City-Profession-University & Architectural Research (original) (raw)

Considering the shifting relations between the city, the architectural profession and architectural schools, a shift informed by the emergent globalised social, legal and financial networks as well as by new communication technologies-design tools, this paper will try to discuss architectural research as a central actor within this environment. Emphasising on the innovative and the critical potential of architectural research, one could answer the following question: How is research actually situated within this city-profession-education compound, and why can an understanding of the former offer an insight to the latter?