Head of Institute: Carsten Juel-Christiansen
Secretary: Monica Jensen 

Subject area and structure
The institute's subject area is architecture as idea, work and culture. The concept of Architecture mainly covers the art of building but also ranges from design to urban- and landscape planning, and garden design.

The institute's subject areas focus on the interpretation, integration and further development of architecture as an important factor in the spatial organisation of society. In the institute's view, architecture is part of the history of civilisation - as the manifestation of a cultural heritage that must be carried forward and integrated into the contemporary world - and an artistic expression of society's current and future values.

Traditionally, research has been driven within architectural history, architectural theory, analysis, the functional and technical conditions of architecture and the subject's instruments and methods. Next to the traditional, science based research, the artistically based research shall in accordance with the school's objective contribute with qualified architectural statements through form experiments, proposals and concrete forms.

The architectural profession has entirety as its goal. In the architectural work, the scale ranges from detail to entirety, from problem to solution.

Theory and History of Architecture perceives the history of architecture as part of contemporary architecture in the sense that the architecture of any age will always have its framework conditions in an existing city landscape and a given building culture.

Cultural Heritage, transformation and restorationare linked to one of the key architectural issues, which is, to preserve and renew the building culture in the same architectural process.

Theory and Design is an experimental research area which mainly uses artistic innovation work as a method.

Objective
The institute's goal is to work for and develop architectural understanding as a foundation for architectural education, as an inspiration for and criticism of the profession, a well-argued contribution to the public value debate. The Institute is committed to acquiring and communicating knowledge about the international development in architecture and building culture to educational bodies and society as well as disseminating the models that the Nordic tradition has developed in this field to international fora.