Architectural Design

COORDINATOR

CONTACT

Secretary’s Office for Doctoral Programmes in Architecture
Tel.: 934 011 875
Secretariadoctorat.utgab@upc.edu

https://etsab.upc.edu/en/studies/doctoral-programmes

The central theme of the practice of architecture is architectural design, which must bring together construction, spatial organisation and use via the aesthetic, ethical and cognitive dimensions of the design process.

As Vitruvius pointed out two thousand years ago, that this means relating the natural sciences and the exact sciences, on the one hand, and the social sciences on the other.

This doctoral programme puts focus on one or another of these disciplines related to architecture. Though, as a set, these lines of research focus candidates’ theses on the architectural project as a design intervention that is able to connect geography and history, climate and society, and nature and culture.

The programme is organised around research groups, each of which has a particular profile based on its focus. Thus, it is not necessary for each one of them to respond to the same need for research into design; its teaching; its aesthetic, ethical or scientific nature; or its impact on modern cultural life.

Now, more than ever, given the lack of architects in the field of research in Europe, this programme is an indispensable necessity.

General information

Access profile

Given the scientific character of the programme in the field of architectural design, the natural pathway for admission is through official master’s programmes offered by the UPC in Design Theory and Practice, in Sustainable Intervention in the Built Environment (MISMeC) or in Advanced Studies in Architecture-Barcelona (MBArch) with specialisations in Contemporary Design (taught entirely in English); Process, Design and Programming; or Architectural Restoration and Rehabilitation, which will not require candidates to take any additional courses. The admission process to these master’s programmes already ensures that students have the backgrounds necessary to be admitted to the doctoral programme.

In addition to this academic background, certain personal characteristics are considered important, such as an interest in the research projects that are carried out in the programme, having critical and analytical abilities, having initiative, being consistent and persistent with work, being able to work well in a team and being able to communicate properly, both orally and in writing. The doctoral programme’s Postgraduate Committee will resolve any cases in which candidates exhibit peculiar characteristics.

Output profile

Doctoral candidates who complete a doctoral degree will have acquired the following competencies, which are needed to carry out quality research (Royal Decree 99/2011, of 28 January, which regulates official doctoral studies):

a) A systematic understanding of the field of study and a mastery of the research skills and methods related to the field.
b) An ability to conceive, design or create, put into practice and adopt a substantial process of research or creation.
c) An ability to contribute to pushing back the frontiers of knowledge through original research.
d) A capacity for critical analysis and an ability to assess and summarise new and complex ideas.
e) An ability to communicate with the academic and scientific community and with society in general as regards their fields of knowledge in the manner and languages that are typical of the international scientific community to which they belong.
f) An ability to foster scientific, technological, social, artistic and cultural progress in academic and professional contexts within a knowledge-based society.

The award of a doctoral degree must equip the graduate for work in a variety of settings, especially those requiring creativity and innovation. Doctoral graduates must have at least acquired the personal skills needed to:

a) Develop in contexts in which there is little specific information.
b) Find the key questions that must be answered to solve a complex problem.
c) Design, create, develop and undertake original, innovative projects in their field.
d) Work as part of a team and independently in an international or multidisciplinary context.
e) Integrate knowledge, deal with complexity and make judgements with limited information.
f) Offer criticism on and intellectually defend solutions.

Finally, with respect to competencies, doctoral students must:
a) have acquired advanced knowledge at the frontier of their discipline and demonstrated, in the context of internationally recognised scientific research, a deep, detailed and well-grounded understanding of theoretical and practical issues and scientific methodology in one or more research fields;
b) have made an original and significant contribution to scientific research in their field of expertise that has been recognised as such by the international scientific community;
c) have demonstrated that they are capable of designing a research project that serves as a framework for carrying out a critical analysis and assessment of imprecise situations, in which they are able to apply their contributions, expertise and working method to synthesise new and complex ideas that yield a deeper knowledge of the research context in which they work;
d) have developed sufficient autonomy to set up, manage and lead innovative research teams and projects and scientific collaborations (both national and international) within their subject area, in multidisciplinary contexts and, where appropriate, with a substantial element of knowledge transfer;
e) have demonstrated that they are able to carry out their research activity in a socially responsible manner and with scientific integrity;
f) have demonstrated, within their specific scientific context, that they are able to make cultural, social or technological advances and promote innovation in all areas within a knowledge-based society;
g) have demonstrated that they are able to participate in scientific discussions at the international level in their field of expertise and disseminate the results of their research activity to audiences of all kinds.

Number of places

Duration of studies and dedication regime

Duration
The maximum period of study for full-time doctoral studies is four years, counted from the date of first enrolment in the relevant programme until the date on which the doctoral thesis is deposited. The academic committee of the doctoral programme may authorise a doctoral candidate to pursue doctoral studies on a part-time basis. In this case, the maximum period of study is seven years from the date of first enrolment in the programme until the date on which the doctoral thesis is deposited. To calculate these periods, the date of deposit is considered to be the date on which the thesis is made publicly available for review.

If a doctoral candidate has a degree of disability equal to or greater than 33%, the maximum period of study is six years for full-time students and nine years for part-time students.

For full-time doctoral candidates, the minimum period of study is two years, counted from the date of an applicant's admission to the programme until the date on which the doctoral thesis is deposited; for part-time doctoral candidates it is four years.

When there are justified grounds for doing so, and the thesis supervisor and academic tutor have given their authorisation, doctoral candidates may request that the academic committee of their doctoral programme exempt them from the requirement to complete this minimum period of study.

Temporary disability leave and leave for the birth of a child, adoption or fostering for the purposes of adoption, temporary foster care, risk during pregnancy or infant feeding, gender violence and any other situation provided for in current regulations do not count towards these periods. Students who find themselves in any of these circumstances must notify the academic committee of the doctoral programme, which must inform the Doctoral School.

Doctoral candidates may request periods of temporary withdrawal from the programme for up to a total of two years. Requests must be justified and addressed to the academic committee responsible for the programme, which will decide whether or not to grant the candidate's request.

Extension of studies
If a doctoral candidate has not applied to deposit their thesis before the expiry of the deadlines specified in the previous section, the academic committee of the doctoral programme may, at the request of the doctoral candidate, authorise an extension of this deadline of one year under the conditions specified for the doctoral programme in question.

Dismissal from the doctoral programme
A doctoral candidate may be dismissed from a doctoral programme for the following reasons:

The doctoral candidate submitting a justified application to withdraw from the programme.
The doctoral candidate not having completed their annual enrolment or applied for a temporary interruption.
The doctoral candidate not having formalised annual enrolment on the day after the end of the authorisation to temporarily interrupt or withdraw from the programme.
The doctoral candidate receiving a negative reassessment after the deadline set by the academic committee of the doctoral programme to remedy the deficiencies that led to a previous negative assessment.
The doctoral candidate having been the subject of disciplinary proceedings leading to their suspension or permanent exclusion from the UPC.
A refusal to authorise the extensions applied for, in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.3 of these regulations.
The doctoral candidate not having submitted the research plan in the period established in Section 8.2 of these regulations.
The maximum period of study for the doctoral degree having ended, in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.4 of these regulations.

Dismissal from the programme means that the doctoral candidate cannot continue studying at the UPC and that their academic record will be closed. This notwithstanding, they may apply to the academic committee of the programme for readmission, and the committee must reevaluate the candidate in accordance with the criteria established in the regulations.

A doctoral candidate who has been dismissed due to having exceeded the time limit for completing doctoral studies or due to an unsatisfactory assessment may not be Academic Regulations for Doctoral Studies Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya Page 17 of 33 admitted to the same doctoral programme until at least two years have elapsed from the date of dismissal, as provided for in sections 3.4 and 9.2 of these regulations.

