AARC: Architorque‘s Academic and Research Center is a research and experimental initiative taken by Architorque. The multi and interdisciplinary approach of AARC aims to foster creative collaborations between professionals, para professional researchers, academics and students affiliated with the field of research and design. The aim of the center is to investigate and analyse challenges in the domain of urban, pre urban and indigenous cultures with also the help of design and research. With the help of publications, projects, exhibitions, workshops and other creative interactive initiatives the center aims to create an academic and research platform for designers and researchers to analyse, realise and evaluate their research ideas, prototypes and theories.