“In terms of access to housing and right to the city, the question is, how do you help poor people access enough power to lay claim to space?” This week…
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As many of you know, our one-year master program is a second-year track within the prestigious Mundus Urbano master at Darmstadt University, forming part of the Mundus Urbano Masters Programme…
UCL’s Bartlett Devleopment Planning Unit, with whom we partnered last year for their DPU Summer Lab in Barcelona, has published a pamphlet showcasing the reflections that emerged during the four…
As our 2016-17 academic year comes to a close, we are excited to welcome our new group of students for the 2017-18 term! Here’s what we have in store for…
“Earthquakes don’t kill people, buildings do.” It’s become the go-to adage among post-disaster reconstruction experts who cite poor construction as the man-made cause of fatalities in the event of such…
We are proud to announce that our master program’s codirector, Carmen Mendoza Arroyo, has been invited to participate in the XX Architecture and Urbanism Biennial of Chile for her socio-spatial…
The city of Barcelona is promoting the Barcelona’s 2017 Architecture Week which features our International Cooperation Sustainable Emergency Architecture master program, including the following events: CONFERENCE AND SEMINAR: “BIO-PHILOSOPHY AND…
Like every year, our course comes to an end with the presentation of our students’ final theses. Join us May 25-26th when our students will defend their final thesis before…
On May 23-24, UIC School of Architecture will host Towards Urban Resilience, an international workshop that will gather young researchers, master’s and PhD students, and guest speakers from the field…
Former student Dana Barqawi asks this question in a recent article in which she advocates for planning cities rather than camps, as a much-needed long-term approach to housing refugees. It’s…