Tutor (& Architecture Atelier) - Manchester, United Kingdom - Manchester Metropolitan University

Manchester Metropolitan University

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Manchester, United Kingdom

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TUTOR IN ARCHITECTURE - ARCHITECTURE ATELIER**
PERMANENT

7 HOURS PER WEEK (FRIDAY) x 37 WEEKS PER YEAR

The Manchester School of Architecture is ranked 5th in the prestigious QS world university rankings and enjoys the unique context of being a collaboration between Manchester Metropolitan University and the University of Manchester.

It is one of the largest Schools of Architecture in the country with over 1200 students (typically representing some 85 countries) and over 150 staff from diverse backgrounds and is proud to retain both its quality and sense of community despite its size.

The School is characterised by excellence, ambition, boldness, inquisitiveness, innovation, and social justice and responsibility.

These facets generate a unique blend and balance between research led teaching, impressive and relevant research outputs (84% of research activity is world leading or internationally excellent), and extensive professional industry links, all of which encourage our students to cultivate their own unique approach to architecture and their careers thereafter.

Imagination, we take it seriously The School was responsible for 3 of the 9 impact case studies returned with Art & Design in the last REF, namely; "A neighbourhood model for age-friendly policy and practice: engaged design and research for urban ageing", "Heritage action: discovering, preserving and celebrating post-war modern architecture", and "Complex sustainable futures: disruptive technologies in urban transformation".

This specific tutor role is to work within the &rchitecture atelier. &rchitecture explores the potential for architects to affect positive change through inclusive and engaged practices.

In doing this, we attempt to reconcile who we are as people with what we do as architects, rather than fall into habitual norms and practices that perpetuate many of the inequalities that are evident in society.

In BA3 and M.Arch1, our students work alongside real-world collaborators to justify new forms of socially-engaged architectural practice through professionally rigour design projects.

In M.Arch2, students investigate how creative processes can play a role in addressing issues of spatial exclusion, explored through an individual design-led thesis of their choosing.

The post holder must be able to:

Understanding of and experience of responding to issues of social justice through inclusive design practices
Experience of creative designresearch in art and architecture and/or engage with unconventional architectural practice
Knowledge of circular and community economies in relation to sustainable architecture