Winter, Stefan2023-09-132023-09-132022-09-16http://hdl.handle.net/10539/35910This paper explores the evolving relationship between artistic research, architecture, and urban design in the context of shifting paradigms in the understanding of architecture and urban development. It highlights the transition from top-down planning to inclusive bottom-up processes and emphasises the importance of perceiving the city as a habitat rather than just a built environment. The historical precedents of artistic avantgarde movements, such as dérive and psychogeography, are examined, and their limitations in the contemporary context are discussed. The potential of artistic research to contribute to sustainability in ecological, economic, and societal dimensions is explored through various examples. Overall, the paper argues for the transformative power of artistic research in shaping future city spaces.en©2022 Arts Research Africa (ARA), University of the Witwatersrand. This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0Artistic research, architecture, and urban designArchitecture and urban developmentTop-down planning to inclusive bottom-up processesArtistic avantgarde movementsDérive and psychogeographySustainability in ecological, economic, and societal dimensionsPresentationhttps://doi.org/10.54223/10539/35910