PhD Scholarship: Speculative Architecture and Postdigital Media Ecologies
il y a 2 semaines
have obtained a master's degree with proof of a design skills in digital media via a portfolio that demonstrates a design-led research attitude in architecture, arts, design, or related topics;are a high achiever during your studies, academic career or professional life, which is demonstrated by distinctions, achievement, awards, or endorsements;have excellent English writing skills, and desk top publishing graphic/visual skills that are demonstrated in a published article, book chapter, master's thesis, or portfolio. N.B. Shortlisted candidates will be required to complete a drawing and writing test before final selection;have relevant or promising provisional experience in (design-led or artistic) research;are able to publicly present your work and engage in discussions with peers and participants;participate in international debates on regenerative architecture, craftsmanship, design and nature-based projects;are proactive, and enjoy taking an initiative using a strategic, rigorous, iterative and experimental approach in your investigations;work with a high level of autonomy and can function (occasionally) under pressure;work well as an individual but are also a good team-player and collaborator;have an excellent command of spoken English. Knowledge of Dutch is an asset, but is not a fundamental requirement. (Other language skills relevant to the research are a plus.)are willing to move to Belgium for the duration of the position
The field of media ecologies examines the interrelationships between different media and their entanglement in social, cultural, political, economic, and environmental systems. Digital technologies play an important role in this interconnected layered environment: Our collective understanding of these interlinked systems is enabled through computational technologies and digital media. The awareness of the multitude of ecological, social and economic crisis, cannot be unentangled from the emergence of technologies such as earth observation, satellite imagery, cloud computing, computational modelling, as well as social media, video and images sharing platforms. Simultaneously digital technologies contribute to the contemporary complexity and crises, not just in content and interaction thy mediate, but also through the vast hardware infrastructure and energy infrastructures needed to support their operation. Digital technologies are inextricably interwoven in the very fabric of our environments, and permeate our visual cultures. The term media ecologies reflects this active role of media and communication technologies in constituting environments. The discourse on media ecologies has emancipated from its human-centred origins, to include more-than-human agencies and materialist perspectives. Through recent developments in the fields of media theory, media archaeology, media ecologies can be described as material formations, in addition to technological and cultural constructions. In this extended understanding, media ecologies operate on time frames ranging from the instant to deep time, and span across scales from the microscopic to the planetary.
The PhD research project Speculative Architecture and Postdigital Media Ecologies questions how architecture might respond by the saturation of our environments with digital technologies and the increasing production and consumption of images and resulting visual cultures. Starting from a materialist understanding of digital technologies it explores the media ecologies, the networked graph of interlinked data as an expanded field for architectural culture. This is framed in an significant shift in the role of design media in architectural practice, the shift from representation to simulation, from drawing to image. The project aims to expanding the architectural image production with time-based, narrative, computational and synthetic media. Through design driven research, the project aims to develop speculative architectural design propositions that engage with the postdigital condition and contemporary visual cultures. Within this framework and in close collaboration with Fieldstation Studio, the PhD student develops a personal research project through architectural design projects, using and expanding their toolbox, with technologies such as web-scraping, 3D scanning, photogrammetry, computational design, prototyping, critical making, animation, volumetric cinema, creative coding...
In line with carrying out the research project in close collaboration with your supervisors, your job will consist of:
following the doctoral training program at the Arenberg Doctoral School of the KU Leuven and at the Faculty of Architecture;making a clearly defined contribution to teaching at the Faculty, including thesis guidance, and course assistance;publishing your research in academic journals and books, presenting at international seminars and conferences, while aiming to disseminate your work also on non-academic platforms;engaging in general services for the Department of Architecture (including for example surveillance of exams, assisting the organisation of events, etc.);organizing activities related to your research topic (e.g. international research meetings, conferences, exhibitions);participating in the writing of additional funding applications related to your research.The Department of Architecture is part of the Science and Technology Group at KU Leuven and coordinates the research on (interior) architecture, urbanism and spatial planning at the Faculty of Architecture (Brussels and Ghent) and the Faculty of Engineering (Leuven). The Department enjoys an international reputation and currently has more than 150 (international) PhD students. The doctoral researcher will be part of the Media Ecologies research cell of the Material Narratives research group, within the Architecture and Design (AD) research section. The research carried out within this section is typically informed by design education and practice, creating potent laboratories for extending the design disciplines while anticipating and adapting to a rapidly changing world. The Material Narratives research group aims to radically question the agency of matter and materiality from an architectural perspective. By putting materiality central, we envision to substantiate a recurrent fascination for matter as an active agent in the design process and for how matter and the process of generating ideas and artefacts in-form one another. You will closely collaborate with Fieldstation Studio, their research into Media Ecologies starts from a materialist understanding of contemporary media, the research critically questions the agency of digital technologies, both as media for design and making processes in architectural practice, as well as how their environmental and societal impact constitute an expanded field for architectural culture. See andWe offer an appointment as a full-time PhD researcher (net wage equals net wage scale 43). You will be appointed for the duration of 1 year, extendable to a maximum of 4 years in total (depending on positive interim evaluations, and a research submission to at least one external funding agency). You will be based at the Faculty of Architecture, campus Sint-Lucas Ghent, and possibly campus Sint-Lucas Brussels. KU Leuven opts for hybrid working, where a combination of on campus and working from home is possible. Other benefits include: eco vouchers, end of year bonus and holiday pay (for scholarship holders subject to full social security), hospital insurance, reimbursement of commuting costs...
The starting date of the position is envisioned in October/November 2024.
Within this position, you will be part of KU Leuven, a university where 13,000 colleagues together make top-level teaching and
research possible. This includes an exciting work environment that offers opportunities to build your experience and develop your skills. In addition, various initiatives are taken, locally and centrally, to ensure the well-being and satisfaction of colleagues in this work environment.
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