“You need to give creative people ample space and at the same
time put them on a long lead. Managing creativity is one of the
most difficult things. It implies a willingness to bend the rules,
make mistakes, accept unfinished ideas and to live with
ambiguity and chaos.”
Manfred Kets de Vries (1996)
• Founded in 1904
• Research and education regarding architecture in its broadest
sense
• Three thousand students, hundreds of researchers, teachers
and professors
• An international learning community
Today we are seeing unprecedented urban challenges around
the world. These will only increase in the coming decades. The
Faculty combines unconventional thinking with robust research,
to investigate and create clever solutions, for living and working
in the future.
The Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment
works closely with national and international universities,
private parties and the public sector.
“I found Bouwkunde to be an excellent faculty with amazing
facilities. It offers an incredible selection of seminars, debates,
lectures and workshops thus providing a solid architectural
infrastructure for ambitious students. My study at Bouwkunde
helped prepare me to work in the highly competitive office
of OMA.”
Tanner Merkeley
Unique teaching concept, with a broad general bachelor and
lots of choices in the masters, covering the whole spectrum of
the field:
• 3 years Bachelor programme (Dutch) > BSc. degree
• 2 years Master programme (English) > MSc. degree
and Ir. or MSc Title
• Post-master programmes
31% of masters
students come
from abroad
Our staff comes from 42 different countries
RENOWNED PROFESSORS
Kees Kaan, Winy Maas, Dirk Sijmons, Andy van den
Dobbelsteen, Tony Fretton, Nanne de Ru, Michiel Riedijk, Arjan
van Timmeren, Antonio Cruz, Antonio Ortiz, Tom Avermaete.
BACHELOR DEGREE
• Three-year programme
• From the technical aspects of building to the responsible planning
of the Netherlands as a whole
• Fully integrated, broad, robust
• Leads to BSc
MSc Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences
Applicants can choose between one of five tracks:
Architecture uses design as a means to deal
with the technical, social and spatial challenges
encountered in the built environment.
Building Technology encompasses a broad
spectrum of engineering and architectural design
skills that lead to one of the dominant professions
of the future: the sustainable designer.
Urbanism draws on the Dutch tradition of
combining urban design, landscape architecture
and spatial planning.
Real Estate and Housing engages with the
managerial dimension and processes of the built
environment and the construction industry.
Landscape Architecture deals with design
through all scales as an architectonic
composition of natural and artificial materials.
MSc Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences
Applicants can choose between one of five tracks:
Architecture uses design as a means to deal
with the technical, social and spatial challenges
encountered in the built environment.
Building Technology encompasses a broad
spectrum of engineering and architectural design
skills that lead to one of the dominant professions
of the future: the sustainable designer.
Urbanism draws on the Dutch tradition of
combining urban design, landscape architecture
and spatial planning.
Real Estate and Housing engages with the
managerial dimension and processes of the built
environment and the construction industry.
Landscape Architecture deals with design
through all scales as an architectonic
composition of natural and artificial materials.
Geomatics provides vital spatial knowledge about the
built environment with students learning about the
use, governance and application of geographic data.
POST-MASTER
• The Berlage Post-master in Architecture and Urban Design
• EMU: European Post-master in Urbanism
• Graduate School A+BE
With currently over 250 students,
Students graduate with a PhD
DELFT ARCHITECTS BUILD ALL OVER THE WORLD
Wiel Arets, Jan Benthem, Ben van Berkel, Felix Claus, Kees
Christiaanse, Mels Crouwel, Gunnar Daan, Henk Döll, Frits van
Dongen, Erick van Egeraat, Dick van Gameren, Adriaan Geuze, Hans
van Heeswijk, Hubert-Jan Henket, Herman Hertzberger, Trude
Hooykaas, Francine Houben, Kees Kaan, Winy Maas, Bjarne
Mastenbroek, Willem-Jan Neutelings, Wytze Patijn, Frits Palmboom,
Liesbeth van der Pol, Wim Quist, Michiel Riedijk, Jacob van Rijs,
Marlies Rohmer, Dirk Sijmons, Sjoerd Soeters, Carel Weeber.