Legal framework

Organization

COORDINATOR:

Mària Serrano, Maria Magdalena

ACADEMIC COMMISSION OF THE PROGRAM:

STRUCTURAL UNITS:

Department of Architectural Design (PROMOTORA)

SPECIFIC URL OF THE DOCTORAL PROGRAM:
https://etsab.upc.edu/en/studies/doctoral-programmes

CONTACT:

Secretary’s Office for Doctoral Programmes in Architecture
Tel.: 934 011 875
Secretariadoctorat.utgab@upc.edu

Agreements with other institutions

Other collaborations:
• Collaboration with the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. Greece. Foreign. Public.
Description: exchange agreement with students from this university.
• Collaboration with the Politecnico di Milano. Milan. Foreign. Public.
Description: doctoral teaching exchange agreement.
• Collaboration with École d’Architecture de Marseille-Luminy. France. Foreign. Public.
Description: teaching agreement under the framework of Socrates/Erasmus programmes.
• Collaboration with the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaiso. Chile. Foreign. Private.
Description: collaboration in doctoral teaching and thesis supervision.
• Collaboration with the Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning at the Technical University Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Foreign. Public.
Description: follow-up with candidates’ doctoral thesis research.
• Collaboration with the Universidad Nacional del Litoral. Santa Fe. Argentina. Foreign. Public.
Description: doctoral programme teaching and student exchange.
• Collaboration with the University of São Paulo, Brazil. Foreign. Public.
Description: doctoral programme teaching and student exchange.
• Collaboration with the Architecture School at the University of Bío-Bío, Concepción, Chile. Foreign. Private.
Description: doctoral programme teaching and student exchange.
• Collaboration with the Facultad de San Carlos, at the National Autonomous University of Mexico.
Description: doctoral programme teaching and student exchange.
Collaboration with the Architecture and Urbanism Faculty, FAU-Mackenzie, at the Mackenzie Presbyterian University. São Paulo. Brazil. Private. Foreign.
Description: doctoral programme teaching and student exchange.
• Collaboration with the Faculty of Architecture, Design and Urbanism at the Universidad Nacional del Litoral. Argentina. Public. Foreign.
Description: doctoral programme teaching and student exchange.
• Collaboration with the Universidad de Concepción de Chile. Foreign. Private.
Description: doctoral programme teaching and student exchange.
• Collaboration with universities associated with the Mediterranean Cities Program.
• Collaboration. Princeton University School of Architecture. Private. Foreign.
Description: teaching exchange with the Center for Architecture, Urbanism and Infrastructures (CAUI)
• Collaboration with Tongji University. Foreign. Public.
Description: co-supervision of doctoral theses between professors from the two universities.
Collaboration with the Istanbul Bilgi University. Foreign. Private.
• Collaboration with the Istanbul Technical University. Foreign. Public.
• Collaboration with the Middle East Technical University. Foreign. Public.
• Collaboration with the Lebanese American University. Foreign. Private.
• Collaboration with the American University of Beirut. Foreign. Private.
• Collaboration with Alexandria University. Foreign. Public.
• Collaboration with the Faculty of Architecture at the University of Genoa. Foreign. Public.

Access, admission and registration

Access profile

Access requirements

As a rule, applicants must hold a Spanish bachelor's degree or equivalent and a Spanish master's degree or equivalent, provided they have completed a minimum of 300 ECTS credits on the two degrees (Royal Decree 43/2015, of 2 February).

Applicants who meet one or more of the following conditions are also eligible for admission:

a) Holders of official Spanish degrees or equivalent Spanish qualifications, provided they have passed 300 ECTS credits in total and they can prove they have reached Level 3 in the Spanish Qualifications Framework for Higher Education.
b) Holders of degrees awarded in foreign education systems in the European Higher Education Area (EHEA), which do not require homologation, who can prove that they have reached Level 7 in the European Qualifications Framework, provided the degree makes the holder eligible for admission to doctoral studies in the country in which it was awarded.
c) Holders of degrees awarded in a country that does not belong to the EHEA, which do not require homologation, on the condition that the University is able to verify that the degree is of a level equivalent to that of official university master's degrees in Spain and that it makes the holder eligible for admission to doctoral studies in the country in which it was awarded.
d) Holders of another doctoral degree.
e) Holders of an official university qualification who, having been awarded a post as a trainee in the entrance examination for specialised medical training, have successfully completed at least two years of training leading to an official degree in a health sciences specialisation.

Note 1: Regulations for access to doctoral studies for individuals with degrees in bachelor's, engineering, or architecture under the system prior to the implementation of the EHEA (CG 47/02 2014).

Note 2: Agreement number 64/2014 of the Governing Council approving the procedure and criteria for assessing the academic requirements for admission to doctoral studies with non-homologated foreign degrees (CG 25/03 2014).

Legal framework

Admission criteria and merits assessment

Priority will be given to architect applicants with master’s degrees in DPA; in Advanced Studies in Architecture-Barcelona (MBArch) specialising in Process, Design and Programming, or Contemporary Design (taught exclusively in English); or in other subject areas that cover architectural design, urbanism, landscaping, the environment, technology, architectural theory, dwellings or renovation.

If candidates are considered to be underprepared, they will be required to complete bridging courses. These bridging courses may be taken at the UPC from the activities offered by current master’s programmes in the field of architecture.

Criteria for assessing merits (weighting):

• CV and academic transcript: 55%.
• Proposed research project: 20%.
• Interview and work plan: 20%.
• Languages spoken: 5%.

Training complements

The programme’s Postgraduate Committee may require candidates to pass specific bridging courses. In this case, the Committee will monitor the bridging courses and set up appropriate criteria to limit their length.

The courses shall involve training in research, but in no case will candidates be required to enrol in 60 or more ECTS credits.

Depending on the doctoral student activity report, the programme’s Academic Committee may propose measures, in addition to those established by current regulations, that would disassociate candidates who do not meet the established requisites.

Students admitted to the programme with the aforementioned official master’s degrees will not be required to take bridging courses.

For applicants holding other degrees, the Postgraduate Committee will determine, depending on the applicant’s background, which bridging courses, if any, must be taken. Students coming from master’s programmes outside of the UPC must take the number of credits established by the Postgraduate Committee in the aforementioned master’s programmes, which will be recommended by the corresponding research group.

Enrolment period for new doctoral students

In the first half of October.

More information at the registration section for new doctoral students

Enrolment period

In the first half of October.

More information at the general registration section

Monitoring and evaluation of the doctoral student

Procedure for the preparation and defense of the research plan

Doctoral candidates must submit a research plan, which will be included in their doctoral student activity report, before the end of the first year. The plan may be improved over the course of the doctoral degree. It must be endorsed by the tutor and the supervisor, and it must include the method that is to be followed and the aims of the research.

At least one of these annual assessments will include a public presentation and defence of the research plan and work done before a committee composed of three doctoral degree holders, which will be conducted in the manner determined by each academic committee. The examination committee awards a Pass or Fail mark. A Pass mark is a prerequisite for continuing on the doctoral programme. Doctoral candidates awarded a Fail mark must submit a new research plan for assessment by the academic committee of the doctoral programme within six months.

The committee assesses the research plan every year, in addition to all of the other activities in the doctoral student activity report. Doctoral candidates who are awarded two consecutive Fail marks for the research plan will be obliged to definitely withdraw from the programme.

If they change the subject of their thesis, they must submit a new research plan.

Formation activities

Activity: Tutorial.
Hours: 288.
Compulsory.

Activity: Courses.
Hours: 35.
Compulsory.

Activity: Seminars.
Hours: 35.
Compulsory.

Activity: Workshops.
Hours: 18.
Optional.

Activity: Research stays.
Hours: 360.
Optional.

Activity: ETSAB Library workshops.
Hours: 3.
Optional.

Activity: Conference presentations.
Hours: 24.
Optional.

Activity: Publications.
Hours: 1.
Optional.

Activity: Training in information skills.
Hours: 1.5.
Optional.

Activity: Research methodology.
Hours: 12.
Optional.

Activity: Innovation and creativity.
Hours: 8.
Optional.

Activity: Language and communication skills.
Hours: 18.
Optional.

Activity: Assessment based on doctoral student activity report (DAD) and research plan.
Hours: 4.
Compulsory.

Procedure for assignment of tutor and thesis director

The academic committee of the doctoral programme assigns a thesis supervisor to each doctoral candidate when they are admitted or enrol for the first time, taking account of the thesis supervision commitment referred to in the admission decision.

The thesis supervisor will ensure that training activities carried out by the doctoral candidate are coherent and suitable, and that the topic of the candidate’s doctoral thesis will have an impact and make a novel contribution to knowledge in the relevant field. The thesis supervisor will also guide the doctoral candidate in planning the thesis and, if necessary, tailoring it to any other projects or activities undertaken. The thesis supervisor will generally be a UPC professor or researcher who holds a doctoral degree and has documented research experience. This includes PhD-holding staff at associated schools (as determined by the Governing Council) and UPC-affiliated research institutes (in accordance with corresponding collaboration and affiliation agreements). When thesis supervisors are UPC staff members, they also act as the doctoral candidate’s tutor.

PhD holders who do not meet these criteria (as a result of their contractual relationship or the nature of the institution to which they are attached) must be approved by the UPC Doctoral School's Standing Committee in order to participate in a doctoral programme as researchers with documented research experience.

The academic committee of the doctoral programme may approve the appointment of a PhD-holding expert who is not a UPC staff member as a candidate’s thesis supervisor. In such cases, the prior authorisation of the UPC Doctoral School's Standing Committee is required. A UPC staff member who holds a doctoral degree and has documented research experience must also be proposed to act as a co-supervisor, or as the doctoral candidate’s tutor if one has not been assigned.

A thesis supervisor may step down from this role if there are justified reasons (recognised as valid by the committee) for doing so. If this occurs, the academic committee of the doctoral programme will assign the doctoral candidate a new thesis supervisor.

Provided there are justified reasons for doing so, and after hearing any relevant input from the doctoral candidate, the academic committee of the doctoral programme may assign a new thesis supervisor at any time during the period of doctoral study.

If there are academic reasons for doing so (an interdisciplinary topic, joint or international programmes, etc.) and the academic committee of the programme gives its approval, an additional thesis supervisor may be assigned. Supervisors and co-supervisors have the same responsibilities and academic recognition.

The maximum number of supervisors of a doctoral thesis is two: a supervisor and a co-supervisor.

