RAUM – Researching Architecture as Urban Method was a collaborative project investigating spatial design education in relation to global urban development challenges, and was interested in expanding knowledge about teaching in this field. It ran from 1 August 2016 – 31 July 2018 during which time I was a co-researcher on the project.
Overview:
RAUM was an initiative by Beatrice de Carli, Florian Kossak and Tatjana Schneider at the School of Architecture, University of Sheffield (UK) and was in partnership with the Centre for Environmental Planning and Technology (CEPT) (Ahmedabad, India); School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Nanjing University (China); and the University of Johannesburg, Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture, Design Society Development DESIS Lab (South Africa). The project began in 2016 and ran until August 2018, made possible through European Commission Erasmus+ funding focused on academic staff and PhD student mobility. The focus of the mobility with all partners was on jointly rethinking the capacities, qualities, methodologies and tools that spatial practitioners need to develop, in order to have a positive impact in the face of epochal challenges affecting cities globally, such as climate change and social inequality.
Outcomes:
- £275,000 total funding from the European Commission Erasmus+ for academic and staff mobility.
- RAUM Dialogue #1 – Design-Based Learning – 2016
- RAUM Dialogue #2 – Theory-Based Learning – 2017
- RAUM Dialogue #3 – Methods-Based Learning – 2018
- RAUM Mobilities
- RAUM Collaborative Projects
- RAUM website documenting all the activity and reflections from the project