Master’s Degree of International Cooperation in Sustainable Emergency Architecture

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Index

Presentation o Objectives .................................. 5

Curriculum .................................. 6

Sta .................................. 9

Inormation o Interest .................................. 10

UIC .................................. 13

Living in Barcelona .................................. 14


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Presentation o Objectives

There is a clear need or qualied proessionals in developing

countries who can develop projects and manage urban-planning

processes. These countries have some o the highest urbanization

rates in the world and it is here where international cooperation is

most needed. However, issues related to high-speed transormationare also afecting cities in developed countries in the northern

hemisphere.

The impact o earthquakes, tsunamis, migration and war make the

situation even more critical, with intervention required in the areas

o construction, architecture and urban planning. Plans must be

implemented or temporary development and settlements using

quick construction processes that are ecient under extreme

conditions. Existing resources have to be managed and solutions

ofered that can be implemented in this type o situation where

work must be done under diferent orms o pressure.

The purpose o the Masters Degree in International Cooperation

in Sustainable Emergency Architecture is to prepare uture

architects and proessionals to deal with these situations and

develop urban planning, housing and emergency construction

projects. The proessionals will be able to deal with regionalplanning, settlements, and emergency reconstruction. They will

employ specic tools to apply appropriate strategies in order to

support the development and recovery o afected communities.

The programme thereore aims to establish strategies and criteria

or taking action in the areas o urban planning, neighbourhood

development and implementing architectural projects; while

bearing in mind energy ecient systems and sustainability

standards in all areas related to materiality and local cultures.

Further, the programme will train experts to provide solutions to

large-scale problems generated by massive and sudden change,

proessionals who can study and conduct research on materials,

city planning, economics, environmental and social aspects, all

based on principles o sustainability.

This Masters Programme orms part o the Erasmus MundusEuropean cooperation programme, which is considered tobe one o the most prestigious programmes in the world. The

Mundus Urbano programme is a joint European Masters degree

programme ofered by the ollowing universities: TechnischeUniversitt Darmstadt, Universit di Roma Tor Vergata, Universit

Pierre-Mends-France Grenoble and the Universitat Internacional

de Catalunya in Barcelona.

Giovanna CarnevaliProgramme Director

Aims of the Masters programme

Students will acquire the necessary knowledge

to be able to manage complex projects inwhich governmental and non-governmental

institutions, beneciaries and technical staf

are involved. Students will be able to organise

the tasks based on an interdisciplinary

approach, they will also acquire the necessary

methodologies and tools to manage projects

ranging rom urban to architectural scales;

maximizing human resources and building the

capacity o uture generations to deal with andsupport local actors in post-disaster scenarios.


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Programme Structure

The programme is divided into three terms, each with a specic

aim, with the nal purpose o preparing students to develop a

thesis on action methods in complex and ragile post-emergency

situations.

TERM 1 CRITERIA, Students will attend ull day workshops andpart-time seminars. During this academic period, students will

develop short projects and will acquire knowledge on the use

o appropriate planning mechanisms and resources based on

local culture and sustainability principles with the objective osupporting development and recovery or afected communities.

This will involve establishing the criteria and strategies or action

at the urban scale, developing neighbourhoods and implementing

architectural projects such as public acilities and post-emergency

housing.

TERM 2 FIELD TRIP & INTERNSHIP includes a trip outsideEurope to see places with developing needs or places that need

uture responses and settlement reconstruction ater crises.

Students participate in an internship with a company or institution

working in an area o international cooperation.

TERM 3 STUDIO PROJECT, students develop their individualresearch projects under the supervision o a tutor. The master

thesis will ocus on specic post-emergency scenarios, urban

development, prototypes and disaster management. This parto the programme includes lectures on practical matters and

methodology to assist students in developing their research

projects.

Curriculum


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Syllabus and Subjects

TERM 1

Subject 1: Global Identity and Development

Subject 2: Urbanism and housing in developing context

Subject 3: Design Tools

TERM 2: FIELD TRIP & INTERNSHIP

The most practical part o the course will take place during the FIELD TRIP &

INTERNSHIP.

Subject 4: Field trip, Internship

TERM 3: STUDIO PROJECT

The thesis will be prepared in Term 3.