For theses carried out under a cotutelle agreement or as part of an Industrial Doctorate, if necessary and if the agreement foresees it this maximum number of supervisors may not apply. This notwithstanding, the maximum number of supervisors belonging to the UPC is two.

More information at the PhD theses section

Permanence

The maximum period of study for full-time doctoral studies is four years, counted from the date of first enrolment in the relevant programme until the date on which the doctoral thesis is deposited. The academic committee of the doctoral programme may authorise a doctoral candidate to pursue doctoral studies on a part-time basis. In this case, the maximum period of study is seven years from the date of first enrolment in the programme until the date on which the doctoral thesis is deposited. To calculate these periods, the date of deposit is considered to be the date on which the thesis is made publicly available for review.

If a doctoral candidate has a degree of disability equal to or greater than 33%, the maximum period of study is six years for full-time students and nine years for part-time students.

If a doctoral candidate has not applied to deposit their thesis before the expiry of the deadlines specified in the previous section, the academic committee of the doctoral programme may, at the request of the doctoral candidate, authorise an extension of this deadline of one year under the conditions specified for the doctoral programme in question.

Dismissal from the doctoral programme
A doctoral candidate may be dismissed from a doctoral programme for the following reasons:

The doctoral candidate submitting a justified application to withdraw from the programme.
The doctoral candidate not having completed their annual enrolment or applied for a temporary interruption.
The doctoral candidate not having formalised annual enrolment on the day after the end of the authorisation to temporarily interrupt or withdraw from the programme.
The doctoral candidate receiving a negative reassessment after the deadline set by the academic committee of the doctoral programme to remedy the deficiencies that led to a previous negative assessment.
The doctoral candidate having been the subject of disciplinary proceedings leading to their suspension or permanent exclusion from the UPC.
A refusal to authorise the extensions applied for, in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.3 of these regulations.
The doctoral candidate not having submitted the research plan in the period established in Section 8.2 of these regulations.
The maximum period of study for the doctoral degree having ended, in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.4 of these regulations.

Legal framework

Learning resources

With regard to the equipment and infrastructure at the Barcelona School of Architecture, both the school and the department have resources available for students and professors.

That which we currently have available is listed here after:

• ETSAB classrooms: 46 rooms with varying capacities, depending on whether it is a theoretical or practical class, 10 of the rooms are for the master’s programme. All have an internet connection and 40 of them have multimedia services (projector, audio and RGB/AV connections), two of which have preinstalled projectors.

• ETSAB computer rooms: 4 computer rooms, each of which are used and which have 21 computers and capacities of 40 students.

Various programmes use the different classrooms, related-information can be found at the following link:
https://etsab.upc.edu/es/servicios/servicio-tic

• The Department Laboratory: a space with 5 PCs, 1 scanner, 1 projector, 1 digital camera, 1 laptop, an A4 laser printer, an A3 ink printer and software (Photoshop, InDesign, AutoCAD, Office 2003).

• The Laboratory of the UPC’s FORM research group: a space with 8 PCs, 2 scanners, 1 laptop, an A4 laser printer, an A3 ink printer and software (Photoshop, InDesign, AutoCAD, Office 2003, VIZ).

• The Laboratory of the UPC’s GIRAS research group: a space with 4 PCs, 1 scanner, an A4 laser printer, an A3 ink printer and software (Photoshop, InDesign, AutoCAD, Office 2003).

• The ETSAB Library whose resources may be consulted on their webpage: https://bibliotecnica.upc.edu/etsab.

Doctoral Theses

List of authorized thesis for defense

Last update: 21/11/2024 05:45:30.

List of lodged theses

Last update: 21/11/2024 05:30:24.

List of defended theses by year

Select a year:

