Identity, In, and Through, the Built Environment Research Group

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This research group explores the built or human environment as a living network of communications and interactions between people, buildings, spaces, objects and stories.

The group sees the physical environment as an ever-changing landscape of ideas, needs and desires where identities are formed, expressed and re-formed.

Research addresses various aspects of design theory and practice, in addition to design education and methodologies. It includes experiments in place-making, architectural practice and novel methods to engage visitors in museums, heritage sites and retail environments. The group also looks at the potential of computing-enabled spaces and takes an integrated cultural approach to architecture, urban development and regeneration. It takes a holistic approach to city branding and explores the legibility of cities.

Practice-based research and critical reflections are motivated by, and through, material interventions in the physical environment. Research is underpinned by the need to develop strategies for social, economic, environmental and cultural sustainability.

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University of the Arts London
London