Assistant Professor In Architectural Design and Engineering

We are looking for an enthusiastic Assistant Professor with expertise in the field of sustainable architectural design and the 'making' of architecture: from design to tangible object. With a special interest in materializations and detailing of architectural designs. Our fields of interest are sustainability in architecture, building with nature, emerging technologies and transforming typologies.

Chair Architectural Design and Engineering

In the Department of the Built Environment there is a position available for an Assistant Professor (0.8 fte-1 fte) in the chair of Architectural Design and Engineering (ADE). ADE focuses on 'making' engaged architecture: innovative, compelling, applicable. The main research areas focus on: sustainability in architecture, building with nature, emerging technologies (like 3D clay printing) and transforming typologies. At ADE we passionately propagate the reciprocity of design and making. Design practice, technology & engineering are carefully and harmoniously integrated, from a human and environmental perspective.

The chair ADE is geared on teaching and research with reference to the design, production and engineering of the built object. The creative tension between technical and artistic ends forms a vital impulse in architectural design, determining the expression of detail, material and structure. At the same time the resultant form of the building is shaped by diverse contextual forces, and it is to a large extent determined by the constructive properties, the functional requirements and scenographic possibilities of the program.

Another important focus within the chair is the development of teaching and research programs specifically concerned with the 'making' of architecture: from design to tangible materialized object. The systematic exploration of the methodological scope of 'research by design' constitutes a cherished ambition of the chair. If detailing and materialization form the basic focus of the ADE chair, its actual priorities are to place these interests within the urgent concerns of sustainable design, circularity and the innovation of building systems which anticipate upon future technological developments and their influence upon the built environment. 

Unit Architectural Urban Design and Engineering

The ADE chair is part of the unit Architectural Urban Design and Engineering (AUDE) with its own research program 'Living Cities'. This program is focused on the evolutionary development of the existing city and region, taking into account both its historical path dependencies as well as tomorrows societal challenges.

The Living Cities program specifically focuses on how these aspects work together and materialize in the spatial development of the city and its architecture, interpreted as an evolutionary and integrated process of construction and urbanization driven by socio-historical processes. The program brings together research from the chairs of Architectural History and Theory (AHT), Architectural Design and Engineering (ADE), Rational Architecture (RA).

In line with the Departments' strategic research agenda on sustainability, energy and inclusivity. The program focuses on exploring and understanding the response of architecture and the development of the city for reuse, adaptation and new interventions in response to these shifting societal challenges.

The department of the Built Environment

The department of the Built Environment has four organizational fields, units: Structural Engineering and Design, Building Physics and Services, Urban Systems and Real Estate and Architectural Urban Design and Engineering. These units are comprised around the four research programs of the department. Spatial design forms the core of the unit AUDE.  There is a strong focus and interest in expanding cross-over and interdisciplinary collaborations. The  ambition is to work in a cross-disciplinary context and expand the collaborations between the units within the faculty and the University as a whole.

Key objectives of the position:

The assistant professor will contribute both to the teaching, the research, the impact and the organization of the ADE chair, the AUDE unit and the department as a whole. We expect the candidate to contribute to increasing interdisciplinary collaborations and enforcing the multidisciplinary character of the faculty.

As far as teaching is concerned the successful candidate will take on curricular subjects but also participate in design studio during the bachelor and master phases of the curriculum. The candidate will be expected to evaluate and renew parts of the curriculum in the Bachelor program.

With regard to research and the acquisition of research funding the successful candidate will be expected to initiate and contribute to the ADE chair's ambitions with regard to research with a special focus on the academic exploration of research by design and the engineering of the built environment.

Requirements:

• Has a graduate degree in architecture.
• Has several years of working experience, preferably postdoc experience after gaining PhD and gained working experience in academia or practice.
• Motivated researcher, with a PhD with a focus on architectural design.
• Has preferably practical experience within the field of architectural design.
• Ability to conduct high quality academic research, reflected in demonstratable outputs
• Ability to teach, demonstrated by experience or assistance in teaching. Informed vision on teaching and learning within your own discipline.
• Strong cooperation skills and ability to work in an interdisciplinary team.
• Effective communication and leadership skills, including coaching and mentoring of students and staff, leading a project or chairing a group.
• Excellent (written and verbal) proficiency in English. 

Salary Benefits:

A meaningful job in a dynamic and ambitious university, in an interdisciplinary setting and within an international network. You will work on a beautiful, green campus within walking distance of the central train station. In addition, we offer you:

• An 18-month contract as Assistant Professor which can become permanent after 12 months on the same employment level upon successful evaluation. Experienced candidates might be offered a permanent contract already at the start of employment
• The opportunity to focus your career on education, research or impact. You can develop your personal ambitions and objections within the strategic objectives of the university.
• Salary in accordance with the Collective Labour Agreement for Dutch Universities, scale 11 (min. € 4,537 max. € 6,209).
• A year-end bonus of 8.3% and annual vacation pay of 8%.
• A dedicated mentoring program to help you get to know the university and the Dutch (research) environment.
• High-quality training programs for academic leadership and teaching.
• An excellent technical infrastructure, on-campus children's day care and sports facilities.
• Partially paid parental leave and an allowance for commuting, working from home and internet costs.
• A Staff Immigration Team is available for international candidates, as are a tax compensation scheme (the 30% facility) and partner career support.

38 hours per week

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