Job FieldThe John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design, at the University of Toronto, invites applications for a full-time tenure-stream appointment in Digital Architecture. This appointment will be at the rank of Assistant Professor and will be effective July 1, 2019.

Candidates should have training, experience and a critical understanding of the digital dimensions of architecture, and design research, —including, but not limited to the following areas-of-concentration: responsive system design, digital fabrication and assembly, BIM, artificial intelligence in urbanization and design, ‘smart’ technologies, and environmental analysis. Candidates must be engaged in research of an international calibre with demonstrated excellence in teaching. A professional degree in architecture at the Master’s level, or a Master’s degree in a related discipline is required. A Ph.D in computational topics in architecture is highly desirable. Candidates should have the demonstrated capacity to engage the multiple scales at which cities, infrastructure, and architecture intersect and the complex factors that shape these interactions. Candidates must have a record of excellence in research, evident through publications, presentations, and other forms of peer recognition for creative and/or technically-oriented work.

We are looking for a candidate with an intellectually and technically sophisticated approach to digital analysis and design within architecture, and a demonstrated capacity to advance architecture and the allied disciplines that can contribute meaningfully to the diverse population and intellectual milieu at the Daniels Faculty. Please visit our home page: the John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design at http://www.daniels.utoronto.ca/

Excellence in research should be demonstrated by publications in recognized field-relevant journals (or leading publications in the field), or by leadership in research projects and networks operating at high, international standards, a strong record of participation in innovative building or planning-based projects, presentations at significant conferences, accolades for innovative work, strong endorsements by referees of international stature, and honours and awards. The successful candidate will be expected to pursue innovative and independent research at the highest international level and to establish an outstanding, competitive, and externally funded research program.

Candidates must have a strong demonstrated commitment to teaching excellence, and will be expected to contribute to the enrichment of undergraduate and graduate programs at the Daniels Faculty. These would include the Bachelor of Arts, Architectural Studies, Professional Masters programs in Architecture, Landscape Architecture, and Urban Design and the delivery of a new PhD in Architecture, Landscape, and Design Studies. Excellence in teaching should be demonstrated through teaching accomplishments, a teaching statement, teaching evaluations, and a teaching dossier submitted as part of the application, and strong endorsements from referees. This evidence can include performance as a teaching assistant, experience leading successful workshops or seminars, student mentorship, or conference presentations.

The position will include opportunities for the candidate to collaborate with UofT colleagues in Planning/Geography, Art, Environment, Computer Science, Engineering, and Public Health, among others, as well as operational staff, and external academic and industry partners. University of Toronto faculty have access to the Canadian Research Councils, which offer grants and research funding opportunities that are unique within North America.

Salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience.

Set within a preeminent research university and located at the center of one of North America’s most cosmopolitan cities, the Daniels Faculty uniquely combines the disciplines of architecture, landscape architecture, and urban design in undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs. The Daniels Faculty explores the intersections between nature, technology, architecture, and various built geographies in a way that situates design to meet its contemporary challenges. An emphasis on the connections between all of the design disciplines at work in the remaking of the built environment is apparent in the scholarly research and built work of many of our faculty. Following a decade-long transformation of the school’s faculty and professional programs, and a recent major increase in its endowment, the Faculty is expanding its undergraduate and graduate programs. To accommodate both growth in its curricular offerings, and an increase in its research and outreach programs, a new building complex for the Faculty has just been completed on Toronto’s historic One Spadina Crescent.

Applications must include a cover letter, curriculum vitae, teaching dossier (to include a teaching statement, sample of syllabi, and course materials, and other evidence of teaching excellence listed above, if applicable), a statement outlining current and future research objectives, and representative examples of publications, research, and design work.

If you have questions about this position, please contact the Dean’s Office (Daniels-Dean@daniels.utoronto.ca or 416-978-6192).

Please combine attachments into one or two files in PDF/MS Word format. Submission guidelines can be found at: http://uoft.me/how-to-apply.

Applicants should also provide the names and contact details of three referees directly to the department via e-mail to Daniels-Dean@daniels.utoronto.ca by the closing date.

Review of applications will begin on Tuesday, December 11, 2018, however applications will be accepted until the position is filled.

The University of Toronto is strongly committed to diversity within its community and especially welcomes applications from racialized persons / persons of colour, women, Indigenous / Aboriginal People of North America, persons with disabilities, LGBTQ persons, and others who may contribute to the further diversification of ideas.

As part of your application, you will be asked to complete a brief Diversity Survey. This survey is voluntary. Any information directly related to you is confidential and cannot be accessed by search committees or human resources staff. Results will be aggregated for institutional planning purposes. For more information, please see http://uoft.me/UP.

All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority.


Job Field: Tenure Stream
Department: John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design
Campus: St. George (downtown Toronto)
Job Posting: Oct 27, 2018
Job Closing: Ongoing