Tectonics in Architecture_LAB is a sub-unit within the research group CREATE Integrated Architecture at the Department of Architecture, Design & Media Technology. In TiA_LAB we explore the particular potential of tectonic architectural theory and method towards a betterment of the built environment in the integration of the fields of architecture and engineering. Photo credits: Lasse Wind
'WE BELIEVE IN THE VALUE AND BEAUTY OF ARCHITECTURE AND ITS SPATIAL POTENTIAL AS AN ENVIRONMENTAL AND HUMAN GESTURE CAPABLE OF ACTIVELY AIDING A VIABLE URBAN DEVELOPMENT. RELEASING THIS POTENTIAL REPRESENTS A TECTONIC CHALLENGE JOINing THE FIELDS OF ARCHITECTURE ANG ENGINEERING THAT, TO US, NECESSARILY TRANSCENDS THE PRINCIPLES of RESEARCH, TEACHING, AND PRACTICE'