The Humanitarian Shelter & Settlements workshop is an important component of our Master’s program. The course explores how international agencies respond to displacement crisis for sudden natural disasters and draws…
Verónica Sánchez Carrera is an architect and independent researcher. She has been working with various organizations in the Humanitarian Aid field and is an expert in the development of human…
In February, we welcomed back our guest professor Sergio Palleroni to teach the seminar Public Interest Design and Development Metrics. In this seminar based on a case study approach, our…
In October, guest professor Gonzalo Lizarralde visited to teach the seminar “Unnatural Disasters – Controversies in Low-Cost Housing and Post-Disaster Reconstruction”. During the seminar, our students explored the connections between social injustices,…
Kathrin Golda-Pongratz (Augsburg, 1971) is an architect, urban planner, and professor at the UIC Barcelona School of Architecture. She has carried out research into urbanisation processes linked to migration, informal…
We are thrilled to share this video interview (in Catalan) with our codirector Sandra Bestraten on beteve regarding her work as an architect in the creation of accessible spaces. In…
“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…
During his last workshop for our master program, we sat down with our guest professor Nabeel Hamdi, participatory planning pioneer and professor at Oxford Brookes University, for a quick interview…
Alejandro Haiek downplays his role as architect in defense of a slow yet transformative architecture ultimately powered by the community. Last November, we welcomed Venezuelan architect Alejandro Haiek as visiting…
We interviewed the director of Columbia University GSAPP’s Latin Lab, Clara Irazabal, during her two two-week workshop “Learning from Latin American Cities: Planning and Urbanization” with our students. The Caracas-born…