Subject 5: Studio Project (Master Thesis)


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Methodology and Evaluation

Students must attend at least 80% o the

theory-practical classes. Students will be

evaluated each seminar and workshop.

In January, students will submit a written

report to the committee on the research

they plan to carry out in TERM 3 STUDIO

PROJECT, along with a summary o the

structure and content o their theses.

At the end o the programme, students will

deend their theses beore the academic

and/or proessional committee, made up osector specialists and experts.

Internships

In the second part o the course (FIELD

TRIP & INTERNSHIP), students will

travel to a place in which to ollow

in situ the process o a project in

International Cooperation, to carry out the

corresponding eldwork activities. Students

will also participate in an internship with

non-governmental organizations (NGO),

governmental and other institutions in

the eld and working on reconstruction

projects.

Thesis and Research Work

In the third part o the course (TERM 3

STUDIO PROJECT), students will prepare

their theses, which will be supervised by

their tutor. Students can select a topic rom

the ollowing areas: urban development,

prototypes and emergency management.

In the third part o the course, students will

attend conerences given by experts, who

will talk about diferent subjects related

to the programme. Students will alsoparticipate in sessions in which they receive

guidance on research writing.


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Sta

The Masters programme is taught by a prestigious group o

specialized, interdisciplinary proessors with proven track records

and with the collaboration o NGOs and other institutions that

participate actively in the eld o international cooperation. The

academic staf is also composed o researchers rom the our

universities collaborating with the Mundus Urbano programme.

Programme Directors and Coordination

DIRECTORGiovanna Carnevali

Architect and PhD in Transposrt, logistic and territory at

University o Genoa, Italy. She is co-ounder o SELF Arquitectura

and she won many architectural and urban international

competitions. Some o those projects have been published in

monographers o Italian architects under 40. She was invited at

Biennale di Venezia o 2004. She is author o diferent articles o

architecture in specializedreviews and international publications.COORDINATORRaquel Colacios

Architect and Master in International Cooperation: Sustainable

Emergency Architecture at ESARQ School o Architecture, UIC. She

is proessor and co-director o the Cooperation Area o the ESARQ.She is co-ounder o the rm Taab6 Architects in Barcelona, whose

activity extends to countries like France, Belgium, Vietnam, and

India among others. She has won several architectural and urban

competitions, including a European prize in Prnu, Estonia.

Proessors in previous years:Dr. Massimo Faierri, Dr. Kelly Shannon, Dr. Marcel Vellinga,Sergio Palleroni, Dr. Ana Marta Amaro, Dr. Amit Kumar, andMundus Urbano Scholars: Yatin Pandia, Ph.D., JacquelinePlvora, Xiangning Li, Eman Amad, Ph.D., Yang Guiqing, Ph.D.,Mario Coyula, Ph.D. and Carmen Ledo.Bryan Bell, Tom Corsellis, Alexander Levi, Roberto Ottolenghi,Ruben Pesci, Amanda Schachter, Shigeru Ban, Alison Brysk,Richard Burdett, Monique Eleb, Iacopo Gallico, Medina HadzihaSanovic, Anne Lacaton, Andre Loeckx, Peter Marcuse, LorenzoRomito, Antonella Vitale, Laura Vescina and Ken Yeang.

Proessors in last edition:

Dra. Giovanna Carnevali (UIC), Dra. Carmen Mendoza (UIC),Dr. Pere Vall (UIC), PhD Reena Tiwari (Curtin University oTechnology Perth, Australia), Dr. Jean Michel Roux (Institute oTown Planning in Grenoble), Adriana Paolantonio (Universityo Rome Tor Vergata), Paul Cabrera (MSF), Cameron Sinclair(AFH) and Nathaniel Corum (AFH), Esteban Leon (UN Habitat),Dan Lewis (UN Habitat), Jean du Plassis (UN Habitat), PhDApen Ruiz, Pro. Norio Maki (Kyoto Universitys ResearchCentre or Disaster Reduction Systems), Pro. Masahiro Sawada

(Nagaoka Institute o Designs Department o Architecture andEnvironmental Design) and Pro. Ikuo Kobayashi (Kobe YamateUniversity)


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Coordinating Centre

The Cooperation Area o the Escola

Superior dArquitectura de Barcelona o

the Universitat Internacional de Catalunya,

ESARQ (UIC).