GARCÍA DORCE, CRISTINA QUITERIA: Habitat Évolutif
Author: GARCÍA DORCE, CRISTINA QUITERIA
Programme: DOCTORAL DEGREE IN ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN
Department: Department of Architectural Design (PA)
Mode: Normal
Reading date: 09/07/2024
Thesis director: FERRER FORES, JAIME JOSE
Committee:
     PRESIDENT: GASTON GUIRAO, CRISTINA
     SECRETARI: DOMINGUEZ MORENO, LUIS ANGEL
     VOCAL: MORENO MORENO, MARIA PURIFICACION
     VOCAL: JEREZ ABAJO, ENRIQUE
     VOCAL: SOLANO ROJO, MONTSERRAT
Thesis abstract: Often, studying the multiple variations that a building undergoes is like taking a trip back in time. Discovering what is behind this transformation is like an open book for those who know how to read it, where very distant details are told that leave a mark and when that mark becomes visible, it is like returning to the beginning of that journey. It thus becomes a circle of relationships influenced by certain perceptible manifestations. However, on the other hand, most of these will be intangible and will be the ones that will truly determine the more or less adequate quality of what is acquired.The transformation of the environment, conditioned by the existence of human nature, is influenced by multiple factors that affect a probable response to environmental stimuli. The need for shelter and a social setting must be satisfied through an architectural form and the order in the landscape that occurs there through all the instinctive tools that promote survival.This is the case with the shanty towns that cluster around the motley industrial, French colonial area of the coastal city of Casablanca. A period of transition that goes from 1945 to 1956, between the end of colonialism and the beginnings of decolonization, where these slums, slums, slums or, more in line with their colonial origin, bidonvilles, proliferate as a paradigm and pathology.In their attempt to structure and restructure the city in the face of these spontaneous masses that jeopardized the orderly growth of cities, new studies on the change in the coming scenario anticipate ideas and projects on the behaviors and ways of life that have arisen and imposed on the tables of performance. In mind, past and future forms of life seek balance on the direction of the anticipated city that only time in its knowledge will tell.Faced with solutions of acquired interpretation, the contrasting stacks of courtyard houses as a genuine and deep-rooted way of understanding the Moroccan city, awaken in the consciousness of the natural passage of time an advance without a solution of continuity from a past that is still operational. The indeterminate spaces and the adaptation to the different needs as indispensable qualities in the possession of the homes will mark this premise imposed in the face of the inability to take another course other than that of adaptation to wrong situations, the object of European experimentations, where the building manifests as an incomplete assumption until the moment in which it is not inhabited or the individual is capable of appropriating it.In its continuity and on the movement that causes what has already been learned, one more step establishes the development of prolonged growth. The conquest of height, the true upward evolution based on the synthesis of studies on the acquired or imposed place, its people, origins and its multiple errors as true tests of what is understood to last, a constant, a continued evolution to understand or extract an approximation to the so-called habitat.
GONZÁLEZ TORRADO, CRISTIAN: Aspectos ambientales en la Casa Aversú de Alejandro de la Sota: El proceso del proyecto
Author: GONZÁLEZ TORRADO, CRISTIAN
Programme: DOCTORAL DEGREE IN ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN
Department: Department of Architectural Design (PA)
Mode: Normal
Reading date: 04/10/2024
Thesis director: VALOR MONTERO, JAUME
Committee:
     PRESIDENT: RAVETLLAT MIRA, PEDRO JUAN
     SECRETARI: BLANCO GRANADO, JAIME
     VOCAL: DEVESA DEVESA, RICARDO
     VOCAL: PASCUAL RUBIO, ANA
     VOCAL: PRIETO GONZALEZ, EDUARDO ANTONIO
Thesis abstract: This research stems from two personal interests: climate awareness and Alejandro de la Sota. Based on this premise, the aim of the research is to find the connection between environmental aspects and architecture, particularly in the project process. Thus, the research will be used to answer the question:At what moments and in what ways do environmental aspects influence architectural form?To achieve this, the present investigation will analyze Sota's Casa Arvesú, structuring its study into four parts.The first part addresses the concept of environmental aspects, establishing the vocabulary to be used. The objective of this first part is to return to the origin of the concept and review current stances regarding the impact of environmental decisions on the project, aiming to move away from clichés and redefine architecture as a medium rather than a mere support for environmental solutions. At the end of this first section, the linkage of environmental aspects with Alejandro de la Sota will also be discussed.The second part pertains to the descriptive study of the house. It involves an exploration of the national and international context at the time of its conception and construction. Additionally, the work is recognized within Alejandro de la Sota’s professional trajectory. The house is then characterized in terms of use, location, and technique throughout the project process, analyzing its various versions—sketches—until reaching its final form.The third part pertains to the analytical study. For this, a “digital twin” of the work—demolished in 1987—has been created, allowing for the quantification of environmental impacts in terms of geometry, light, systems, or energy and fluid dynamics checks of the house. The objective of the digital model is the numerical verification of what Alejandro de la Sota applied empirically. From this starting point, the solutions are initially categorized as systems and then the house is examined through five characteristic actions that relate the work to environmental aspects. The five categories are as follows:- Elevate, densify, and distance [as implantation]- Permeate, settle, and plant [as appropriation of the environment]- Contrast, flow, and culminate [as program]- Shield, project, and extend [as definition of limits]- Shade, ventilate, and retain [as passive strategies]Finally, this third part concludes with the identification and incorporation of environmental objectives in the project, using a graph that transversally relates the design process.The fourth part corresponds to the conclusions of the research. That is, the answer to the question that initiated this research in four phases:- Characterization of the environment, the user, and the problem.- Formulation of objectives.- Establishment of the internal structure of the project.- The “effort to reduce effort.”
OLEAS SERRANO, DIEGO PATRICIO: Arquitectura moderna en la latitud 0º: la ciudad de Quito y la Cordillera de los Andes
Author: OLEAS SERRANO, DIEGO PATRICIO
Thesis link: http://hdl.handle.net/10803/690628
Programme: DOCTORAL DEGREE IN ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN
Department: Department of Architectural Design (PA)
Mode: Normal
Reading date: 22/02/2024
Thesis director: FERNANDEZ SALAS, MARIA ELENA | LINARES SOLER, ALFREDO
Committee:
     PRESIDENT: RAVETLLAT MIRA, PEDRO JUAN
     SECRETARI: BARDÍ MILÀ, BERTA
     VOCAL: PEREIRA FINURAS DE CARVALHO, RICARDO MANUEL
     VOCAL: ALBORNOZ GARCÉS, DIEGO
     VOCAL: GRITTI, ANDREA
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Author: PRAT ORTELLS, JAUME
Programme: DOCTORAL DEGREE IN ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN
Department: Department of Architectural Design (PA)
Mode: Normal
Reading date: 19/04/2024
Thesis director: COLL LOPEZ, JAIME | MASIP BOSCH, ENRIC
Committee:
     PRESIDENT: BATLLE DURANY, ENRIC
     SECRETARI: CALLÍS FREIXAS, EDUARD
     VOCAL: PRIETO GONZÁLEZ, NURIA
     VOCAL: BAILO ESTEVE, MANUEL
     VOCAL: LACASTA CODORNIU, MIGUEL
Thesis abstract: The work of RCR arquitectes is recognizable and recognized, based on intense interventions almost always represented from the inside out, deep, somber, which often incorporate this outside, this environment, in their expression: works, therefore, woven through their relationships with this environment, with the inhabitants, works that define deep spaces, gradations through architectural elements converted into filter systems; more an environment, a scene, an atmosphere, than an object. This atmospheric consideration is the basis of the understanding of the work of this study proposed by this thesis, and it does so through a journey through three scales of relationship between the work of architecture and its environment -with the atmosphere they generate- through a project associated with each of these stairs: The Entremurs House by the relationship scale of the person, the Espai La Lira for the city, the Pavelló del Baño -the smallest- for the territory. The analysis of the projects -carried out through a consultation of the original documentation deposited in the studio archives, much of it unpublished-, their relationship both with their own architecture and with many others, and an interpretation of each of these projects -all accompanied by a revisit of each of them- will allow us to introduce ourselves to the logic of the work of RCR arquitectes until we can question ourselves about a possible definition of the spaces proposed by this Study in this atmospheric key.
