Non-formal housing in El Ermitaño in the Independencia district of Lima/ Peru Kathrin Golda-Pongratz (Augsburg, 1971) is an architect, urban planner, and professor at the UIC Barcelona School of Architecture….
Last April, our co-director Carmen Mendoza took part in a round table discussion following the presentation of the book The Well-Tempered City by leading US real estate developer and urban planner…
An upcoming conference series curated by our faculty member Kathrin Golda-Pongratz, the “City and Memory Trialogues” is a first-time edition that brings together experts, artists, activists and national and international…
This Friday, we welcome back former student of our master program Esther Menduiña as guest lecturer to hear about her experience during this past year working for the Norweigan Refugee…
Situated at the intersection of architecture, urban planning and development, our master program seeks to reclaim the social commitment implicit in spatial practices, training a new generation of architects to…
You would be hard-pressed to find an architect or urban planner who doesn’t have at least a handful of these titles resting proudly on their bookshelf. After all, when it…
This Friday, our faculty member Lorenzo Chelleri, a Postdoctoral Researcher at Gran Sasso Science Institute (GSSI Social Sciences) and founding member of the Urban Resilience Research Network, will give a…
We are excited to announce that Alejandro Haiek Coll, Venezuelan architect, artist and cofounder of LAB.PRO.FAB and The Public Machinery will be joining our faculty and leading his first workshop…
This Friday November 28th, we welcome back former student Rossana Poblet for an open lecture on Lima’s ecological infrastructure strategy, which she has been researching and working on since graduating…
This Thursday Oct. 31st, UN-Habitat and Guardian Cities will inaugurate the first World Cities Day in celebration of sustainable urban development. The event, hosted by Shanghai Municipality in the PRC…