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MA - Master of Arts
Royal College of Art
Full Time
SEP-25
1 year
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MA - Master of Arts
Royal College of Art
Full Time
SEP-25
1 year
MA - Master of Arts
Royal College of Art
Part Time
SEP-25
2 years
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Environmental Architecture is forging a new field of knowledge production and practice, designing alternative forms of co-dependence between life forms and earth systems. The programme blends design, ethnography, and technoscientific tools to analyse, classify, and produce environmental data. At the same time, you’ll gain insight from global environmental leaders, histories and theories of environmental change, explore change history, and delve into environmental law and climate justice.
As part of the programme, you’ll engage with live projects in sites of complex environmental change. Work with experts from other disciplines, such as lawyers, geologists or biologists. Embark on multiple-day field trips where you can stakeholders and meet local communities while testing and exploring environmental research and analysis methods.
Possible research areas include sustainable forms of urbanisation, concepts of stewardship, environmental change and its effect on migration and settlement patterns, climate justice, impacts of resource extraction on ecosystems, energy transition, post-development and degrowth, indigenous struggles, and many others.
Join a top art institution and benefit from a rich culture of radical, interdisciplinary work at the Royal College of Art. Forge global connections through our pioneering mentorship scheme, uniting you with local and international expertise, elevating your journey in the field.
Candidates are selected entirely on merit and applications are welcomed from all over the world. The selection process will consider creativity, imagination and innovation as demonstrated in your portfolio, as well as your potential to benefit from the programme and to achieve high MA standards overall. This programme accepts students from a wide range of backgrounds, including career changers. Many of those who join the programme will be students of architecture with a 3+2-year Bachelor and Master’s degree, or master-equivalent 5-year diploma preferably in Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Landscape Urbanism, Urban Design or other related design discipline looking to acquire expertise in large scale, environmental and ecological design projects.
Students living in
Domestic
£15,150 per year
Students from Domestic
This is the fee you pay if the University is in the same country that you live in (England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland)
£35,950 per year
Students from EU
The amount you'll pay if you come to study here from somewhere in the EU.
£35,950 per year
Students from International
The amount you'll pay if you come to study here from a country outside the EU.
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