SCHOOL FACTS
• Accreditation for MSc AUB, MSc Geomatics,
MSc Berlage, MSc EMU
• Graduation rate: 95%
• Job placement rate: 89% (Source: NSE 2013)
• Exchange programmes with 50 international Universities
THE HEART OF THE BK CITY COMMUNITY
The Faculty’s building is the heart of the BK community. A
stunning building with a stunning interior. Completely renovated
and used as a living lab, BK City includes an auditorium
designed by MVRDV, model making rooms, two cafes and
studio spaces for students and researchers. BK City proudly
presents hundreds of lectures, seminars, presentations,
exhibitions, workshops and masterclasses, often open to the
general public.
The Faculty researchers and students work on exhibitions
within and outside BK City.
• Exhibiting excellent student or research work.
• Contributions to international exhibitions abroad, such as the
Venice Biennale, the Shenzhen Biennale, the Moscow Biennale
and the International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam.
RESEARCH
“The faculty delivers excellent research relating to architecture
and the built environment. The core subjects in which research
is carried out include design, planning, engineering, management
and geomatics. The majority of the research is concerned with
interventions in the built environment: the construction and
modification of buildings, urban areas and landscapes.”
BK HAS 9 RESEARCH PROGRAMMES:
• Urbanism
• Architecture
• Design and History
• Innovations and Management in the Built Environment
• Housing Quality
• Green Building Innovations
• Computation and Performance
• Urban and regional studies
• Geo information and Technology Systems
URBANISM
On the relationships between urban patterns
and design interventions
Key projects
• Green blue cities (photo)
• Integrated planning and design in the delta
• Better airport regions
THE ARCHITECTURAL PROJECT AND ITS FOUNDATIONS
On architecture as ‘craft’
Key projects
• Research on re-use of school buildings
• Tacit knowledge: architecture knowledge and scientific
research
• The Postwar European shopping centre
DESIGN AND HISTORY
On the integration of all aspects of the built heritage
Key projects
• Rietveld’s Universe
• European Colonial Built Heritage
• Self-Healing materials
INNOVATIONS IN MANAGEMENT BUILT ENVIRONMENT
On evidence-based decision-making
Key projects
• Supply Chain Monitor
• New life in high-vacancy areas
• FuturA Future Value Chains of Architectural Services
HOUSING
On how to achieve sufficient, sustainable and affordable
housing
Key projects
• Building Energy Efficiency for Massive Market Uptake
• Demographic Change and Housing Wealth
• Creating and Adapting Jobs in Europe
GREEN BUILDING INNOVATIONS
On renewable resources and a built environment that is largely
self-sustaining
Key projects
• Free-D Facade Manufacturing
• Pret-a-loger: House with a skin (photo)
• Climate Proof Cities
COMPUTATION AND PERFORMANCE
On innovative computational tools in the design and
construction process
Key projects
• Energy Performance Integration in Corporate
Public Real Estate Management
• CONTINUUM Architectural design and manufacturing
from the school lab to the fabrication workshop
• METABODY Media Embodiment Tékhne And Bridges of
Diversity
Interactive Wall developed by Hyperbody, Delft University of Technology in collaboration with Festo
URBAN AND REGIONAL STUDIES
On the growing complexity of neighbourhoods, cities and
regions
Key projects
• Territorial approaches for new governance
• Tenancy law and housing policy in multi-level europe
• Cities ‘borrowing’ size: agglomeration advantages in
polycentric urban regions
GEOINFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND GOVERNANCE
On the spatial information infrastructure, to solve complex
activities in the built environment
Key projects
• 5D data modelling: full integration of 2d/3d space, time and
scale dimensions
• Three-dimensional methods massive point clouds
• 3D spatial data infrastructure
RESEARCH FACTS
• Number of scientific staff: 339;
• Broadness of scope: From building technology to architecture
typology to management in the built environment;
• Number of peer reviewed articles: 130/year;
• Large numbers of high-quality book publications;
Articles in academic and crossover journals.
• Cooperations with 60+ universities all over the world.