Assistant Professor in Architectural Intelligence and Data-Driven Design

Assistant Professor in Architectural Intelligence and Data-Driven Design at TU Delft

Join us in shaping the future of AI in architectural design

Job description

The Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment at TU Delft invites applicants for an Assistant Professor in Architectural Intelligence and Data-Driven Design. We are looking for an interdisciplinary scholar whose work connects architectural design, artificial intelligence, and data practices. This position is ideal for a candidate who not only understands the technical dimensions of AI—such as data workflows, machine learning, and knowledge representation—but who can also embed these within architectural thinking and making, design culture, and studio-based education.

The candidate brings computational expertise together with a sensitivity to spatial and cultural questions in architecture. You will work at the forefront of data-informed design, exploring how AI can support the ways architects conceptualize, analyze, design, and communicate the built environment—from early ideation to participatory and collaborative design processes. We are particularly interested in candidates who see computation not as a tool, but as a design medium and cultural practice.

You will join a faculty with a strong tradition in design-led research, where architecture is seen as a creative, technical and foremost a critical discipline. This position offers the opportunity to collaborate across studios, labs, and institutes—and to help define how architectural intelligence evolves in dialogue with data, computation, and environmental challenges. You will be part of a growing community of researchers and educators at TU Delft who are rethinking the future of design in an era shaped by technological, ecological, and societal transformation.

Key Responsibilities

• You will develop a distinctive research agenda that connects artificial intelligence to architectural design.
• You will collaboratively teach courses that bring computational and data-driven methods into architectural education and supervise students across all levels. Central to your role is the ability to translate complex data and AI concepts into meaningful and clear operational design frameworks and workflows.
• You will actively collaborate across disciplines, contribute to innovative open data initiatives, and help define how intelligent systems can meaningfully support architectural practice and culture.

Job requirements

• You hold a PhD in architecture, design computation, artificial intelligence, computer science, or a closely related discipline.
• You bring a strong foundation in data practices, AI methods, and knowledge representation, combined with a clear vision of how these can enrich architectural thinking and design culture.
• Your work shows a capacity to operate across disciplines—engaging both technical and design-oriented communities.
• You are able to communicate complex computational ideas in ways that resonate with architects and designers, and your research is grounded in both technological insight and spatial imagination. A track record of peer-reviewed publications, teaching experience, and a collaborative mindset round out your profile.

TU Delft (Delft University of Technology)
Delft University of Technology is built on strong foundations. As creators of the world-famous Dutch waterworks and pioneers in biotech, TU Delft is a top international university combining science, engineering and design. It delivers world class results in education, research and innovation to address challenges in the areas of energy, climate, mobility, health and digital society. For generations, our engineers have proven to be entrepreneurial problem-solvers, both in business and in a social context.

At TU Delft we embrace diversity as one of our core values and we actively engage to be a university where you feel at home and can flourish. We value different perspectives and qualities. We believe this makes our work more innovative, the TU Delft community more vibrant and the world more just. Together, we imagine, invent and create solutions using technology to have a positive impact on a global scale. That is why we invite you to apply. Your application will receive fair consideration.

Challenge. Change. Impact!

Faculty Architecture & the Built Environment
The Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment has a leading role in education and research worldwide. The driving force behind the faculty’s success is its robust research profile combined with the energy and creativity of its student body and academic community. It is buzzing with energy from early in the morning until late at night, with four thousand people studying, working, designing, conducting research and acquiring and disseminating knowledge. Our faculty has a strong focus on 'design-oriented research’, which has given it a top position in world rankings.

Staff and students are working to improve the built environment with the help of a broad set of disciplines, including architectural design, urban planning, building technology, social sciences, process management, and geo-information science. The faculty works closely with other faculties, universities, private parties, and the public sector, and has an extensive network in the Netherlands as well as internationally.

Conditions of employment

This position is offered as an Academic Career Track position (0.8 – 1.0 FTE). During the Academic Career Track, we expect you to grow towards an Associate Professor position within a maximum of eight years, for which a position will be available. With other Academic Career Track colleagues, you will participate in the Academic Career Track Development programme, where you are offered ample opportunities to develop yourself in the areas of Education, Research, Societal Impact & Innovation, and Leadership & Organisation. You will regularly discuss your development and results with senior staff based on a personalized development plan and performance criteria agreed upon at the start of your Academic Career Track. You will start with a temporary contract that will be converted to a permanent contract no later than 12 -18 months after a positive evaluation, based on continuous confidence in your development potential and fit in the organisation.

Inspiring, excellent education is our central aim. We expect you to obtain a University Teaching Qualification (UTQ) within three years if you have less than five years of teaching experience. This is provided by the TU Delft UTQ programme as part of the Academic Career Track Development programme.

TU Delft sets high standards for the English competency of the teaching staff. The TU Delft offers training to improve English competency. If you do not speak Dutch, we offer courses to learn the Dutch language within three years.

Salary and benefits are in accordance with the Collective Labour Agreement for Dutch Universities. The TU Delft offers a customisable compensation package, discounts on health insurance, and a monthly work costs contribution. Flexible work schedules can be arranged and you can work partly from home.

Will you need to relocate to the Netherlands for this job? TU Delft is committed to make your move as smooth as possible! The HR unit, Coming to Delft Service, provides information and personal one-on-one guidance to help you prepare your relocation, and to find housing and schools for children (if applicable). In addition, Coming to Delft Service organises events to help you settle in the Netherlands, and expand your (social) network in Delft. A Dual Career Programme is available to support your accompanying partner with their job search in the Netherlands.

Additional information
If you would like more information about this vacancy or the selection procedure, please contact Prof.dr. Georg Vrachliotis via e-mail: g.vrachliotis@tudelft.nl.For more information about the application procedure, please contact Julia Kreuwel, HR advisor, via e-mail: recruitment-BK@tudelft.nl.