TU Delft MSc 3/4 Program
The Why Factory Graduation Lab is organized as a platform for individual projects under one umbrella of urgencies. At the start of the studio, a number of global and general challenges are proposed. Each student proposes a project that reacts to these urgencies. The balance between research and design, individual and group work, architectural design and scripting with differ per project. All projects are at the same time pragmatic and visionary, delivering calcualted facts and great images of our urban future.
For the MSc3/4 graduation lab, we invite you to come up with your own proposal.
For the MSc3/4 graduation lab, we invite you to come up with your own proposal. We are open to graduation projects based on new observations, which you bring up. The topics should have a global relevance, a future potential and a relation to the city. Your proposal should be flexible and open for discussion. It will of course also be possible, to base your graduation project on one of the four topics, which we will run in the MSc1/2 or on one of the previous Why Factory projects, like the Leisure City, AnarCityy, Austeria, Robotic City or the Porous City.
MSc3 Architecture & Urbanism
Graduation Lab AR3TWF030 (15 ECTS)
Future Models II AR3TWF010 (6 ECTS)
One or more aspects of the design studio are modelled and simulated in this seminar, creating a calculated scientific base for the project.The Why Factory - Future Views Interview Series AR1TWF020 (3 ECTS)
A guided series of interviews will explore the chosen field of research and build up a consistent argumentation.
Lecture Series Research Methods AR3A160 (6 ECTS)
MSc3 Urbanism
Graduation Lab AR3U100 (20 ECTS)
Thesis Plan AR3U012 (4 ECTS)
Theory of Urbanism AR3U022 (4 ECTS)
Graduation Orientation AR3U040 (2ECTS)
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TU Delft MSc1/2 Program
T?F offers several studios per semester. They start with a statement on the future of urban life. Based on this statement future scenarios will be developed leading to visionary, city-related designs. The studios include highly integrated research and design aspects. Long-term projects will be accompanied by shorter studies and workshops. The projects can have various scales. However, they all contribute to observations of the city.
In the coming fall, The Why Factory will run a number of studios based on ongoing as well as new topics. For the MSc1 and MSc2, this will be:
4 min City detail - Buildings and details for the city of speed,
Porous City - Explorations on porosity with LEGO as a modeling tool,
BiodiverCity House - Designing biodiverse individual living environments,
Food City - Strategy and Typologies for a closed-cycle Food Metropolis.
We will also offer two topics for the Actualities workshop:
‘1 Million Balconies’ will be an excursion workshop, which will take place at the Helsinki Design Week. The second workshop will be organized at TU Delft and its theme will be announced shortly.
Based on these topics, we are currently developing the precise studio briefs. We will present these at the beginning of the fall semester to all students enrolled at the Why Factory. You can then give your first and second preference for the studio topic and we will form the studio groups accordingly.MSc1 Architecture
MSc1 Architecture
Design Lab I AR1TWF010 (12 ECTS)
Design studio is the core of the first year program.
Actualities Workshop AR1TWF020 (3 ECTS)
The workshop addresses a specific current topic, which is addressed in a short, intense design session.
Future Models I AR1TWF030 (3 ECTS)
One or more aspects of the design studio are modelled and simulated in this seminar, creating a calculated scientific base for the project.
MSc2 Architecture & Urbanism
Design Lab II AR2TWF010 (12 ECTS)
The design studio is similar to the Design Lab I, but addresses different topics.
Actualities Workshop AR1TWF020 (3 ECTS)
The workshop of the MSc1 is open to all MSc2 students.
Future Models I AR1TWF030 (3 ECTS)
The seminar is open to all students of the MSc2 Design Lab II
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PHD Program
If you have questions regarding PhD positions please refer to the contact section of the site and send us an email.
