The Chair of Complex Projects (CP) investigates settlements around the world that are ambiguous in their development and embedded in the process of globalisation. Students and teachers are encouraged to look critically at their surroundings; to gather, organize and question the complex forces that ultimately manifest themselves into our built environment.
Complex Projects targets all scales of the architectural thinking: details, building, city, and region, with the purpose of expanding the knowledge about design and dense urban areas development, and of broadening the mind and thinking of future architects. The architect operates within many different scales and cultural contexts, and consequently sees the world through many lenses: as an artist, organiser, politician, economist, philosopher, strategist, humanitarian, planner and sometimes visionary. The complexity of these parameters converges into a new definition of design which in turn enables students to unpack virtually any set of design constraints, cultivating a strong critical and analytical approach to the design process.