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NTNU – THE FACULTY OF ARCHITECTURE AND FINE ART
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Communication and dissemination are key elements of our acade-
mic and professional work. Communication is part of the individual
reflection in a creative process, while good outreach is very impor-
tant for interaction in our development of the built environment.
Architecture and art projects in their own right are also important
forms of communication.
The Faculty’s communication is based on a variety of different me-
dia, architectural and artistic forms of expression such as drawing,
text, image, video, sound recordings, as well as physical and virtual
planning models for architecture and urban areas. The Faculty has
a long tradition of dissemination and outreach to specific sectors
and to the public. Staff and students contribute actively in the Press,
television, and radio, as well as in social and virtual media. The
architecture and art disciplines arrange exhibitions that achieve a
high degree of recognition and publicity, both nationally and interna-
tionally. The Faculty’s research centres and projects, together with
the doctoral programme, are especially active forums for scientific
publishing.
Talent, experience, improvisation and intuition are key driving forces
of the Faculty’s creative activity. Aesthetic and experiential quality
is important, but these attributes of our artistic and architectural
production are difficult to measure. Existing indicators of scientific
publishing and production only partially reflect the value and quality
in this type of knowledge production. This requires creative thinking
in relation to both the development of indicators and the establish-
ment of new communication channels.
The professional diversity and the broad range in both communi-
cation methods and content give the Faculty a special character at
NTNU, and provide the basis for a unique communication interface
with the world outside the university.
Dissemination and communication
Objectives
Dissemination of knowledge will be an integral part of the
Faculty’s activities, both internally and externally to the
professions and to society.
Our staff and students will play an active role in outreach
and public discourse on architecture, art, planning, real
estate development and facilities management.
We will benefit from our rich communication resources
to profile the Faculty’s education, research and artistic acti-
vities and to generate an interest in and an understanding
of our disciplines.
The Faculty of Architecture and Fine Art will be visible,
will support decision makers and will develop an excellent
reputation both nationally and internationally.
Choices of direction
The Faculty will strengthen the promotion and dissemina-
tion of our architectural and artistic activities.
We will develop a better system for recording our external
dissemination and communication activities.
We will encourage our academic staff and doctoral candi-
dates to increase publication output both to the academic
community and to the public, as well as to strengthen their
skills in writing and ability to identify publishing opportu-
nities.
We will focus more attention on text production for public
communication and develop the use of writing and text in
our reflection and dissemination practices.
We will strengthen internal communication within the
Faculty, and create and cultivate good forums for this.
We will be visible and well represented in today’s digital
media, with emphasis on the further development and
updating of our website. We will also use the opportunities
provided by new communication technologies and social
media.
The Faculty is responsible for a series of outreach events that con-
tribute to dissemination and exchange of knowledge. International
conferences, ”research days”, breakfast meetings and architecture
evenings at Dokkhuset in Trondheim are examples of Faculty events
that are open to all and that stimulate debate and engagement.
The Faculty also engages recognized architects, artists and plan-
ners in a variety of internal activities. In addition, the Faculty has
editorial responsibility for international journals such as the Nordic
Journal of Architectural Research.