Dezeen promotion: applications are now open for the University of Luxembourg's 2017 Architecture, European Urbanisation and Globalisation masters, which will offer an unorthodox approach to studying architecture.
The two-year masters degree, which will be taught in English, will begin at the University of Luxembourg in September 2017. The university is now accepting applications from European students.
Students on the Architecture, European Urbanisation and Globalisation course will start out by researching global design, before focusing on smaller-scale projects ? a structure that reverses how architecture masters are typically taught.
"Unlike traditional architectural curriculums, which proceed from smaller to larger design scales and contexts, the programme suggests an inverted pathway, starting from design research at the global and European scale, and moving down to the regional, urban and building scales," explained the university. Each intake of students will receive a theme that will run for the duration of their two years of studying. It will provide the focus for studio work, seminar discussions and thesis projects in all four semesters.
The theme for the first year group will be Architecture and Economy, and will run from 2017 to 2019.
The course will be taught at University of Luxembourg's post-industrial campus in Belval
The degree will be divided into three key sections, with the first focusing on architectural design, and encompassing both tec...