The MPhil in Architecture and Urban Design (Projective Cities) is a 20-month, interdisciplinary research and design programme that examines multi-scalar questions arising at the intersection of architecture, urban design and planning. The programme is dedicated to systematic analysis, design experimentation, theoretical speculation and critical writing, all focusing on the contemporary city. Student projects combine new design and traditional forms of research, while challenging existing disciplinary boundaries and contributing to emerging spatial design practice and knowledge. The programme recognises the need for multidisciplinary knowledge and new, practice-led research training to meet the demands of contemporary architectural and urban practice.

Projective Cities programme has initiated a series of external collaborations and partnerships that aim into introducing students to relevant contemporary case studies and to foster design experimentation and their research ambitions. In the current academic year 2019-20, Phase II students developed their dissertations in sites such as Athens, Silesia in Poland, Bangkok, Wuhan and Beijing among others. Phase I students are undertook design exercises and workshops in the cities of Barcelona, Athens, and London, where the programme has established institutional collaborations with local municipalities, universities (ETSAB/NTUA), activist groups and architects cooperatives like Lacol and Arquitectos de Cabecera. Fragments of these projects are presented in the following pages.

Students:
Maximilian Bentler, Dimitris-Ronald Chatziioakeimidis, Pengyu Chen, Daryan Knoblauch, Tanapol Kositsurungkakul, Wojciech Mazan, Witthawat Prabhasawat, Qiyu Qin, Fanyu Song, Clinton Thedyardi, Huace Yang, Yijie Zhang, Yunshi Zhou.

Staff:
Platon Issaias, Programme Head
Doreen Bernath, Cristina Gamboa, Hamed Khosravi, Studio Masters
Raül Avilla, Studio Tutor
Mark Campbell, Thesis Advisor
Sam Jacoby, External Thesis Advisor
Roozbeh Elias-Azar, Ioanna Piniara, Consultants

Acknowledgements:
Many thanks to our jurors and critics Xristina Argyros, Neeraz Bhatia, Dora Chatzi-Rodopoulou, Jingru Chen, Costandis Kizis, Valerio Massaro, Michal Murawski, Gili Merin, Clara Oloriz, Elena Pascolo, Julian Siravo, Teresa Stoppani.