RIUS RUIZ, MARIA: Utopia Inhabited. El Barri Gaudí by Taller de Arquitectura
Author: RIUS RUIZ, MARIA
Programme: DOCTORAL DEGREE IN ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN
Department: Department of Architectural Design (PA)
Mode: Normal
Reading date: 17/07/2024
Thesis director: MÀRIA SERRANO, MARIA MAGDALENA | SALVADÓ ARAGONÈS, NÚRIA
Committee:
     PRESIDENT: JARZOMBEK, MARK MICHAEL
     SECRETARI: JOVER FONTANALS, CRISTINA
     VOCAL: KOCKELKORN, ANNE MARIA
     VOCAL: FREDIANI I SARFATI, ARTURO
     VOCAL: BAILO ESTEVE, MANUEL
Thesis abstract: This text is the outcome of PhD research on El Barri Gaudí (Gaudí Neighborhood), one of the collective housing prototypes that emerged worldwide during the 1960s and 1970s embodying alternative ways of communal living in cities. The notion of 'utopia inhabited' and its apparent contradiction delves into the concept of 'past futures'—radical designs that disrupted contemporary conventions, envisioned an ideal future, were eventually constructed, and continue to be inhabited today. Among them, Gaudí Neighborhood, located in Spain and designed by El Taller de Arquitectura, represents a unique case and the first built prototype of a collective housing exploration developed by the transdisciplinary team over a decade. To unpack the story of El Barri and learn from this radical built experience, this dissertation interweaves a series of complex and interconnected narratives. Similar to a documentary, it encompasses various testimonies, gathering voices from archival material, fieldwork, and interviews with the design team members, builders, and neighbors. Echoing the theatrical qualities of the place, which, far from being a setting, is an active actor in the everyday life of the community, this dissertation is structured into independent scenes with a central character: The Neighborhood. The narrative is circular and follows the typical cycle of prototyping. There are three main chapters or groups of scenes, each dedicated to a prototyping phase: everyday scenes—the learnings extracted from contrasting expectations vs. reality—, design scenes—the process of design which includes later iterations of the system—, and built scenes—the built test which does not correspond to a defined object but an open system and its combinable elements. Each group has its structure and temporal logic, constantly traveling through time and scale, and is introduced by its distinct prelude. The everyday scenes explore the conception of the neighborhood as a social utopia: an alternative way of communal living within cities. The communal vision was embodied in an organic urban fabric, a series of domestic settings that offer inhabitants a rich landscape for freedom of movement and daily encounters. The design scenes focus on analyzing how the Gaudí Neighborhood was shaped within its political, social, and economic context. During a period of significant rural exodus, this collection of scenes delves into the team's search to provide an affordable alternative to the widely spread blocks and towers, aiming to offer a variety of spaces for encounters similar to those found in Mediterranean villages. This chapter reveals how this pursuit of creating spaces characteristic of spontaneous and organic fabric led them to work with systems of geometric growth, both for this project and subsequent prototypes. The built scenes deconstructs Gaudí Neighborhood into its essential ingredients and components that define its unique and magical landscape. This series of scenes are presented as micro-narratives concerning its colors, shapes, materials, and elements. The analysis explores the role played by each component, as well as its potential inspiration and inclusion in previous and later collective housing prototypes.Behind the scenes shifts the focus from El Barri Gaudí to the Taller de Arquitectura team, the transdisciplinary collective responsible for its design. This section details the team's formation, which is closely linked to the design and construction of the Neighborhood. It delves into their connections and collaborative working methods. Finally, it reveals the ambiguity of a team sometimes presented as a radical collective, while at other times overshadowed by the figure of Ricardo Bofill.
SALA GIRALT, ANNA: Acontecimiento y ciudad. Cuando lo extraordinario transforma lo ordinario. Las fiestas de la Mercè y Barcelona
Author: SALA GIRALT, ANNA
Thesis link: http://hdl.handle.net/10803/690579
Programme: DOCTORAL DEGREE IN ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN
Department: Department of Architectural Design (PA)
Mode: Normal
Reading date: 18/01/2024
Thesis director: JOVER FONTANALS, CRISTINA
Committee:
     PRESIDENT: LUCAS DIAS COELHO, CARLOS FRANCISCO
     SECRETARI: MÀRIA SERRANO, MARIA MAGDALENA
     VOCAL: AMANN ALCOCER, ATXU
     VOCAL: BAILO ESTEVE, MANUEL
     VOCAL: SARDÀ FERRAN, JORDI
Thesis abstract: The object of study of this investigation is centred on the potential that extraordinary events of the city have as a project design tool. We refer to instances in which the city is transformed into a laboratory for experimentation of strategies that offer different ways of perceiving and experiencing it. The proposal is based on observing these non-ordinary situations from an architectural and purposeful approach; the moments in which behaviours and rules are put on hold to give way to unique urban conditions, creating a latent space for the spontaneous, the unexpected, or the unprogrammed. In such scenarios, the capacities and qualities typically associated with a space and its use can be pushed to the extreme, with the extreme itself seen as an opportunity to unveil new possibilities. Places of manifestation lead to a new understanding that incites different ways of moving, instigating an architectural sensibilization through the experience of the extravagant. This thesis is grounded in specificity, focusing on concrete situations that unfolded in a particular time and space, approaching them with a non-dogmatic lens.
TERÉS CASTÁN, JUDITH: La repetición en un modelo habitacional urbano: De las terraced houses londinenses tardogeorgianas a los apartment houses neoyorquinos de la Era Metropolitana
Author: TERÉS CASTÁN, JUDITH
Programme: DOCTORAL DEGREE IN ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN
Department: Department of Architectural Design (PA)
Mode: Normal
Reading date: 26/07/2024
Thesis director: GONZALEZ RAVENTOS, AQUILES | GARCIA ESCUDERO, DANIEL
Committee:
     PRESIDENT: NAVARRA, MARCO
     SECRETARI: LLORACH HERRERO, ENRIC
     VOCAL: FREDIANI I SARFATI, ARTURO
Thesis abstract: Domestic architecture is the backbone of the historic city due to its ambivalent capacity, expressed in urban housing models, of providing the citizens habitat at the same time of contributing to plot the texture, to structure the morphology and to define the urban identity.The research of two a priori disparate models, the that of the late Georgian London terraced houses and that of the New York apartment houses of the "Metropolitan Era", between which, however, a formal parallelism can be detected, had made possible to expose where the essentiality of architectural repetition lies in the definition of an urban housing model. The establishment of a repetitive canon is sine qua non condition for its configuration and prevalence; so that, when the repetition is objectified and applied to practice, it appears implicit in the design codes that govern the model. It is found that the repetition covers three magnitudes: the big scale, which considers the implementation in the city; the intermediate scale, of typological nature, which contains the different typologies which make up the model; and the smaller scale of detail, that focuses the attention on those architectonic elements that, with a similar design, are regularly repeated. The result is an urban landscape in which architectural uniformity prevails, given by the rhythmic sequence that provides the city with the orderly repetition of certain parameters linked to domestic architecture; A precious, although sometimes forgotten, uniformity that allows the urban maelstrom to be calmed down and that architecture that has to be highlighted singularizes.In order to an urban housing model will become established and it persisted along the time, the repetitive canon which configures it must admit a certain degree of transgression, of flexibility in front of the different social and design conditions that may be required in each one of uncountable dwelling units that conform it. An urban housing model, governed by a repetitive canon with capacity of adaptability, could even be extrapolated contextually; as the thesis demonstrates with the translation of the model of the sober and elegant London terraced houses to New York, where after an adaptation process, including a scalar magnification, it was transformed into the model defined by the magnificent apartment houses built around Central Park during the final decades of the nineteenth century and the early twentieth century.

