Former student Elizabeth Rivera recently featured in an article for the Hispanic Showcase series of the American Institute of Architect’s New Jersey Chapter. Elizabeth at her Master thesis presentation Elizabeth,…
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For the 10th anniversary of our Master of International Cooperation and Emergency Sustainable Architecture, we had the honour to welcome Ian Davis as our guest speaker for the event. Drawing on more…
Haznet, the Canadian Risks and Hazards Network‘s dissemination platform, has published a new issue of their magazine title Build Back Better, which include contributions by our faculty member Lorenzo Chelleri…
“Earthquakes don’t kill people, buildings do.” It’s become the go-to adage among post-disaster reconstruction experts who cite poor construction as the man-made cause of fatalities in the event of such…
On Thursday February 2nd, the second edition of our Development by Design conference comes to a close with a talk titled Unnatural Disasters and the Future of Resilience by our…
We are honored to participate in a symposium next Thursday, April 7th at RIBA in London in connection with its Creation from Catastrophe exhibition, which “explores the varying and sometimes…
When we first launched our masters program–Master of International Cooperation Sustainable Emergency Architecture–back in 2010, we were virtually the only postgraduate degree with a specific and joint focus on the…
We are so proud to hear that RAPIDO, the disaster recovery housing pilot program led by our former student Elaine Morales with BCworkshop, has been awarded 1st place in the…
The IFRC (International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies) has announced the release of their updated edition of the landmark publication Shelter After Disaster by Ian Davis originally…
Last Thursday at the third session of our Development by Design: Dialogues in Architecture, Equity and Design, Susanna Oliver, project manager and head of the Catalunya office of World Vision,…