Research

Our world-leading research investigates the social and environmental impacts of architecture, landscape and urban space. Under the theme of Justice and Care our interdisciplinary methods include decolonial humanities, history, theory, participatory co-design, data-science and technical innovation.

Our research

Digitally preserving architectural heritage

Our academics have used digital technology to document the wooden architecture of the marginalised Dong people in the south-west of China.

Two women sit in a kitchen with a balcony in the background

Understanding how people shape places

This film and installation explore the evolving urban fabric of Bucharest, and the everyday agency of women who reimagined courtyards, balconies, and thresholds as sites of continuity, intimacy, and quiet resistance.

A group of six children gathered around a sapling — Photo credit: Helen Hoyle

Reconnecting communities with nature

By leading transdisciplinary research that bridges public health, landscape design, and community empowerment, we reconnect communities with nature to improve public health outcomes.

External shot of a hospital on a sunny day — Photo by Harri P on Unsplash

Heat proofing our hospitals

Our researchers are tackling overheating in out hospitals - a serious issue which severely compromises patient care, particularly for vulnerable children with chronic conditions like asthma or diabetes, as well as other high-risk patients.

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