A student listens to a local resident to map her daily routes and accessibility issues through the steep topography of the neighborhood As we announced on Friday, our students set…
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In an urban action organized by our masters group together with the local municipality, students will be hosting a community participation session in Ciutat Meridiana, tomorrow December 1st as part…
Did you know there were plenty of examples of earthen architecture right here in Europe? Next Monday December 3rd, the COAC (Colegio de Arquitectos de Catalunya) will be hosting the…
Our master’s program is unique in that it deals with cooperation, sustainability, and emergency situations both in developed in developing contexts. We thought we would highlight an article published in…
Earlier this month we announced the participation of one of our former students in the debate Rebuilding Zimbabwe: Does China offer a better development model than the West?, which took…
“People know a great deal. Humans like every other species on the planet know how to make their own shelter.” The Shelter Media Project recently released a documentary on public…
Our course this year places a special emphasis on urban upgrading in both developed and developing contexts, in particular Medellín, Colombia, destination of our field trip where students will be…
“Urban self-organization is a powerful dynamic that ought to be of more interest (and use) to urban designers, planners and other actors.” In his recent article on Urban Acupuncture in…
The 22nd and 23rd of November, various architects and experts in traditional construction techniques from places like Colombia and the Spanish island of Mallorca will be talking about the use…
This week our students paid a visit to La Mina neighborhood in Barcelona, an example of urban renewal that serves as a case study for their current project to improve…
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