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Mention:	International Mention
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Building the new sense of place Iniciativa Digital Politècnica Publication date: 03/03/2021 Book A transdisciplinary alternative for Querétaro, en Sguardi sulla città = Una alternativa transdisciplinaria para Querétaro en, Miradas sobre la ciudad Maggioli Publication date: 23/10/2020 Book chapter Sémiotique et architecture: une relation coactive fructueuse? Environment, Land, Society Architectonics Publication date: 01/12/2020 Book chapter Experiencias desde la enseñanza universitaria hacia la regeneración urbano ambiental 15th International Conference Arquitectonics Network: mind, land, society Presentation date: 01/06/2016 Presentation of work at congresses Regeneración urbano ambiental y participación social: seis proyectos ejidales en Querétaro 15th International Conference Arquitectonics Network: mind, land, society Presentation date: 02/06/2016 Presentation of work at congresses Las diferencias individuales y la evaluación en la enseñanza de la arquitectura XIII Foro sobre la Evaluación de la Calidad de la Investigación y de la Educación Superior Presentation date: 02/07/2016 Presentation of work at congresses Espacio, exclusión y cultura: La Cruz de los Milagros VII Congrés Català de Sociologia Presentation date: 21/04/2017 Presentation of work at congresses Entre la memoria y el olvido: mercado “El Tepetate” 16th International Conference Arquitectonics Network: mind, land, society Presentation date: 02/06/2016 Presentation of work at congresses Hacia una acupuntura urbana: la topofilia ante la re-densificación 16th International Conference Arquitectonics Network: mind, land and society Presentation date: 31/05/2018 Presentation of work at congresses El mercado y la otra banda: prevalencia espacio-cultural 16th International Conference Arquitectonics Network: mind, land and society Presentation date: 30/05/2018 Presentation of work at congresses Vulnerabilización espacio-cultural: mercado El Tepetate XIX ISA World Congress of Sociology Presentation date: 21/07/2018 Presentation of work at congresses La forma urbana como herramienta interpretativa de vulnerabilidad espacio-cultural: caso de estudio: Mercado “El Tepetate” III International Seminar on Urban Form Hispanic Presentation date: 19/09/2019 Presentation of work at congresses
AUTHOR:	BELTRAN BORRÀS, JÚLIA
Title:	Una visió històrica com a eina projectual: el cas de Morella
Reading date:	11/12/2020
Director:	SAURA CARULLA, MAGDALENA
Mention:	International Mention
RELATED PUBLICATIONS
Dos equipamientos en Morella: la escuela hogar y el instituto Iniciativa Digital Politècnica Publication date: 01/05/2015 Book chapter Arquitectura y urbanismo: métodos de investigación en el siglo XXI Culutra Acadêmica Publication date: 01/06/2016 Book chapter La representación gráfica como instrumento de análisis socio-ambiental de entornos urbanos. Aplicación a un estudio longitudinal sobre la «construcción» de espacio público y su impacto social Iniciativa Digital Politècnica Publication date: 01/03/2017 Book chapter On the search of the bio-psycho-social digital Kernel of architecutral design Universitat Internacional de Catalunya Publication date: 30/06/2017 Book chapter A cross-cultural, comparative morphology-study of two composite cities: courtyard design in Barcelona and Kermanshah Cambridge Scholars Publishing Publication date: 01/10/2017 Book chapter Una historia de Morella a partir de la memoria viva de la forma urbana Iniciativa Digital Politècnica Publication date: 2019 Book chapter Una arquitectura per a l’educació Perspectiva escolar, ISSN: 0210-2331 (JCR Impact Factor-2014: 0.0 Publication date: 01/11/2014 Journal article De la educación del arquitecto a la arquitectura de la educación: un diálogo imprescindible Saura, M.; Muntañola, J.; Mendez, S.; Beltran, J. Bord¿n. Journal of Education, ISSN: 0210-5934 (JCR Impact Factor-2016: 0.119; Quartil: Q4) Publication date: 01/01/2016 Journal article Representar y proyectar arquitecturas en la era digital Muntañola, J.; Saura, M.; Beltran, J.; Mendoza Kaplan, Laura; Mendez, S. EGA. Revista de expresión gráfica arquitectónica, ISSN: 1133-6137 (JCR Impact Factor-2016: 0.162; Quartil: Q1) Publication date: 01/06/2016 Journal article Este (no) es nuestro parque. Diversidad de discursos en la aproximación transdisciplinar al espacio público XIII Congreso de Psicología Ambiental-PSICAMB Presentation date: 26/06/2015 Presentation of work at congresses Living inside the language: architecture, education and society Pursuit of Pattern Languages for Societal Change Presentation date: 04/07/2015 Presentation of work at congresses Architecture and education: the basic role of the local dimensions on architecture and planning 5th Annual International Conference on Architecture Presentation date: 06/07/2015 Presentation of work at congresses Metodologías interactivas para evaluar la calidad del proyecto de arquitectura XIII Foro Internacional sobre Evaluación de la Calidad de la Investigación y la Educación Superior Presentation date: 01/07/2016 Presentation of work at congresses Awakening the architectural experience: how to teach the dialogical knowledge of architects IV Jornadas sobre Innovación Docente en Arquitectura Presentation date: 26/02/2016 Presentation of work at congresses John Dewey y la educación del arquitecto XVI Congreso Nacional y VII Congreso Iberoamericano de Pedagogía: Democracia y educación en el siglo XXI: la obra de John Dewey 100 años después Presentation date: 30/06/2016 Presentation of work at congresses John Dewey y la Educación del Arquitecto XVI Congreso Nacional y VII Congreso Iberoamericano de Pedagogía: Democracia y educación en el siglo XXI: la obra de John Dewey 100 años después Presentation date: 30/06/2016 Presentation of work at congresses Awakening the Architectural experience: how lo teach the dialogical knowledge of architects IV Jornades sobre Innovació Docent en Arquitectura Presentation date: 20/10/2016 Presentation of work at congresses Learning from Morella: the memory of the urban form and the dialogical-historical approach in the contemporary design 3rd ISUFitaly International Congress: Learning from Rome: historical cities and contemporary design Presentation date: 24/02/2017 Presentation of work at congresses Relaciones interactivas entre diseño y entorno International Conference Arquitectonics Network: mind, land and society 2017: Building the social life: the embodied, configurative and dialogic knowledge embedded in architecture and urban planning Presentation date: 01/06/2017 Presentation of work at congresses The urban form in Morella as a historic laboratory in the 21st Century 1st International congress on architecture doctorates: advanced doctoral research Presentation date: 28/11/2017 Presentation of work at congresses La evaluación del espacio urbano en Morella a partir de una mirada inclusiva hacia la infancia International Conference Arquitectonics Network: Mind, Land and Society 2018 Presentation of work at congresses Looking for human purpose and human willfulness that drives and had driven the making of a city 24th Annual Meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists: Reflecting futures Presentation date: 06/09/2018 Presentation of work at congresses El precedente en la historia de la profesión: caso de estudio en Morella 17th International Conference Arquitectonics Network: Mind, Land and Society Presentation date: 31/05/2019 Presentation of work at congresses The emergence of cities, in between the urban morphological studies, the design poetic achievements and the ethnometodological social surveys 4th International Congress: Reading built spaces Presentation date: 28/09/2018 Presentation of work at congresses On the search of human willfulness that had driven the making of a city in history: Morella 3rd ISUFitaly International Conference Presentation date: 26/09/2018 Presentation of work at congresses The dialogical genesis of city forms International Seminar on Urban Form 2021: Urban Form and the Sustainable Prosperous City Presentation date: 06/2022 Presentation of work at congresses
AUTHOR:	VILLALONGA MUNAR, PABLO
Title:	Encuentros con la infraestructura: Intersecciones entre infraestructuras lineales elevadas y arquitecturas de la ciudad sedimentada europea
Reading date:	22/07/2020
Director:	JOVER FONTANALS, CRISTINA
Mention:	International Mention
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+Gran Via: Bellvitge 2030: 25 projectes PFC: MArqEtsaB, Màster universitari en Arquitectura Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya Publication date: 16/09/2019 Book + Barcelona rondas 2042: 43 proyectos PFC: MArqEtsaB, Máster habilitante ETSABarcelona Iniciativa Digital Politècnica Publication date: 11/2019 Book Encuentros con la infraestructura: el cajón ferroviario de Sants y el Borough Market de Southwark Villalonga Munar, Pablo Revista proyecto, progreso, arquitectura, ISSN: 2171-6897 (JCR Impact Factor-2015: 0.1; Quartil: Q4) Publication date: 13/07/2015 Journal article La calle A Exhibition catalog chapter
AUTHOR:	VIDAL JORDI, ANTONI
Title:	Atles del Port de Maó
Reading date:	24/01/2020
Director:	MÀRIA SERRANO, MARIA MAGDALENA
Mention:	No mention
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Rehabitar : la casa, el carrer, la ciutat RECERCAIXA. La Caixa Publication date: 2013 Book Ciudad recortada Llar Digital Publication date: 2016 Book Atlas del aprovechamiento arquitectónico: estudio crítico de los edificios reutilizados en Barcelona Ministerio Economia y Competitividad. HABITAR Grupo de Investigación Publication date: 30/10/2018 Book La memòria industrial de Menorca Institut Menorquí d'Estudis Publication date: 01/10/2019 Book Entre la unidad y el sistema Recolectores Urbanos (RU editorial) Publication date: 11/2021 Book chapter El port discutit Papers, ISSN: 2445-4265 Publication date: 07/07/2017 Journal article Encendre els llums. Reocupar el port Papers, ISSN: 2445-4265 Publication date: 07/07/2017 Journal article Mention: Atlas of the port of Maó D'UR (Internet), ISSN: 2014-2196 (JCR Impact Factor-2022: 0.0 Publication date: 09/06/2021 Journal article Dieci posti, dieci usi = Ten places, ten uses Exhibition catalog chapter Can Codina: entre el port i el re-ús Jornades de Patrimoni Industrial de Menorca Presentation date: 07/11/2015 Presentation of work at congresses El port de Maó, entre la banalització i l'oportunitat Congrés d'Arquitectura 2016 Presentation date: 17/11/2016 Presentation of work at congresses Encendre els llums, reocupar el port VI Jornades d'Arquitectura i Urbanisme de La Mola: reocupar el port Presentation date: 08/05/2016 Presentation of work at congresses El puerto de Mahón: urbanización, desuso y oportunidad II Congreso Internacional ISUF-H = Hispanic International Seminar on Urban Form Zaragoza 2018 Presentation date: 13/09/2018 Presentation of work at congresses El port de Maó: indústria i logística XI Jornades d’Arqueologia Industrial de Catalunya: patrimoni portuari i de les indústries vinculades als ports Presentation date: 21/11/2019 Presentation of work at congresses TERRITORI [I] COVID Nous Paradigmes Productius, Territorials i Urbans Menorca, un laboratori per avançar idees en un món de pandèmies Presentation date: 14/05/2021 Presentation of work at congresses
AUTHOR:	CASALS PAÑELLA, JOAN
Title:	Poética en la arquitectura catalana contemporánea: arquitectura como paisaje, paisaje como arquitectura. De La Ricarda y la Casa Ugalde, al Parc Cementiri Nou d'Igualada y el Parc de Pedra Tosca
Reading date:	20/01/2020
Director:	LINARES SOLER, ALFREDO
Mention:	No mention
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Title:	Casa Relato Colección: La construcción del espacio a través de los objetos
Reading date:	13/12/2019
Director:	MONTEYS ROIG, FCO JAVIER
Mention:	International Mention
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Research projects

