimental technologies were to receive broader social recognition, and what would need to happen for innovations carrying the promise of deeper structural change in sociotechnical systems to gain traction.
4. Design for Sustainability Transitions
A cross-cutting, “horizontal” theme that permeates the methodological level across the laboratory’s individual research topics. We examine the possibilities of participation and co-design, as well as the use of design thinking, systems thinking, and strategic thinking methods in research and creative practice. We are interested in future scenarios as well as systemic innovations, and the processes that lead to them.