Calendar/ Schedule / Location

TERM 1 CRITERIA, October-January,Monday to Thursday, rom 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.

TERM 2 FIELD TRIP & INTERNSHIP,February - March - April

TERM 3 STUDIO PROJECT, May - July,Monday and Wednesday, 3 to 7 p.m.

Classes will be taught on the Iradier-

Barcelona Campus.

Programme Length

The programme will be taught rom

October 2012 to July 2013.

CampusCampus Barcelona

Credits: Theory Credits, PracticalCredits and Personal Work Credits

The syllabus has a total o 60 ECTS

distributed in the academic year as 29.5

theory credits, 15.5 personal work creditsand 15 practical credits.

Who is the Course for?

Holders o university degrees in the

ollowing areas: Architecture, Urban

Development, Construction, Civil

Engineering, Design and International

Cooperation.

Language

English.

For more information, visit:

www.masteremergencyarchitecture.com

www.mundus-urbano.eu

www.uic.es/en/international-cooperation

Inormation o Interest


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Collaborating Universities

This Masters degree programme orms

part o the Mundus Urbano programme

o Erasmus Mundus, in collaboration with

three European universities: TechnischeUniversitt Darmstadt, Universit di Roma

Tor Vergata and Universit Pierre-Mends-

France Grenoble.

Access Routes

ROUTE 1: Enrolment on the website tostudy the Masters Degree Programme in

International Cooperation in Sustainable

Emergency Architecture at the UICs

ESARQ School o Architecture.

ROUTE 2: Enrolment through MundusUrbano (www.mundus-urbano.eu) to study

the two-year Mundus Urbano Masters

Degree Programme in International

Cooperation, which orms part o the o the

Erasmus Mundus European cooperationprogramme.

Course reservation and enrolment

Reservation

Candidates accepted into Masters or Postgraduate courses will be contacted by post.

Your place in the programme can be efectively reserved by depositing the stipulatedamount or the programme at any La Caixa savings bank oce no later than ve days

ater receipt o the letter inorming you that you have been admitted to the programme.

The amount deposited will be subtracted rom the total amount due or the programme.

Once the reservation ee has been paid, i the student does not meet the course

prerequisites as determined by state legislature or autonomous regulations, does

not hold the required degree or does not efectively register, the UIC will reund the

reservation ee in ull.

I ater paying the deposit the student should choose o his own volition not to pursue

the course o studies, the Universitat Internacional de Catalunya shall become owner,

with no obligation to reund, o the entire amount received as a deposit on the place as

compensation or the damages caused.

I the student does not pay the reservation ee within the time period indicated, it will be

understood that he or she is no longer interested in accepting the place in the course,

and the UIC will cancel his or her spot, rendering the corresponding application null

and void.

Enrolment

The registration period will be communicated to the people admitted who have reserved

their place once all the anticipated places in the programme have been assigned. Ater

ocial registration, you will have 10 calendar days to make a single payment o the

outstanding amount due.


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Admission Process

I you are interesting in taking the UICs Masters Degree o International Cooperation in

Sustainable Emergency Architecture, you can participate in the admissions process by

ollowing these steps:

1. Fill in the application orm and pay the corresponding le-processing ee (non-reundable). These documents are available on the Masters Programme website.

2. Submit the ollowing documents to the Inormation and Admissions Service (see ormso access and contact data):

Students with an ocial Spanish university degreeOriginal attested photocopy o your university degree or a document certiying that

your degree has been recognized, or an original attested photocopy o the receipt or

payment o the ee to have the degree issued.

Original attested photocopy o the academic transcript o your university studies.

Students with an ocial oreign university degreeOriginal attested photocopy o your university degree.

Original attested photocopy o the academic transcript o your university studies.

Certicate issued by the university where you earned your undergraduate degree

indicating that the degree authorizes you to take postgraduate courses in the country

where the degree was issued.

In all casesTwo ID-sized photos.

Photocopy o your Spanish identity card (DNI) or passport.Updated curriculum vitae.

Attested photocopy o any other university degrees, including postgraduate degrees.

I the original language o the university degree and academic transcript is not

Spanish, an original sworn Spanish translation should be submitted o these

documents.

Certicate o English level (at least First Certicate or equivalent).

Two letters o recommendation.

A motivation letter.