START DATE	END DATE	ACTIVITY	FINANCING ENTITY
07/09/2023	06/06/2024	Conveni de col.laboració entre la Universitat Politècnica i l'Ajuntament de Sant Joan les Fonts per a l'estudi de revitalització del nucli històric del municipi.	AJUNTAMENT DE SANT JOAN LES FONTS
01/09/2023	31/08/2026	Estrategias de evaluación e intervención para la regeneración urbana y la mitigación de la pobreza energética en Barcelona y Bilbao.	AGENCIA ESTATAL DE INVESTIGACION
21/06/2023	20/06/2024	Claus per a la detecció i diagnosi de les comunitats d’alta vulnerabilitat socioresidencial - Fase 5	Centre de Cooperació per al Desenvolupament de la UPC
12/04/2023	31/07/2023	Conveni de col.laboració per l'Estudi de la realització d'un nou ajuntament al solar on està l'actual ajuntament i la Sala Carles Sindreu de l'Ametlla del Vallès.	AJUNTAMENT DE L'AMETLLA DEL VALLES
27/02/2023	26/05/2023	Conveni de col.laboració de serveis per la recerca històrico-arquitectònica de la casa dels Pins/Can Figueras	Ajuntament de Sant Fruitós de Bages
20/12/2022	30/06/2023	Regenerar Barcelona	BARCELONA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY F
03/12/2022	31/10/2023	Contracte de col.laboració per a la redacció de la Guia: La transició energètica com a aspecte clau de la resiliència a l’emergència ambiental en municipis petits i mitjans. (Exped. Núm. 2022/0026909)	Diputació de Barcelona
28/11/2022	28/11/2023	Gardener Architects of Barcelona 1888-1992 (Second edition revised and expanded)	Ajuntament de Barcelona; Escofet 1886 S.A.; Institut Ramon Llull; Ceràmica Collet SA (Sio-2)
28/09/2022	30/09/2023	Conveni de col.laboració per la realització de l'estudi i proposta d’il·luminació exterior de la Quinta de Sant Rafael, Parc de la Ciutat, Tarragona	AYUNTAMIENTO DE TARRAGONA
12/09/2022	31/01/2023	Conveni de col.laboració per la realització d'un estudi d'una escola municipal de música a Santa Cristina d'Aro.	AJUNTAMENT STA CRISTINA D'ARO
02/09/2022	25/10/2023	La comuna. La vida (quotidiana) explicada a través de l'arquitectura (Barcelona, 2000-2020)	FUND.CAT. PER A LA RECERCA I INNO.
22/07/2022	31/12/2022	CONTRACTE DE COL·LABORACIÓ ENTRE LA UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA I ESCOFET 1886	ESCOFET 1886 S.A.
20/06/2022	20/06/2023	Claus per a la detecció i diagnosi de les comunitats d’alta vulnerabilitat socioresidencial - Fase 4	Centre de Cooperació per al Desenvolupament de la UPC
01/06/2022	31/05/2023	Claus per a la detecció i diagnosi de comunitats d’alta vulnerabilitat socio-residencial al barri del Raval	Centre de Cooperació per al Desenvolupament de la UPC
01/06/2022	31/05/2023	“Ciutat i societat”, recerca-acció participada en un barri en risc d’exclusió. Estudiants del MISMeC a peu de carrer.	Centre de Cooperació per al Desenvolupament de la UPC
18/05/2022	17/05/2024	CONVENIO DE COL·LABORACIÓN ENTRE CIMSA CEMENTOS Y LA UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA PARA LA CREACIÓN DE LA CÁTEDRA BLANCA DE BARCELONA CIMSA	CIMSA CEMENTOS ESPAñA, SAU
14/02/2022	30/07/2022	L'estudi del projecte es realitza a la Bocana d'Empuriabrava que es troba entre la platja d'Empuriabrava i la platja de la Ravina.	AJUNTAMENT DE CASTELLÓ D'EMPÚRIES
01/01/2022	31/12/2022	Arquitectes Jardiners de Barcelona 1888-1992	Ajuntament de Barcelona
01/01/2022	31/12/2022	Arquitectes jardiners de Barcelona 1888-1992 (Segona edició revisada i ampliada)	Escofet 1886 S.A.; Ajuntament de Barcelona; Ceràmica Collet SA (Sio-2)
27/12/2021	17/10/2022	Atles Arquitectura Moderna Illes Balears	Institut d’Estudis Baleàrics
10/12/2021	10/06/2023	Reviure als terrats (REV-TER)	Ajuntament de Barcelona
01/11/2021	30/01/2022	Estudi d'un equipament Cultural i Recreatiu a la Plaça de Braus d'Olot i el seu entorn urbà	AJUNTAMENT D'OLOT
17/09/2021	31/12/2023	Binibèquer Vell. El paisatge de la tradició	INSTITUT MENORQUI D'ESTUDIS
22/07/2021	31/12/2021	Jardiners de Barcelona 1888-1992	Ajuntament de Barcelona
01/07/2021	31/12/2021	Ajudes material docent ETSAB 2021	Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
30/06/2021	30/03/2023	Arquitectura ante el riesgo climático. Diagnosis de la capacidad resiliente del ecosistema construido del levante peninsular ante episodios de climatología extrema.	FUNDACIÓN BBVA
10/06/2021	31/07/2026	Ampliació del contracte de col·laboració per la construcció d'una nova almàssera d’oli per a la cooperativa Coselva al municipi de La Selva del Camp	COSELVA-AGRICOLA I SECCIO DE CREDIT
01/06/2021	01/06/2022	Claus per a la detecció i diagnosi de les comunitats d’alta vulnerabilitat socioresidencial - Fase 3	Centre de Cooperació per al Desenvolupament de la UPC
15/04/2021	15/06/2022	Assessorament per establir criteris per a la implantació i el disseny de nou habitatge protegit a Sant Cugat del Vallès	SPM PROMOCIONS MUNICIPALS S. CUGAT
01/04/2021	31/08/2021	Estudi urbà respecte a la peatonalització del carrer de la Unió i la construcció d'un equipament municipal pluridisciplinar situat al mateix vial.	AJUNTAMENT DE CASTELLOLI
30/03/2021	30/09/2022	Cohabitem Barcelona: cinc casos d’estudi a Ciutat Vella per a la reutilització urbana i el foment de models productius innovadors	Ajuntament de Barcelona
18/01/2021	31/12/2021	Tesina Industrial APCE: Industrialización i Sostenibilidad en la Vivienda Plurifamiliar	APCE-ASOCIACION PROMOTORES DE CATALUNYA
01/01/2021	31/12/2021	Arquitectes jardiners de Barcelona 1888-1992	Ajuntament de Barcelona; Ceràmica Collet SA (Sio-2)
21/12/2020	20/12/2021	Co-disseny i co-fabricació de solucions de millora de la qualitat de vida en comunitats del Raval	BARCELONA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY F
11/12/2020	30/06/2021	L’objecte del contracte és la realització del projecte consistent en un assessorament tècnic i en una exposició d’arquitectura/disseny urbà de material elaborat pel grup de recerca GIRAS de la UPC	AYUNTAMIENTO DE MONTBLANCH
07/09/2020	29/01/2021	Estudi de peatonalització del carrer de la Unió de Castellolí i reconversió del Centre Municipal actual com a Centre Cívic, Centre per a la gent gran i una botiga agropecuària de productes de proximit	AJUNTAMENT DE CASTELLOLI
15/06/2020	31/12/2020	Conveni col.laboració entre la UPC i l'Ajuntament d'Olot per a la realitzció d'una activitat docent relacionada amb la futura construcció d'una piscina municipal coberta a la ciutat	AJUNTAMENT D'OLOT
01/03/2020	28/02/2021	Earth Architecture Workshop	Centre de Cooperació per al Desenvolupament , UPC
01/03/2020	28/02/2021	Claus per a la detecció i diagnosi de les comunitats d’alta vulnerabilitat socioresidencial - Fase 2	Centre de Cooperació per al Desenvolupament , UPC
01/03/2020	28/02/2021	ARQUITECTURAS PORTÁTILES: VISERAS DE PROTECCION FACIAL FRENTE AL COVID19	Centre de Cooperació per al Desenvolupament , UPC
29/01/2020	31/12/2020	Tesina Industrial APCE: COLIVING Una alternativa colaborativa a la vivienda tradicional en Barcelona.	Asociación Española de Promotores Públicos de Vivienda y Suelo
27/11/2019	31/08/2021	Activitat de Continuïtat Càtedra Blanca de 1999 a 2020	CEMEX ESPAÑA OPERACIONES S.L.U.
15/11/2019	14/02/2020	Assistència Tècnica per a la redacció d'un informe sobre consultes de rehabilitació relacionades amb els edificis 1, 2 i 4 de Can Bagaria	Ajuntament de Cornellà de Llobregat
15/11/2019	31/12/2019	Assistència tècnica per a la redacció d'un informe sobre consultes de rehabilitació relacionades amb els edificis 1,2 i 4 de Can Bagaria.	AJUNTAMENT CORNELLA DE LLOBREGAT
22/10/2019	15/01/2021	Estudi d’un Arxiu Comarcal del Bages situat al Centre Històric de Manresa	AJUNTAMENT MANRESA
20/05/2019	19/02/2020	MACONCRET	AGAUR. Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca
09/05/2019	31/08/2019	Aportació per estudi Biblioteca Pública d'Olot	AJUNTAMENT D'OLOT
01/04/2019	30/09/2019	Estudi, projecció i disseny d'un centre d'esports per a la població de La Pobla de Claramunt.	AYUNTAMIENTO DE LA POBLA DE CLARAMU
01/03/2019	31/12/2020	Barcelona Ecotech-mobility house: taller de projectes arquitectònics i urbanisme sobre el futur de la Seat-Mobility house a la Barcelona Metropolitana”.	FUNDACIO C INNOVACIO I TEC CIT UPC
01/03/2019	28/02/2020	Claus per a la detecció i diagnosi de les comunitats d'alta vulnerabilitat socioresidencial - Fase 1	Centre Cooperació per al Desenvolupament
16/01/2019	31/12/2019	Tesina Industrial APCE: Estudio sobre Flexibilidad y las Nuevas Formas de Habitar de la Vivienda Contemporánea	Asociación Española de Promotores Públicos de Vivienda y Suelo
14/01/2019	13/01/2021	Patrocini per la recerca en relació a/'Sistemes Domòtics aplicats al Projecte Residencial/'	GIRA IBERICA SL
01/01/2019	30/09/2022	Indicadores socio-espaciales para la mejora del parque habitacional en zonas vulnerables. Criterios de actuación en los casos de las Áreas Metropolitanas de Barcelona y Bilbao	AGENCIA ESTATAL DE INVESTIGACION
01/01/2019	30/07/2021	Relació de la nota d’accés a la universitat amb el rendiment acadèmic a les assignatures dels estudis d’Arquitectura	Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya

