UCL Urban Laboratory

UCL Urban Laboratory is a crossdisciplinary centre for critical and creative urban thinking, teaching, research and practice, based at University College London. Established in 2005 as a university wide initiative bringing together the best urban teaching and research at UCL, our activities build on the full spectrum of work across the arts and sciences: from civil engineering to film studies, from urban history to the latest developments in architectural design, from anthropology to fine art. At UCL Urban Laboratory we encourage activities that are critical, creative, independent and interdisciplinary. We aim to share the knowledge our work produces widely, with diverse audiences. We experiment with new methods of urban research across disciplinary boundaries, practices and professions, providing a laboratory for cross- and interdisciplinary invention, because difficult urban challenges demand new modes of collaboration. Urban research at UCL draws on a rich heritage of pioneerin...