We are happy to announce that the Universitat Internacional de Catalunya (UIC) has signed an agreement with the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Society (IFRC). This agreement…
This year we welcomed back Nathaniel Corum, Education Outreach Director of Architecture for Humanity, for a workshop with our students on yet another real-world project, this time focused on creating…
In a current workshop led by our co-director Carmen Mendoza together with other faculty members, our students are undertaking a socio-spatial analysis of Barcelona’s multi-ethnic Fondo neighborhood in Santa Coloma…
This year’s field trip to Medellín made headlines in local media thanks to its collaboration between academia, government and local community and its efforts to stir a debate on the…
Last week the Barcelona city council announced its plan to designate 222 vacant apartments as social housing units in the area of Torre Baró, a peripheral low-income neighborhood of Barcelona….
Our students in Medellín. photo by Allison Koornneef As we announced in our last post, our students and co-directors spent Easter break in Medellín, Colombia, where they took part in…
Next week our students and co-directors are taking off to Medellín, Colombia, site of this year’s field trip and one of this year’s highlights. Together with students of the Universidad…
This year’s workshop with the Ciutat Meridiana neighborhood, which focused on improving the living conditions of this “Eviction City” through urban upgrading strategies and community participation, was featured in a…
If you have followed our updates over the last few months, you already know about one of this year’s main focal points, the Ciutat Meridiana workshop, an academic exercise and…
Next Wednesday December 19th in Nou Barris, Barcelona, our students will officially present a series of tools and urban intervention proposals for Ciutat Meridiana, a peripheral neighborhood in Barcelona that…