Overview

The Projective Cities programme from Architectural Association is dedicated to systematic analysis, design experimentation, theoretical speculation and critical writing, all of which focus 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 understanding and new design research training to meet the demands of contemporary architectural and urban practice.

Each cohort of Projective Cities examines a common theme as the starting point for individual research agendas.

The current theme is the Architecture of Collective Living, and the ambition of this agenda is to investigate the different organisational, formal, programmatic and material particularities of how we live together through comparative analysis and new design proposals.

The intention is to rethink the informal and formal relations between subjects, spaces, structural and non-structural elements, objects and protocols of use and occupation, with the broader ambition of understanding specific architectures and the larger political and social discourses that define them.

Programme Structure

Course Structure

Five terms of study are divided into two phases.

Phase 1, a three-term academic year beginning each autumn, introduces key design and research methodologies through a comprehensive range of studio, seminar and academic writing modules. Specialised workshops and guest seminars are delivered alongside core teaching. Term 3 is dedicated to the development of individual dissertation proposals. In

Phase 2, which begins the following autumn and concludes in March of the second academic year, candidates develop their individual dissertation, consisting of an independent research project.

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 18 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-09-01 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-03-07 00:00:00

Language

English

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Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

London, United Kingdom

Disciplines

Architecture Landscape Architecture Urban Planning View 193 other Masters in Architecture in United Kingdom

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

Complete the online application form

upload a scanned copy of their passport, reference, academic documents (and certified translations where the originals are not in English) and English language qualifications (if they are not exempt from meeting the English language entry requirements);

submit a digital portfolio;

pay the appropriate application fee depending on the timing of their application submission

Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

29884 GBP / year

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Citizens or residents

29884 GBP / year

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Living costs

London

United Kingdom

1137 - 2157 GBP / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

Funding

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