Architecture is not an isolated area of knowledge, quite the contrary. Logics of architectural design and construction are continuously adapting to the context in which they operate. The methods and principles are expanded to face challenges such as climate change, technological disruptions, economic and geopolitical collapses, social and demographic movements, among other major global changes. This context calls for comprehensive solutions that are attuned to new situations.
ALEC is a new research line that proposes research projects to be developed in collaboration with the current research lines in La Salle R+D and in its research groups, which will promote a comprehensive vision of the areas under analysis, grouped into five research sub-lines:
ALEC_TECTONIC
To analyze the capacity and correlations between new materials and traditional materials, as well as constructive techniques to adapt to new tectonic paradigms in a more efficient and sustainable way.
ALEC_ENVIRONMENTAL
To explore and follow how the construction of architectural space is carried out in order to minimize the impact on the environment under the thermodynamic principles.
ALEC_SOCIAL
To inspect and investigate how architecture addresses social changes resulting from the increase in migratory movements and rising social inequality, among other causes, in order to ensure access to housing on equal terms.
ALEC_DIGITAL
To research the influence of new digital technologies, such as robotics, parametric design, data management and visualization, or artificial intelligence, and to promote their application both in design phases and in constructive practice.
ALEC_CULTURAL
To examine the new theoretical proposals and possible cosmovisions that propose an extended concept of architecture. To implement new pedagogical actions that incorporate this comprehensive view of architectural design.
These five research sub-lines compile and demonstrate innovative practices and, at the same time, serve to ask the appropriate questions regarding how to reorient technical and design strategies in the architectural discipline, as well as its theoretical principles, in the face of new emerging and changing contexts.
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