3. Take the admission test and have a personal interview i necessary.

Grants and Financial Aid

Students can check all scholarships and

nancial aid available or the chosen

programme by going here:

www.uic.es/beques

Financing

The UIC has agreements with diferent

nancial institutions to help students

nance their studies under highly

advantageous conditions. A number o

public and private organizations also

ofer scholarships and study grants. For

more inormation about scholarships

and grants, visit:

www.uic.es/post-nancing

Discounts

Members o the UIC Alumni Association

are entitled to a 10% discount.


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UIC

The Universitat Internacional de Catalunya (UIC) is a private

non-prot institution promoted by the Catalan Family Foundation.

The UIC has been serving society since 1997 by ofering quality,

comprehensive university training and proamoting research based

on the principles o Christian humanism.

The UIC proposes a teaching model based on academic excellence

that is characterized by teaching small classes and ofering

practical, personalized instruction where the maximum emphasis is

on promoting key skills. The teaching project has a strong

international approach and is implemented in close collaboration

with the proessional world.

The university is equipped with the nest technical resources and a

large proessional team distributed on two campuses, one inBarcelona (with two 13,000 m2 buildings in the upper part o the

city) and the other in Sant Cugat (with more than 11,000 m2 o

space at the Hospital General de Catalunya), which means that

students are the leading players in every day o university lie. The

UIC student body o 4,000 enjoys the ollowing university services:

Accommodation and scholarships

Sports

International relations Library

Languages

Inormation technology

Proessional strategies

Alumni Association

University Dental Clinic

Chaplaincy

Solidarity

CAMPUS BARCELONA

The UICs Barcelona Campus has two buildings on CarrerImmaculada that hold the Rectors oce, central services,

the ESARQ School o Architecture and the Faculties oHumanities, Economic and Social Sciences, CommunicationSciences, and Legal and Political Sciences. The campusalso has two buildings on Carrer Terr that hold the Facultyo Education.Also on this campus is the Institute o Advanced FamilyStudies (IESF) and the Charlemagne Institute or EuropeanStudies (ICEE). The campus boasts state-o-the-art acilities

or theory and practical classes.There is also a main lecture hall with room or 400 people,Digital Media Studios, which has a television studio, amodel workshop or the ESARQ School o Architecture, asel-access language lab, computer rooms andmultipurpose work rooms.


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Barcelona is a wonderully cosmopolitan

Mediterranean city whose dynamic,

enterprising character has secured it a

position among the leading cultural cities

in the world.

No other city has a Modernist architectural

heritage like Barcelona: Gauds Sagrada

Famlia, Pedrera and Casa Batll, just to

name a ew. The Gothic quarter is one o

Barcelonas most beautiul attractions,

given that it has some o the best

preserved medieval buildings in Europe.

Barcelona is the only major European city

with our kilometres o beaches with the

most modern acilities. The Port o

Barcelona provides easy contact with the

rest o the Mediterranean and the world,and is a major economic driver in the region.

The city ofers a wide variety o cultural

activities. All kinds o cultural events are

organized in Barcelona, including a broad

range o oferings held on an annual basis

such as estivals, airs, awards and

conerences, not to mention the activities

held to commemorate special celebrations.

The city is also ull o art and history

museums, concert halls, theatres, cinemas

and cultural centres that ofer a ull

schedule o activities or a highly diverse

audience.

As a coastal city with a warm, sunny

climate, its easy to enjoy plenty o outdoor

activities, such as sunbathing on the beach

and swimming rom spring until autumn.

Barcelona has an extensive public-

transport network. Buses, the metro and

trams will take you wherever you need to

go. Taxis can be hailed anywhere, not just

at taxi stands. Moreover, trains connect

Barcelona with other cities in Catalonia,

Spain and Europe. The Barcelona-Madrid

high-speed train line is now open and the

airport is constantly growing. Barcelona

also has more than 150 km o bike paths.

The UIC has a housing service to help

students nd a place to stay in Barcelona

by providing them with a list o apartments

and rooms or rent, as well as inormation

on university halls o residence.

Living in Barcelona


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Informationand Admissions

Campus BarcelonaImmaculada, 2208017 BarcelonaTel. (+34) 932 541 800

Campus Sant CugatJosep Trueta, s/n08195 Sant Cugat del VallsTel. (+34) 935 042 000

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