Umeå School of Architecture

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Student Work

sauna building at site

SAUNA

Design-built project by students Summer course: From Concept to Construction, 2024

student and construction at site

Trappudden Vindbåk

Design-built project by students Summer course: From Concept to Construction, 2024

Illustration by student

BADLANDS. A Rediscovery of a Landscape of Extraction

BADLANDS. A Rediscovery of a Landscape of Extraction by Edvin Högberg. Studio 12.

Illustration by student

Utblick! Cinematographic Tectonics + the Deep Urban Dwelling

Utblick! Cinematographic Tectonics + the Deep Urban Dwelling by Lydia Bruhn. Studio 11.

Illustration by student

The Servant’s Tale

The Servant’s Tale by Jonathan Andersson. Studio 11.

Illustration by student

The Air We Breathe

The Air We Breathe by Tuvalie Juntti. Studio 12.

Illustration by student

In defense of HOME.

In defense of HOME by Cecilia Johansson. Studio 11.

Illustration eller bild från studentarbete

The Beastibule Bestiary

The Beastibule Bestiary by Elin Holmberg. Studio 11.

Illustration eller bild från studentarbete

The Permanent Hotel

The Permanent Hotel by Oskar Häggström Germann. Studio 11.

Illustration eller bild från studentarbete

Timescapes

Timescapes by Richard Lövby. Studio 10.

Illustration eller bild från studentarbete

Together for Torbali - Designing Hope and Resilience

Together for Torbali - Designing Hope and Resilience by Ellen Moisio, Benjamin Roobol. Studio 10.

Illustration eller bild från studentarbete

WILL LAVER LIVE?

WILL LAVER LIVE? by Fredrika Stelander

Upcoming event at UMA

Four female students in choreography, Unfashion Show 2023

UnFashion Show 2024

Umeå School of Architecture invites to a choreographed performance in which students from the first year of the Architecture Programme explore the relation between body, space and movement. 

  • Friday 8 November, 2024
  • at 16:00 - 17:00
  • Theatre, Umeå School of Architecture, Ö. strandgatan 30c

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Design Studios 2024/25

Students in coreography

UMA 1

Architecture Through the Body. A Collection of Pedagogical Experiments

illustration by Elena Vazquez

UMA 2-3: Studio 1

Digital Tectonics

illustration by former student Christian Loufti

UMA 2-3: Studio 2

Closing loops. Circular Architecture

Studio 3 Collective drawing of Vasagatan in Umeå. The city as a laboratory : Fall term 2023.

UMA 2-3: Studio 3

A Laboratory in the City. Architectural Experiments at diverse Latitudes

old Phone with text saying Tell him you love him

UMA 2-3: Studio 4

e/merging encounters people/culture/place

Illustation with houses and text "We need to show the world what happened here"

UMA 4-5: Studio 10

Global Challenges. Urgent Pedagogy

Abstract illustration by a former student Elin Werme

UMA 4-5: Studio 11

Radical Domesticities. The Lives of Others

cut-out of mining site, black and white photo by former student Viktor Lindström

UMA 4-5: Studio 12

Altered Geographies: Healing the Wounds of Post-Industrial Sites

“The most exciting full-time activity of my life”

PROFILE What is like to study at the Umeå School of Architecture? What has made the strongest impression on you? And what do new students need to know? These are some of the questions Frida Block has answered. She is completing her Master’s at the Umeå School of Architecture in spring semester 2023.

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Events

Four female students doing choreographed performance

8 November 2024

UnFashion Show 2024

Demonstrator wall showcasing an assembly of 3D printed biopolymer components.

16 October 2024

UMA Talks: Digital architecture – Geometry, data, fabrication

image black and white of the lecturers

3 October 2024

UMA Talks: Medium as Material

Book cover of the book "Free the map", written by the lecturer

26 September 2024

UMA Talks: Free the Map

sign with text "is it possible to build with the sense of solidarity?"

20 September 2024

UMA Talks: Taking care – Architecture and its social role

drawing, bees and flowers

19 September 2024

UMA Talks: Flowers, Bees and Architecture

plats med byggnadselement, husvagn, träd, cementbild

12 September 2024

UMA Talks: How is The Built Environment Political?

image of lecturer

2 September 2024

UMA Talks: Immateriality – the æstetics of necessity

Earlier End of Year Exhibition at UMA

29 May – 1 June 2024

End of Year Exhibition 2024

Graphic by student

29 May 2024

UMA Talks: State of the Art

House with alternative fasade materils

25 April 2024

UMA Talks: Embracing the leftovers

Illustration with lines, birds, plants by lecturer

26 March 2024

UMA Talks: Protocols of the Ecology of Practices in Architecture

Room with constructions

21 March 2024

UMA Talks: Revolutionary Love – The Power of Gentleness in Architecture

hand showing handbook and sign with title of lecture

9 February 2024

UMA Talks: The Local is the Future

hand holding two journals

23 November 2023

UMA Talks: What's Planning got to Do with Architecture?

Människor och hus, landsbygdsmiljö i Pakistan

9 – 10 November 2023

UMA Talks: Critical Care – Building Feminist Recovery

Students doing show

27 October 2023

UnFashion Show 2023

14 - 15 September 2023

New European Bauhaus network meeting

23 May - 3 June 2023

UMA 2023 End of Year Exhibition

27-28 April 2023

NBAA at UMA

16 February 2023

EU-Conference

30 November 2022

Symposium - Designing Cycles at 64° - Interior Urban Landscapes and the Water-Energy-Food Nexus

Event

UMA TALKS

UMA TALKS AND ROUNDTABLE CONVERSATIONS

The UMA Talks are a free and accessible series of events. The series is devoted to advancing architectural discourse from both an international perspective and local perspective, and strives to enable the public, students, teachers, and researchers both within architecture and from other fields to get insight to and participate in the educational activities and academic research taking place at Umeå School of Architecture. Theorist, practitioners, artists, and other relevant guests are invited to speak or to participate in roundtable conversations or similar formats.

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Our education

We have an international profile, and a strong focus on social and ecological sustainability and design.

Our research

Our research includes the artistic and natural sciences, intertwined with social science subjects.

About us

Our staff come from all over the world and work within the various scientific areas of architecture.