Today is World Refugee Day. We are currently witnessing the highest levels of displacement on record with 68.5 million forcibly displaced people worldwide, according to the UNHCR. Among them are…
On 29 May we celebrated the 10th anniversary of our Master of International Cooperation and Emergency Sustainable Architecture. More than 200 students from close to fifty countries around the world have…
Our Master is turning 10 and out of all the amazing moments, memorable events and milestones, we picked a few highlights for you. Our Partners Since starting our Master, the Universitat…
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…
We are excited to announce the celebration of the 10 year anniversary of our Master of International Cooperation Sustainable Emergency Architecture! Ten years ago we started this journey and could…
Designing greener and more sustainable cities is what most architects and urban designers aspire to and advocate. But while an increasing number of global cities embrace the green-city movement as…
One of the aspects that makes our master program so special is the range and quality of its faculty. As a course focused on the role of architecture and urban…
Listen to Camillo Boano talk about his recent workshop with our students, in which he emphasized the importance of understanding critical theory in transforming and improving the development practice. Throughout…
Professor Nabeel Hamdi has joined us again this year for another workshop with our students to talk about participative design and placemaking within the practice of development. We wanted to…
How can we engage communities? To what extent should the project process be participatory? How do researchers negotiate with the hegemony of western cultural interpretations? How does the researcher journey…
