Last December, Master of International Cooperation in Sustainable Emergency Architecture’s (MICSEA) students participated in a two-week Social Spatial Workshop in collaboration with the Fundació Bayt Al-Thaqafa. The Foundation guides and…
Farzana Gandhi is an Architect and Associate Professor at the New York Institute of Technology. Her architecture and planning practice, Farzana Gandhi Design Studio, focuses on sustainable and socially conscious…
On August 4th, 2020, we witnessed the devastating blast in the port of Beirut. It was one of the biggest non-nuclear explosions in history. Approximately 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate,…
INITIAL PHYSICAL ASSESSMENT AT A NEIGHBORHOOD SCALE Following the Introductory Context Workshop held on February 18th and 19th, the UIC and project partners have now entered the design stage of…
On Friday March 6, our students presented their proposals for the Montjuïc area in Barcelona prepared during the two-week socio-spatial workshop Mapping Towards Connectivity. The jury included director Carmen Mendoza,…
Over the next two weeks, our students will participate in our local socio-spatial workshop. After working for the last two years with Barcelona’s Ciutat Refugi, a municipal program that handles the reception,…
In September and October, our students undertook the three-week Humanitarian Shelter & Settlements workshop, offered in partnership with the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Society (IFRC). The…
This academic year, we welcome back former student Rossana Poblet as guest professor. She will be leading the workshop ‘Integrated nature-based solutions for post-disaster recovery through public space design’ that…
For two weeks in December, our students were immersed in our yearly workshop with a local partner on local issues, this time collaborating with Barcelona City Council’s Ciutat Refugi program…
On May 23-24, UIC School of Architecture will host Towards Urban Resilience, an international workshop that will gather young researchers, master’s and PhD students, and guest speakers from the field…
