TU Delft Faculty of Architecture
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The Faculty of Architecture at TU Delft is the largest faculty of the university and one of the largest architecture schools in the world, with around 2'900 students.
The Faculty is offering the following degrees:
Master Tracks:
The Faculty is offering the following degrees:
- Bachelor of Science in Architecture
- Master of Science in Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences
Master Tracks:
- Master in Architecture:
- with specialisation in Architecture and Modernity: Dwelling
- with specialisation in Architecture and Modernity: Public Building
- with specialisation in RMIT (Restoration, Modification, Intervention, Transformation)
- with specialisation in Hybrid Building for the Dutch City
- with specialisation in Interiors, Buildings and Cities
- with specialisation in Hyperbody: Non-standard and Interactive Architecture
- with specialisation in Materialisation
- with specialisation in Architectural Engineering
- with specialisation in DSD - Future Cities
- Master in Urbanism
- with specialisation in Urban Regeneration
- with specialisation in Delta Interventions
- with specialisation in Complex Cities and Regions in Transformation
- with specialisation in Design as Politics
- with specialisation in Future Cities
- with specialisation in Vertical Cities Asia
- Master in Building Technology:
- with specialisation in Research & Design
- with specialisation in Facade Design
- Master in Real Estate & Housing:
- with specialisation in Design & Construction Management
- with specialisation in Real Estate Management
- with specialisation in Housing
- Master in Landscape Architecture
History
On January 8, 1842, King Willem II founded the 'Royal Academy for the education of civilian engineers, for serving both nation and industry, and of apprentices for trade'. On the 20th of June, 1864, a Royal Decree was issued, ordering that the Royal Academy in Delft be disbanded in order to make way for a new 'Polytechnic School'. The School went on to educate architects, and engineers in the fields of civil works, shipbuilding, mechanical engineering and mining. STYLOS, the Student Association for architectural students in the faculty, was established in 1894 and is one of the biggest in the Netherlands.Graduates
- Jo van den Broek
- Erick van EgeraatErick van EgeraatErick van Egeraat is a Dutch architect. He is based in Rotterdam but particularly active in Germany and Russia....
- Herman HertzbergerHerman HertzbergerHerman Hertzberger is a Dutch architect and emeritus professor.-Biography:Herman Hertzberger was born on 6 July 1932 in Amsterdam, Netherlands....
- Kas OosterhuisKas OosterhuisKas Oosterhuis is professor at the Faculty of Architecture, Delft University of Technology, as well as director of Hyperbody and the Protospace Laboratory for Collaborative Design and Engineering...
- Francine HoubenMecanooMecanoo is a firm of architects based in Delft, The Netherlands. The Delft based office of Mecanoo was officially founded in 1984 by Francine Houben, Henk Döll, Roelf Steenhuis, Erick van Egeraat and Chris de Weijer. The firm is directed by its original founder architect Prof. ir. Francine M.J....
- Winy MaasWiny MaasWiny Maas is a Dutch architect, landscape architect, professor and urbanist. In 1991 together with Jacob van Rijs and Nathalie de Vries he set up MVRDV...
, Jacob van RijsJacob van RijsJacob van Rijs is a Dutch architect, lecturer and urbanist. In 1991 together with Winy Maas and Nathalie de Vries he set up MVRDV...
and Nathalie de VriesNathalie de VriesNathalie de Vries is a Dutch architect, lecturer and urbanist. In 1991 together with Winy Maas and Jacob van Rijs she set up MVRDV...
(MVRDVMVRDVMVRDV is a Rotterdam, Netherlands-based architecture and urban design practice founded in 1991. The name is an acronym for the founding members: Winy Maas , Jacob van Rijs and Nathalie de Vries...
) - Frits PeutzFrits PeutzF.P.J. Peutz was a Dutch architect.Peutz was born in a Catholic family in Uithuizen in Groningen, a mostly Protestant province in the north of the Netherlands. In 1910 he was sent to the Rolduc boarding school in Kerkrade in the Catholic province of Limburg for his higher education. In 1914 he...
- Lars SpuybroekLars SpuybroekLars Spuybroek is a Dutch architect and artist.-Education:He graduated cum laude at the Technical University Delft in 1989. A year later, he won the Archiprix for his Palazzo Pensile, a new royal palace for Queen Beatrix in Rotterdam...
Notable (Former) Faculty
- Jacob B. BakemaJacob B. BakemaJacob Berend Bakema was a Dutch modernist architect, notable for his public housing and involvement in the reconstruction of Rotterdam after the Second World War....
, Dutch architect - Jo CoenenJo CoenenJo Coenen is a Dutch architect and urban planner. He studied architecture at the Eindhoven University of Technology , and later held professorships at TU Karlsruhe, Eindhoven University of Technology and Delft University of Technology.Between 2000 and 2004 Coenen was Chief Government Architect of...
, Dutch architect - Aldo van EyckAldo van EyckAldo van Eyck or van Eijk was an architect from the Netherlands.-Family:...
, Dutch architect - Tony FrettonTony FrettonTony Fretton is a British architect known for his residential and public gallery buildings, as well as other British and international design work. He graduated from the Architectural Association and worked for various practices including Arup, Neyland and Ungless, and Chapman Taylor, before...
, British architect - Herman HertzbergerHerman HertzbergerHerman Hertzberger is a Dutch architect and emeritus professor.-Biography:Herman Hertzberger was born on 6 July 1932 in Amsterdam, Netherlands....
, Dutch architect - Kas OosterhuisKas OosterhuisKas Oosterhuis is professor at the Faculty of Architecture, Delft University of Technology, as well as director of Hyperbody and the Protospace Laboratory for Collaborative Design and Engineering...
, Dutch architect - Bob Van ReethBob Van ReethBob Van Reeth , who usually signs as bOb Van Reeth, is a Belgian architect.-Biography:Bob Van Reeth started working as an architect in 1965 with designing buildings in Mechelen and Kalmthout. In 1972, he became a teacher at the Nationaal Hoger Instituut voor Bouwkunst in Antwerp...
, Belgian architect - Alexander TzonisAlexander TzonisAlexander Tzonis is a Greek architect, researcher and author.He has made contributions to architectural theory, history, and design cognition bringing together scientific and humanistic approaches in a rare synthesis. Since 1975 he has been collaborating in most projects with Liane Lefaivre...
, Greek architect, researcher and author - Cornelis van Eesteren, Dutch architect and urban planner
- Marinus Jan Granpré MolièreMarinus Jan Granpré MolièreMarinus Jan Granpré Molière was a Dutch architect.Granpré Molière was a professor at the Delft University of Technology and was seen as founder of the Traditionalist School. Molière initiated numerous urban projects, such as the Wieringermeer and the North East Polder .-References:...
, Dutch urban desinger and planner