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Curriculum - Amsterdam Academy of Architecture

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avba 2025—2026

avba 2025—2026

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YEAR 1 Expanding spatial thinking, practice desing skills, building a library of references, clearly defined projects, introduction to research & writing methods

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MULTIPLICITY Research & Design, Collaborations, Narratives (in Design and Writing), Relating to Societal Themes,

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BUILDING ECOLOGIES Relational Thinking, Material Ecologies, Post-Growth Mapping and Design Tools, Social Ecosystems, City as a Resource, Digital Networks, Nature Inclusive Design, Soil and Water Base Design,

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YEAR 3 Learning to use design & research to relate to large societal themes, connecting across disciplines & fields of knowledge, experiments in design & research, building critical design thinking & speculative skills

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FUNDAMENTALS Unlearning, Scenography, Open Realm, Justice by Design, Forms of Knowledge, Urban Degrowth, Neighbourhood as A Resource, Natureculture, More Than Human, Ecosystems,

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YEAR 2 Introducing disciplinary focus, strategic thinking and complex methods, layered multifunctional design and research projects

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POSITIONING Defined and developed in individual graduation proposals

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YEAR 4 Graduation project; a subject of your own choice, self organised and developed to a complete design & research project

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