After the recent release of their Public Interest Design 100 in Review, which features 100 individuals and teams working at the intersection of design and service, Public Interest Design has…
It’s being called the largest “mountain-moving project” in Chinese history: a move to flatten 700 mountains near Lanzhou to build up China’s next metropolis. Located near the arid Gansu province…
We are proud to announce that our co-director Sandra Bestraten, together with her associate Emilio HormÃas, were recently awarded by AJAC (Association of Young Architects of Catalunya) for their work…
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…
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…
Our masters course places a strong emphasis on citizen participation and community-led urban planning. Informal laborers often go overlooked yet play a crucial role in the growth of cities around…
Spain’s eviction crisis made the headlines in today’s New York Times, which reported the wave of evictions that reach up to 500 a day and total half a million since…
A debate held at the House of Commons in London on November 19th will gather experts in the field of development to talk about Rebuilding Zimbabwe: Does China offer a…