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The Daniels Faculty at the University of Toronto is now accepting applications for the Doctor of Philosophy in Architecture, Landscape, and Design (ALD PhD)—a rigorous interdisciplinary program that trains students to pursue advanced research across a spectrum of built environmental practices.
Join a virtual open house on November 8 to learn more about the PhD program and its three streams: Building Science, Computation, and History and Theory of Architecture and Landscape, Visual Studies.
ALD PhD students at the Daniels Faculty explore methodologies across our disciplines, ranging from theoretical to applied research in design, history theory, building science, and visual studies. Whether focusing on the transnational histories of the Chinese garden, researching the neglected prehistory of the environmental movement, monitoring operations in digital architectural production, or tracking proprioception and daylighting, the engagements of our students range across the built environment at different scales and in different registers. The increasing complexity of architecture, landscape architecture, cities, and exurban settlements warrant creative design, critical thinking, and ethical action guided by advanced research. The challenges facing constructed environments in the 21st century push us beyond existing disciplinary lines to seek synergies among our fields—building science and engineering, computation and fabrication, health and society, history and theory, technology and environment—and to develop these synergies in tandem with fields like artificial intelligence, building performance evaluation, climate justice, community-based knowledge practice, digital design processes, forensic architecture, formalism, gender studies, heritage conservation, Indigenous studies, landscape studies, robotics in design, sustainability, visual studies, and many others.
The ALD PhD program is intended for students with aspirations to become active researchers and/or educators, work in government and industry, conduct research within design firms, or become community activists dedicated to meaningful social change through built environmental action.
Application deadlines
December 10, 2024: Program application payment and transcripts due. December 16, 2024: Supporting documents due (letters of reference, CV, statement of interest, portfolio, and writing sample(s))
More information on admissions and the application process is available on our graduate admissions webpage.
Contact: graduate [ at ] daniels.utoronto.ca.
