The division Architecture, Landscapes and Cities explores how spatial practices engage with the complex and shifting conditions of contemporary urban life.
With a foundation in architecture, the division brings together interdisciplinary approaches to study and transform cities, landscapes, and public spaces as sites of cultural, political, ecological, and material negotiation. At the undergraduate level, teaching includes introductions to city planning, the design of public space and landscape, and architectural typologies that respond to urban conditions. The division contributes centrally to the Sustainable Urban Planning and Design (SUPD) master’s programme and supports interdisciplinary teaching environments and advanced-level studios.
Urban design, territorial studies, and architectural approaches to the city are understood as fields that bridge theory and practice, entangling societal processes with the production of built form. Research in the division combines critical, speculative, and future-oriented methods with historical, philosophical, and aesthetic perspectives, contributing both to academic knowledge and to wider public and political debates.
Areas of focus include the politics of public space and democratic agency; sustainability and resilience through feminist and participatory practices; applied urbanism; and spatial configurations as they relate to social, ecological, and economic systems. The division forms part of KTH’s broader ABE research environment and builds on a strong tradition of collaboration and debate, drawing from diverse architectural competencies to shape a shared and evolving research milieu.