Full Professor in Architectural Design (parttime)
The Department of the Built Environment at the Eindhoven University of
Technology (TU/e) invites applications for three parttime (0,2 – 0,4 FTE)
positions of Full Professor of Architectural Design within the unit of
Architecture, Urban Design and Engineering (AUDE).
Position
Professor
Irène Curie Fellowship
No
Department(s)
Built Environment
FTE
0,4
Date off
15/09/2024
Reference number
V38.7594
Job description
The Department of the Built Environment at Eindhoven University of
Technology
The Department of the Built Environment advances our knowledge of the built
environment through its education, research and impact. It addresses urgent
societal challenges on a systemic level by combining a unique, broad, and
inspiring range of design, technology, and engineering disciplines. With over
250 talented scholars and approximately 1500 students from various
nationalities, the department is organized across four disciplinary units:
Architecture, Urban Design and Engineering (AUDE).
Urban Systems and Real Estate (USRE).
Structural Engineering and Design (SED).
Building Physics and Services (BPS).
While each unit has its own in-depth specific disciplinary focus, they work
closely together in the department's education programs and research projects.
The department is equipped with several state-of-the-art facilities, from
laboratories to robotic facilities and workshops, where scientific curiosity
is explored and materialized in providing comprehensive answers to some of the
most pressing societal transitions.
AUDE
The unit AUDE integrates (urban) architecture with engineering principles to
address complex spatial challenges, focusing on creating high-quality built
environments. With a commitment to both historical and theoretical discourse
as well as the contemporary practice of (urban) architecture, AUDE
approaches the built environment from a combined perspective where thinking
and doing are mutually reinforcing. Such position is made explicit in both
education and research. Ultimately, AUDE stands for critical and innovative
attitudes toward social, cultural, political, economic, and environmental
issues, leveraging scholarship, design and technology to propose inventive
solutions for the pressing issues in our built environment.
Currently, the unit AUDE consists of five chair groups:
The Chair of Architectural History and Theory (AHT) examines design
artifacts, designs, and design practices within specified cultural and
societal contexts. Research areas include architectural history, heritage
studies, architectural theory, philosophy of design, and architectural
criticism.
The Chair of Architectural Design and Engineering (ADE) focuses on the
essence of the architectural profession: creating good buildings. This
chair operates under the assumption that good architecture results from
the harmonious fusion of architectural design and technical expertise. Key
research areas include sustainable concepts, evolving typologies, new
building technologies, and exploring materiality's role in architectural
design.
The Chair of Smart Architectural Technologies (SAT) concentrates on
integrating innovative technologies into the built environment to create
responsive buildings. Specifically, the chair emphasizes the balance
between architecture, technology, and users, encapsulated in the concept
of the 'Empathic Environment.'
The Chair of Rational Architecture (RA) analyzes and critiques the
typology and morphology of existing cities at both the urban and building
scales.
The Chair of Architecture and Transformation (AT) focuses on the
transformation of the architect's role, existing building stock, and the
design, construction, and production processes of buildings and cities.
The Chairs of AHT, ADE and SAT are currently occupied and remain as they are.
The Chairs RA and AT are currently free and are being reconsidered: they can
remain as they are but may also be subject to change. Urban Design is covered
in the unit USRE.
Job requirements
You are an (internationally) renowned figure in architecture practice,
demonstrating a record of outstanding designs that advances the
architectural discipline through creative inquiry.
In a single 5-year parttime appointment, you support and expand upon the
Department's mission of addressing pressing societal challenges and their
implications in the built environment.
You will achieve this by demonstrating a systemic, considered, and
innovative approach through an architectural design and education agenda
of contemporary relevance and urgency (design based and research
oriented).
From one of the three complementary positions, you will emphasize original
disciplinary and interdisciplinary approaches to architectural design.
You will develop a 5-year design and education agenda that advances the
current understanding of architectural practice and spatial design by
engaging with broader societal challenges including (but not limited to)
the housing crisis, adaptive reuse, energy transition, the climate crisis,
sustainability, and circularity.
Beyond having a clear line of design inquiry that contributes to the
department's ongoing engagement with these themes, you are expected to
collaborate and develop design assignments with various chairs within AUDE
and the department.
With your design agenda, you will stimulate different approaches to
(urban) architectural design, further strengthening the polyvocal
approach to the built environment fostered within AUDE and the department.
Your teaching responsibilities will be primarily focused on leading design
studios, delivering lectures for the department's bachelor's and master's
degree programs, and supervising graduation projects (master theses) in
architecture.
You are an effective and experienced teacher with clear pedagogical plans
supported by practical and didactical teaching models that can contribute
to a multidisciplinary environment.
Additional qualifications include a commitment to excellence, the ability
to connect across disciplines, leadership experience, a strong national
and international collaborative network and, most importantly, the ability
to inspire.
Conditions of employment
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.
The opportunity to focus your career on education, research or impact. You
can develop your personal ambitions within the strategic objectives of the
university.
Salary in accordance with the Collective Labour Agreement for Dutch
Universities (scale HL2: € 6646 to € 9680).
A year-end bonus of 8.3% and an additional 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.
Information and application
About us
Eindhoven University of Technology is an internationally top-ranking
university in the Netherlands that combines scientific curiosity with a hands-
on attitude. Our spirit of collaboration translates into an open culture and a
top-five position in collaborating with advanced industries. Fundamental
knowledge enables us to design solutions for the highly complex problems of
today and tomorrow.
Would you like to know more about our university?
Welcome to the Department of the Built Environment
We are Eindhoven University of Technology
What's life like as a full professor at TU/e
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Information
Do you recognize yourself in this profile and would you like to know more?
Please contact the hiring manager Theo Salet (The Dean of the Department)
[email protected] or HR-advisor Jennifer Berkhout-Dekker via
[email protected].
Are you inspired and would like to know more about working at TU/e? Please
visit our career page.
Application
We invite you to submit a complete application.
The application should include a:
Cover letter in which you describe your motivation and qualifications for
the position.
Curriculum vitae, including a list of your publications and the contact
information of three references.
Description of your field of expertise that you intend to add to AUDE
(max 1 page).
Statement of your teaching goals and experience (1-2 pages).
Your portfolio of architectural design.
We look forward to receiving your application and will screen it as soon as
possible. The vacancy will remain open until September 15, 2024.