If research in architecture implies disciplinary and non disciplinary pacts, what will these intentions mean in a cycle of studies such as a doctoral Degree? And how will these commitments be designed or built? In a present characterised by severe crises (from the climatic to the ideological one, from housing to public health, from the scarcity of resources to the excess of images, from the problems of the material to the dilemmas of the immaterial, among others), can architectural research articulate with our local and global contexts, our past and our futures?

Seeking to answer these questions and others, the 2023/2024 edition of the Doctoral Degree in Architecture of the School of Architecture, Art and Design proposes a restless but cultured research path, centred on Architecture and in connection with Visual Arts and Product Design. Starting by navigating a surface of advanced knowledge and critical thinking in the specialty area of Architectural Culture, Plan A will then allow you to dive deeper into themes, objects and cases with greater specificity and, perhaps, different specialty.