The position has a special focus on Public Building Design, to support and strengthen research at the Unit of Architecture.
The selected candidate will be part of an emergent research group called SPREAD, which is part of the new Architectural Design and Sustainable Housing research cluster.
The Architectural Design and Sustainable Housing research cluster merges practice-based and research-based national and international knowledge and expertise of several different research fields, SPREAD (Spatial & Speculative Research in Architectural Design) and ASUTUT (Sustainable Housing Design). The research cluster investigates architectural knowledge, design processes, public building design and sustainable housing design through theoretical, historical, practice-based, social and scientific methods to make meaningful societal change. This includes new thinking about sustainable housing design and public building design, innovative solutions to societal challenges and contributions to architectural theories, methods and design processes.
The Architectural Design and Sustainable Housing research cluster aims to make societal and architectural contributions by combining practice-based, theoretical, artistic and scientific research to investigate design thinking and propose new approaches and solutions to societal challenges. The research cluster uses and develops design theories and methods to support architectural and spatial innovations and societally relevant changes. The research cluster focuses on architectural design including public building design, architectural practice, architectural theory, adaptable, flexible, collaborative and integrated housing design, building performance and energy efficiency, health and well-being and sustainable architecture.
SPREAD is an emergent research group that combines the knowledge and expertise of practice and research in architectural design by merging the professorships of Basics and Theory of Architecture together with Public Building Design. The research group explores new ways of relating theory and practice of architecture, and the conceptual and theoretical reflection of the discipline through the architectural project. SPREAD focuses on interpreting space as the core of architects and architectural practice. The SPREAD team speculates and reflects on spatial qualities in architecture by exploring theory and investigating architectural criticism and design thinking.
The duties of the Postdoctoral Researcher in Architectural Design include the following:
. Doing research work in Architectural Design with a special focus in Public Building Design, including the preparation of research funding applications in different calls at national and international level.
. Contributing to the development at international level of the SPREAD research group under the supervision of the Professor in charge.
. Teaching responsibilities in Architectural Design courses.
. Administration and development work in research and teaching at the Tampere University Faculty of Built Environment, Unit of Architecture.
The requisites for the position are to have a Doctoral Degree in Architecture obtained in the past five years, a Master’s Degree in Architecture, excellent design skills, a strong publication record, and fluency in English language.
The position (100% workload) will be filled for a fixed-term period of one (1) year with the possibility of an extension of one year more. It is located on the Hervanta campus in Tampere (Finland). The appointment is expected to start on 1 April 2019 or as mutually agreed. Trial period of six months applies to all new employees.
The salary will be based on both the job demands and the employee’s personal performance in accordance with the Finnish University Salary System. According to the criteria applied to teaching and research staff, for postdoctoral Researcher job demands levels are 5-6.
The documentation to apply is (all in pdf format) a motivation letter (max. 1 page), Curriculum Vitae (max. 3 pages), a list of publications (please highlight a maximum of 10 most relevant publications for the position), a proposal of possible research topics (max. 2 pages) and an artistic portfolio (max. 10 works).
Tampere University reserves the right for justified reasons to leave the position open, to extend the application period and to consider candidates who have not submitted applications during the application period.
Deadline for applications through our recruitment system is February 24, 2019.
For more information, please contact:
Associate Professor Fernando Nieto, fernando.nieto@tuni.fi, +358 50 447 8479.