Theories of Architecture Fellowship Program 2026–29

TU Delft’s Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment is pleased to announce the continuation of the Theories of Architecture Fellowship program for the period 2026–29.

Over the past six years, the program has interrogated architectural theory as multiplicity—a generative terrain of concepts, transdisciplinary methodologies, and critical perspectives that reshape how architecture engages with the world. It has hosted a range of leading and critical voices contributing to architectural theory from around the world, including Nishat Awan, Naomi Stead, Gökhan Kodalak, Eeva-Liisa Pelkonen, Irénée Scalbert, Shanti Sumartojo, Laskhmi Priya Rajendran and Killian O’Dochartaigh, among others.

In the next cycle, the fellowship will continue engaging with urgent global debates on the agency and relevance of architectural theory today, examining how theoretical inquiry is operationalized across contemporary practice, pedagogy, and spatial politics. Rather than conceding to persistent narratives around the "crisis" of architectural theory, the fellowship contends that theoretical inquiry remains pervasive—embedded within the very operations, materializations, and politics of spatial practice. Over the next three years, the program will bring together leading practitioners, theorists, and critical voices to articulate how theory animates their work. Concurrently, it will develop an open, interactive digital archive designed as an active site for ongoing debate, shared knowledge, and critical exchange.

The reconvened curatorial committee comprises representatives across all five sections of the Department of Architecture: Aleksandar Staničić (chair) and Chiara Pradel (Situated Architecture), Eytan Mann and Ludo Groen (Building Knowledge), Rachel Lee and Serah Calitz (History, Form and Aesthetics), Robert Gorny (Theories, Territories, Transitions), and Antonio Cantero (Public Building and Housing Design). Bringing together established and emerging voices, the committee stewards the fellowship’s critical agenda, fostering open dialogue and cross-disciplinary inquiry into contemporary architectural theory.

The new cycle inaugurates with Fall 2026 Fellow Amelyn Ng (Columbia GSAPP), who will be in residence from November 10–21, 2026. Ng will deliver a public lecture titled Troubling Architectural Media and lead two doctoral masterclasses focusing on the mediation of architecture from two different vantages: digital-physical relationships and material systems. She will engage with researchers across the faculty to critically examine the ways in which architectural representation brokers material realities, and challenges the default settings of realism in digital architectural production.

An open call for 2027 Fellowship candidates will be announced in the coming weeks. For further details and application guidelines, visit our website or contact toa-fp@tudelft.nl with cc: A.Stanicic@tudelft.nl.