On October 17th and November 11th, our master program will be hosting two separate roundtable discussions aimed at shedding light on the urban and architectural issues surrounding the refugee crisis….
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This week’s workshop is taught by African geopolitics and refugee camps expert Gonzalo Sánchez-Terán, former director of the Jesuit Refugee Service in Liberia and Ivory Coast and head of its programs…
This summer marked the close of the 2013-14 academic year, which ended with our students’ final presentations. After an intense three-day jury in July, we were proud to have seen…
The agreement between the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Society (IFRC) and the UIC, enables the Universitat Internacional de Catalunya (UIC) to offer a three week 6…
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…
We’ve seen projects like the $300 House and Wikihouse try to revolutionize the concept of affordable housing for the world’s poor, and architects design alternatives to outdated tents for post-disaster…
Next Monday February 4th at 7pm, the COAC will host an open lecture by architect Verónica Sánchez as part of our masters program. Sánchez is an expert in water sanitation…
Shortly after the devastating earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan in March 2011, we heard about Shigeru Ban’s plan to build a multi-storey temporary housing in Onagawa. Completed nearly 9…
Our interview this week features our latest guest professor, Paul Cabrera, an architect from Mexico who works for Medecins Sans Fronteres (Doctors Without Borders) in their Spanish headquarters in Barcelona….
We came across an interesting project featured in this month’s edition of Domus Magazine: an Emergency Pediatric Clinic in Darfur by Italian architects Tamassociati for the Italian nonprofit Emergency NGO….