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,…
Read More
As part of our Beirut Workshop, we were honoured to have Brett Moore join us online to explain the UNHCR’s formal humanitarian response to Beirut’s port explosion. Brett Moore is…
“Post-Covid Public Space Transformations” is the topic of our current socio-spatial workshop. Over the past years, our students worked with Ciutat Refugi, a municipal program that handles the reception, accommodation…
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…
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 week we welcomed again our guest professor Torange Khonsari from London Metropolitan University, where she leads the MA for Cultural Commons, to host our workshop on Participatory Planning and…
On Friday 1 March, students from the Master’s Degree in International Cooperation Sustainable Emergency Architecture, who, in the two weeks prior to the event, had taken part in a local…
From its 19th century grid expansion devised by the Catalan engineer that coined the term ‘urbanization’, to the urban renewal projects led by Manuel de Solà-Morales and Oriol Bohigas during…