Urban Cultures Research Cluster

Description

The Urban Cultures Research Cluster was founded in 2019, and brings together an interdisciplinary group of designers. This group includes architects, landscape architects, architectural conservationists, design management, and wayfinding and inclusive design specialists – to explore the designed environment, the impact it has on people and their wellbeing as well as the impact that designers might have on environments in general. The Cluster's research explores designed urban environments from the scale of the home and street, right through to towns, and cities.

The Cluster sees design as a way to imagine alternative futures that are more sustainable, or even environmentally restorative. Its research methods include design and practice-led methods, design based archival research, collaborative and co-design approaches, design pedagogies and cultural theory, engineering and fabrication, and action based research and activism in order to critique, challenge and disrupt traditional thinking and develop radical alternatives to current conditions.

The Cluster is always keen to collaborate and currently work with artists, psychologists, performers, roboticists, students and education groups and particularly like to work with community groups.

Offers funding

No, this infrastructure does not provide funding.

Founding year

2019

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Birmingham City University
Birmingham

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