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Research projects

START DATE	END DATE	ACTIVITY	FINANCING ENTITY
07/09/2023	06/06/2024	Conveni de col.laboració entre la Universitat Politècnica i l'Ajuntament de Sant Joan les Fonts per a l'estudi de revitalització del nucli històric del municipi.	AJUNTAMENT DE SANT JOAN LES FONTS
01/09/2023	31/08/2026	Estrategias de evaluación e intervención para la regeneración urbana y la mitigación de la pobreza energética en Barcelona y Bilbao.	AGENCIA ESTATAL DE INVESTIGACION
21/06/2023	20/06/2024	Claus per a la detecció i diagnosi de les comunitats d’alta vulnerabilitat socioresidencial - Fase 5	Centre de Cooperació per al Desenvolupament de la UPC
12/04/2023	31/07/2023	Conveni de col.laboració per l'Estudi de la realització d'un nou ajuntament al solar on està l'actual ajuntament i la Sala Carles Sindreu de l'Ametlla del Vallès.	AJUNTAMENT DE L'AMETLLA DEL VALLES
27/02/2023	26/05/2023	Conveni de col.laboració de serveis per la recerca històrico-arquitectònica de la casa dels Pins/Can Figueras	Ajuntament de Sant Fruitós de Bages
20/12/2022	30/06/2023	Regenerar Barcelona	BARCELONA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY F
03/12/2022	31/10/2023	Contracte de col.laboració per a la redacció de la Guia: La transició energètica com a aspecte clau de la resiliència a l’emergència ambiental en municipis petits i mitjans. (Exped. Núm. 2022/0026909)	Diputació de Barcelona
28/11/2022	28/11/2023	Gardener Architects of Barcelona 1888-1992 (Second edition revised and expanded)	Ajuntament de Barcelona; Escofet 1886 S.A.; Institut Ramon Llull; Ceràmica Collet SA (Sio-2)
28/09/2022	30/09/2023	Conveni de col.laboració per la realització de l'estudi i proposta d’il·luminació exterior de la Quinta de Sant Rafael, Parc de la Ciutat, Tarragona	AYUNTAMIENTO DE TARRAGONA
12/09/2022	31/01/2023	Conveni de col.laboració per la realització d'un estudi d'una escola municipal de música a Santa Cristina d'Aro.	AJUNTAMENT STA CRISTINA D'ARO
02/09/2022	25/10/2023	La comuna. La vida (quotidiana) explicada a través de l'arquitectura (Barcelona, 2000-2020)	FUND.CAT. PER A LA RECERCA I INNO.
22/07/2022	31/12/2022	CONTRACTE DE COL·LABORACIÓ ENTRE LA UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA I ESCOFET 1886	ESCOFET 1886 S.A.
20/06/2022	20/06/2023	Claus per a la detecció i diagnosi de les comunitats d’alta vulnerabilitat socioresidencial - Fase 4	Centre de Cooperació per al Desenvolupament de la UPC
01/06/2022	31/05/2023	Claus per a la detecció i diagnosi de comunitats d’alta vulnerabilitat socio-residencial al barri del Raval	Centre de Cooperació per al Desenvolupament de la UPC
01/06/2022	31/05/2023	“Ciutat i societat”, recerca-acció participada en un barri en risc d’exclusió. Estudiants del MISMeC a peu de carrer.	Centre de Cooperació per al Desenvolupament de la UPC
18/05/2022	17/05/2024	CONVENIO DE COL·LABORACIÓN ENTRE CIMSA CEMENTOS Y LA UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA PARA LA CREACIÓN DE LA CÁTEDRA BLANCA DE BARCELONA CIMSA	CIMSA CEMENTOS ESPAñA, SAU
14/02/2022	30/07/2022	L'estudi del projecte es realitza a la Bocana d'Empuriabrava que es troba entre la platja d'Empuriabrava i la platja de la Ravina.	AJUNTAMENT DE CASTELLÓ D'EMPÚRIES
01/01/2022	31/12/2022	Arquitectes Jardiners de Barcelona 1888-1992	Ajuntament de Barcelona
01/01/2022	31/12/2022	Arquitectes jardiners de Barcelona 1888-1992 (Segona edició revisada i ampliada)	Escofet 1886 S.A.; Ajuntament de Barcelona; Ceràmica Collet SA (Sio-2)
27/12/2021	17/10/2022	Atles Arquitectura Moderna Illes Balears	Institut d’Estudis Baleàrics
10/12/2021	10/06/2023	Reviure als terrats (REV-TER)	Ajuntament de Barcelona
01/11/2021	30/01/2022	Estudi d'un equipament Cultural i Recreatiu a la Plaça de Braus d'Olot i el seu entorn urbà	AJUNTAMENT D'OLOT
17/09/2021	31/12/2023	Binibèquer Vell. El paisatge de la tradició	INSTITUT MENORQUI D'ESTUDIS
22/07/2021	31/12/2021	Jardiners de Barcelona 1888-1992	Ajuntament de Barcelona
01/07/2021	31/12/2021	Ajudes material docent ETSAB 2021	Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
30/06/2021	30/03/2023	Arquitectura ante el riesgo climático. Diagnosis de la capacidad resiliente del ecosistema construido del levante peninsular ante episodios de climatología extrema.	FUNDACIÓN BBVA
10/06/2021	31/07/2026	Ampliació del contracte de col·laboració per la construcció d'una nova almàssera d’oli per a la cooperativa Coselva al municipi de La Selva del Camp	COSELVA-AGRICOLA I SECCIO DE CREDIT
01/06/2021	01/06/2022	Claus per a la detecció i diagnosi de les comunitats d’alta vulnerabilitat socioresidencial - Fase 3	Centre de Cooperació per al Desenvolupament de la UPC
15/04/2021	15/06/2022	Assessorament per establir criteris per a la implantació i el disseny de nou habitatge protegit a Sant Cugat del Vallès	SPM PROMOCIONS MUNICIPALS S. CUGAT
01/04/2021	31/08/2021	Estudi urbà respecte a la peatonalització del carrer de la Unió i la construcció d'un equipament municipal pluridisciplinar situat al mateix vial.	AJUNTAMENT DE CASTELLOLI
30/03/2021	30/09/2022	Cohabitem Barcelona: cinc casos d’estudi a Ciutat Vella per a la reutilització urbana i el foment de models productius innovadors	Ajuntament de Barcelona
18/01/2021	31/12/2021	Tesina Industrial APCE: Industrialización i Sostenibilidad en la Vivienda Plurifamiliar	APCE-ASOCIACION PROMOTORES DE CATALUNYA
01/01/2021	31/12/2021	Arquitectes jardiners de Barcelona 1888-1992	Ajuntament de Barcelona; Ceràmica Collet SA (Sio-2)
21/12/2020	20/12/2021	Co-disseny i co-fabricació de solucions de millora de la qualitat de vida en comunitats del Raval	BARCELONA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY F
11/12/2020	30/06/2021	L’objecte del contracte és la realització del projecte consistent en un assessorament tècnic i en una exposició d’arquitectura/disseny urbà de material elaborat pel grup de recerca GIRAS de la UPC	AYUNTAMIENTO DE MONTBLANCH
07/09/2020	29/01/2021	Estudi de peatonalització del carrer de la Unió de Castellolí i reconversió del Centre Municipal actual com a Centre Cívic, Centre per a la gent gran i una botiga agropecuària de productes de proximit	AJUNTAMENT DE CASTELLOLI
15/06/2020	31/12/2020	Conveni col.laboració entre la UPC i l'Ajuntament d'Olot per a la realitzció d'una activitat docent relacionada amb la futura construcció d'una piscina municipal coberta a la ciutat	AJUNTAMENT D'OLOT
01/03/2020	28/02/2021	Earth Architecture Workshop	Centre de Cooperació per al Desenvolupament , UPC
01/03/2020	28/02/2021	Claus per a la detecció i diagnosi de les comunitats d’alta vulnerabilitat socioresidencial - Fase 2	Centre de Cooperació per al Desenvolupament , UPC
01/03/2020	28/02/2021	ARQUITECTURAS PORTÁTILES: VISERAS DE PROTECCION FACIAL FRENTE AL COVID19	Centre de Cooperació per al Desenvolupament , UPC
29/01/2020	31/12/2020	Tesina Industrial APCE: COLIVING Una alternativa colaborativa a la vivienda tradicional en Barcelona.	Asociación Española de Promotores Públicos de Vivienda y Suelo
27/11/2019	31/08/2021	Activitat de Continuïtat Càtedra Blanca de 1999 a 2020	CEMEX ESPAÑA OPERACIONES S.L.U.
15/11/2019	14/02/2020	Assistència Tècnica per a la redacció d'un informe sobre consultes de rehabilitació relacionades amb els edificis 1, 2 i 4 de Can Bagaria	Ajuntament de Cornellà de Llobregat
15/11/2019	31/12/2019	Assistència tècnica per a la redacció d'un informe sobre consultes de rehabilitació relacionades amb els edificis 1,2 i 4 de Can Bagaria.	AJUNTAMENT CORNELLA DE LLOBREGAT
22/10/2019	15/01/2021	Estudi d’un Arxiu Comarcal del Bages situat al Centre Històric de Manresa	AJUNTAMENT MANRESA
20/05/2019	19/02/2020	MACONCRET	AGAUR. Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca
09/05/2019	31/08/2019	Aportació per estudi Biblioteca Pública d'Olot	AJUNTAMENT D'OLOT
01/04/2019	30/09/2019	Estudi, projecció i disseny d'un centre d'esports per a la població de La Pobla de Claramunt.	AYUNTAMIENTO DE LA POBLA DE CLARAMU
01/03/2019	31/12/2020	Barcelona Ecotech-mobility house: taller de projectes arquitectònics i urbanisme sobre el futur de la Seat-Mobility house a la Barcelona Metropolitana”.	FUNDACIO C INNOVACIO I TEC CIT UPC
01/03/2019	28/02/2020	Claus per a la detecció i diagnosi de les comunitats d'alta vulnerabilitat socioresidencial - Fase 1	Centre Cooperació per al Desenvolupament
16/01/2019	31/12/2019	Tesina Industrial APCE: Estudio sobre Flexibilidad y las Nuevas Formas de Habitar de la Vivienda Contemporánea	Asociación Española de Promotores Públicos de Vivienda y Suelo
14/01/2019	13/01/2021	Patrocini per la recerca en relació a/'Sistemes Domòtics aplicats al Projecte Residencial/'	GIRA IBERICA SL
01/01/2019	30/09/2022	Indicadores socio-espaciales para la mejora del parque habitacional en zonas vulnerables. Criterios de actuación en los casos de las Áreas Metropolitanas de Barcelona y Bilbao	AGENCIA ESTATAL DE INVESTIGACION
01/01/2019	30/07/2021	Relació de la nota d’accés a la universitat amb el rendiment acadèmic a les assignatures dels estudis d’Arquitectura	Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya

Quality

The Validation, Monitoring, Modification and Accreditation Framework (VSMA Framework) for official degrees ties the quality assurance processes (validation, monitoring, modification and accreditation) carried out over the lifetime of a course to two objectives—the goal of establishing coherent links between these processes, and that of achieving greater efficiency in their management—all with the overarching aim of improving programmes.

Architectural Design

COORDINATOR

CONTACT

General information

Access profile

Output profile

Number of places

Duration of studies and dedication regime

Organization

Agreements with other institutions

Access, admission and registration

Access profile

Access requirements

Admission criteria and merits assessment

Training complements

Enrolment period for new doctoral students

Enrolment period

Monitoring and evaluation of the doctoral student

Procedure for the preparation and defense of the research plan

Formation activities

Procedure for assignment of tutor and thesis director

Permanence

Learning resources

Doctoral Theses

List of authorized thesis for defense

List of lodged theses

List of defended theses by year

Theses related publications

Research projects

Teaching staff and research groups

Research groups

Teachers

Research projects

Quality

Validation

Monitoring

Accreditation

Registry of Universities, Centers and Degrees (RUCT)

Indicators