• Founded in 1904• Research and education regarding architecture and the built

environment in its broadest sense • Three thousand students, hundreds of researchers,

teachers and professors • An international learning community

Today we are seeing unprecedented urban challenges around the world. These will only increase in the coming decades. The Faculty combines unconventional thinking with robust research, to investigate and create clever solutions, for living and working in the future.

SCHOOL FACTSGraduation rate: 95%Job placement rate: 89% (Source: NSE 2013)

UNIQUE TEACHING CONCEPT• Broad general bachelor • Various mastertracks, covering the whole spectrum

of the field

BACHELOR PROGRAMME• Three-year programme• Broad curriculum combining technology, theory and design, and

students’ own creativity and spatial insight• Students work on a range of different design projects,

individually or in groups• Learning about the way technology, culture and the living

environment interact with each other• Leads to Bachelor degree (BSc)• Taught in Dutch

MASTER PROGRAMMES• Two-year programme• MSc Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences• MSc Geomatics• Leads to Master of Science (MSc) and ‘Ingenieur’ (Ir)• All taught in English

MSC ARCHITECTURE, URBANISM AND BUILDING SCIENCESMSC GEOMATICS

POST-MASTER• The Berlage Post-master in Architecture and Urban Design • EMU: European Post-master in Urbanism • Graduate School A+BE

With currently over 220 studentsStudents graduate with a PhD

31% of masters students come from abroad

Our staff comes from 42 different countriesExchange programmes with 50+ international Universities

RENOWNED PROFESSORS Kees Kaan, Winy Maas, Dirk Sijmons, Andy van den Dobbelsteen, Frits Palmboom, Jantien Stoter, Tony Fretton, Nanne de Ru, Michiel Riedijk, Arjan van Timmeren, Monika Chao-Duivis, Antonio Cruz, Antonio Ortiz, Tom Avermaete, Anke van Hal, Peter Boelhouwer, Hans de Jonge.

RESEARCH• Core subjects in which research is carried out include design,

planning, engineering, management, housing and geomatics • Aim to show qualitative achievements that are relevant to society• Strong promise for the future with societal issues such as energy,

climate and ageing

RESEARCH PROGRAMMES• Urbanism• Architecture• Design and History• Innovations and Management in the Built Environment• Housing Quality• Green Building Innovations• Computation and Performance• Urban and regional studies• Geo information and Technology Systems

URBANISMOn the relationships between urban patterns and design interventions

Key projects• Green blue cities (photo)• Integrated planning and design in the delta• Better airport regions

THE ARCHITECTURAL PROJECT AND ITS FOUNDATIONSOn architecture as ‘craft’

Key projects• Research on re-use of school buildings• Tacit knowledge: architecture knowledge and scientific

research• The Postwar European shopping centre

DESIGN AND HISTORYOn the integration of all aspects of the built heritage

Key projects• Rietveld’s Universe• European Colonial Built Heritage• Self-Healing materials

INNOVATIONS IN MANAGEMENT BUILT ENVIRONMENTOn evidence-based decision-making

Key projects• Supply Chain Monitor• New life in high-vacancy areas • FuturA: Future Value Chains of Architectural Services

HOUSINGOn how to achieve sufficient, sustainable and affordable housing

Key projects• Building Energy Efficiency for Massive Market Uptake• Demographic Change and Housing Wealth• Creating and Adapting Jobs in Europe

GREEN BUILDING INNOVATIONSOn renewable resources and a built environment that is largely self-sustaining

Key projects• Free-D Facade Manufacturing• Pret-a-loger: House with a skin (photo)• Climate Proof Cities

COMPUTATION AND PERFORMANCEOn innovative computational tools in the design and construction process

Key projects• Energy performance integration in corporate

public real estate management• CONTINUUM: Architectural design and manufacturing

from the school lab to the fabrication workshop• METABODY: Media Embodiment Tékhne And Bridges of Diversity

URBAN AND REGIONAL STUDIESOn the growing complexity of neighbourhoods, cities and regions

Key projects• Territorial approaches for new governance• Tenancy law and housing policy in multi-level europe• Cities ‘borrowing’ size: agglomeration advantages in

polycentric urban regions

GEOINFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND GOVERNANCEOn the spatial information infrastructure, to solve complex activities in the built environment

Key projects• 5D data modelling: full integration of 2d/3d space, time and

scale dimensions• Three-dimensional methodsmassive point clouds• 3D spatial data infrastructure

RESEARCH FACTS• Number of scientific staff: 339• Broadness of scope: from building technology to architecture

typology to management in the built environment• Number of peer reviewed articles: 130/year• Large numbers of high-quality book publications;

Articles in academic and crossover journals• Cooperations with 60+ universities all over the world

THE HEART OF THE BK CITY COMMUNITY The Faculty’s building is the heart of the BK community. A stunning building with a stunning interior. Completely renovated and used as a living lab, BK City includes an auditorium designed by MVRDV, model making rooms, two cafes and studio spaces for students and researchers. BK City proudly presents hundreds of lectures, seminars, presentations, exhibitions, workshops and masterclasses, often open to the general public.

EXHIBITIONSThe Faculty researchers and students work on exhibitions within and outside BK City• Exhibiting excellent student or research work • Contributions to international exhibitions abroad, such as the

Venice Biennale, the Shenzhen Biennale, the Moscow Biennale and the International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam