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NTNU – THE FACULTY OF ARCHITECTURE AND FINE ART
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Unpredictability and rapid change are characteristics of modern so-
ciety. Major global and national challenges require new questions,
answers and solutions. Society has also an important role in pre-
serving our cultural heritage and shared identity related to existing
art, buildings, cities and landscapes. The Faculty of Architecture
and Fine Art will also be a forum for knowledge development at the
forefront of the trends and needs in society today.
Artistic activity is on an equal footing with basic and applied re-
search at the Faculty and includes both artistic and architectural
production and development. The Faculty’s international profile,
professional integrity and interdisciplinarity provide the starting
point for projects of a highly divergent nature and for cooperation
with a number of national and international professional com-
munities. The doctoral programme and development projects run
by students are important resources in our research and artistic
activities. The interaction between research and artistic work and
the Faculty’s teaching provides a unique potential for knowledge
development and innovation, both within NTNU and in relation to
the private sector, the public sector, and society in general.
Research and artistic activities
existing centres for ZEB (Zero Emission Buildings) as well
as the Centre for Real Estate Development and Facilities
Management.
We will also give priority to the long-term development of
two to three robust academic groups that have potential for
high-level international prominence in collaboration with
other faculties and external academic communities.
We will strengthen access to resources for our research
and artistic activities through better and more transparent
planning and monitoring of the research period, with ef-
fective use of incentives and the Faculty’s own resources,
and through externally funded projects.
We will build on existing networks and collaborative
relationships with the EU and with other international
academic communities that are relevant, in accordance
with the priorities and societal mission of both NTNU and
the Faculty.
We will seek targeted cooperation with and support from
government departments, NTNU, the Research Council
of Norway, the EU and our partners in the construction
industry and the public sector, including efforts to create a
national programme for architecture research.
We will develop the doctoral programme further and
increase the completion rate, with particular emphasis
on better organization, internationalization, and stronger
supervision skills.
We will explore and develop new methods for research and
artistic development initiatives in architecture and art – for
example, relevant methodological approaches to practice-
based research and development.
We will strengthen our partnerships with stakeholders in
the construction industry and the public sector.
We will strengthen our expertise in systems and processes
through interdisciplinary collaboration with other academic
communities at NTNU as well as with external players.
Objectives
Our research and artistic activity will contribute to the
development of our disciplines and subject areas within the
breadth of the Faculty of Architecture and Fine Art.
Our research and artistic activities will be clear, visible, and
at a high professional level. Academic communities in key
disciplines at the Faculty will be internationally outstan-
ding.
The Faculty will provide opportunities for research and
artistic activities that explore the unknown and meet chal-
lenges of the future.
Our research and artistic activities will reflect our profes-
sional character, our interdisciplinary approach and our
connection to the breadth of NTNU.
The Faculty’s doctoral programme should be of high qua-
lity, sought after both nationally and internationally.
The Faculty should have a good research culture and good
artistic activities based on professional teamwork, delight
in communication, and employees with a sense of com-
mitment.
Choices of direction
Fakultetet skal styrke forskning og arkitektonisk og
kunstThe faculty will strengthen research as well as
architectural and artistic work by encouraging a higher
level of activity and closer collaboration with the teaching
functions.
We will maintain and allocate the necessary funding for
research and artistic activities that lie at the core of our
professional profile and our mission in society. This inclu-
des activities that cut across architecture and art.
We will continue to develop and take advantage of the
high level of international professional expertise at our