€1 million to new research project

The research project SCRIBE (Scarcity and creativity in the built environment) is a collaboration between the Oslo School of Architecture and Design, University of Westminister in London and Vienna University of Technology. 

The aim of the SCIBE proposal is to explore the relationship between scarcity and creativity in the context of the built environment by investigating how conditions of scarcity might affect the creativity of the different actors involved in the production of architecture and urban design, and how a design-led innovation of the process could improve the built environment in the future.

The project is headed by Prof. Jeremy Till of University of Westminster, London, UK, who also heads the British team. the Norwegian team is comprised by Prof. Christian Hermansen (head, Prof. Edward Robbins from AHO amd Arna Marthinsen of April Arkitekter. the austrian team is headed by Prof. Ina Wagner of Vienna University of Technology.

HERA - Humanities in the European Research Area - is an EU 6th Framework Programme ERA-NET project aiming at strengthening the European voice in the Humanities.

The HERA Joint Research Programme (HERA JRP) was created in order to help "create collaborative, trans-national research opportunities that will derive new insights from humanities research addressing major social, cultural, and political challenges facing Europe".

In January 2009, the programme partners launched a joint call for transnational Collaborative Research Projects (CRPs) in two humanities research areas: “Cultural Dynamics: Inheritance and Identity” and “Humanities as a Source of Creativity and Innovation”.

The first round of the competition for the funds involved more than 160 teams across Europe, of which 55 were chosen to participate in the second round. Of those 55 teams 19 were awarded funds, amongst them the SCRIBE project.

AHO congratulates!