ETSAB PROSPECTUS

ETSAB BARCELONA PROSPECTUS

Teaching Architecture since 1817 Training Architects since 1875

The school is based on an educational balance between technological and humanist traditions, with a close relationship with the city of Barcelona.

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THE SCHOOL

The Barcelona School of Architecture (ETSAB) is the largest and most important architecture school in Catalonia. Its origins date back to establishing the roots of a Beaux Arts school.

school. The educational balance between technological and humanist traditions is characteristics of the ETSAB. The School has more than 3,000 students and a 300 member teaching staff. One of its most remarkable aspects is the close relationship

academic growth of the School and the urban

academics and at the same time, our school

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STUDENTS OF ARCHITECTURE

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SPANISH UNIVERSITY IN QS RANKING

RESEARCH There are 19 research groups within the ETSAB that cover all aspects of research related to architecture. The ETSAB’s research groups research and production in Spain, and the UPC

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TEACHING STAFF architecture and planning, and the ETSAB’s researchers publish and present more than 350 articles in indexed journals and at prestigious conferences.

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS The ETSAB promotes the internationalisation of

studies and the research relating to the postgraduate studies. The School organises academic exchange programmes between such as Erasmus+, Sicue, UPC-Xina and other sends 150 outgoing students abroad and receives more than 150 incoming students.

CULTURE

initiatives, such as Joint Workshops, ETSAB

One of the main aims of the ETSAB is to lead

Visiting Studios, ETSAB Summer School

the role of an Architecture Exhibition Centre.

and Abroad Programmes.

We seek to construct a strong relationship

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between the cultural life of our students and

signed with some of the principal cultural and

exhibitions, lecture series and even academic courses. This is intended to transcend the

architects, individuals committed to the social and cultural expression of their times.

30T0 EXCHANGE STUDENTS PER YEAR

ORIOL BOHIGAS ETSAB LIBRARY

items, thus being a strategic tool of the School for its The ETSAB Graphic Archive, with more than 12,000 assets, preserving a large part of the documents

GAUDÍ CHAIR The Gaudí Chair is a documentation and research centre of the ETSAB which focuses Gaudí. The collection inctludes numerous pieces and original works of Gaudí and his collaborators. It pretends to be a paramount reference for students and researchers

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IN 3 BUILDINGS

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ETSAB BARCELONA SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE Segarra Building (1961) Coderch Extension Building (1985) Oriol Bohigas Etsab Library (2009)

ETSAB STUDENTS

Our students are often recognised for their notable competence across all areas of architectural design, from urban scale, to technology, and to the detail of the project.

One of the main aims of our academic training is to incorporate the notion of place, the brief and materiality right from the very start of the design process. This degree of holistic understanding in the training of our students is of particular value in the increasingly global sphere in which we move.

The School is very conscious that not all who qualify as architects will go in to practice, or indeed practise in the same way, as today there are many different ways in which architects may work. We therefore place great importance on providing our students with the necessary knowledge base and tools to tackle this diverse situation and its corresponding aims to provide its alumni with a sensitive and concerned vision with which to enrich their daily work.

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UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE STUDENTS

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MASTERS’ AND DOCTORATE STUDENTS

GArchETSAB + MArchETSAB The ETSAB curriculum is undergraduate degree and

GArchETSAB + MArchETSAB

G ArchETSAB

The current curriculum is structured into a

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st YEAR

/300 ECTS

BASIS OF AR C H I TE C TU R E

MAIN AREAS OF ARCHITECTURE /60 ECTS

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nd

3

rd

4

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TE C H N I QU E S YEAR

FORM, CONSTRUCTION & SITE /60 ECTS

practice.

The basis of the GArchEtsaB teaching is centred on the architectural project with

YEAR

H OU SI N G

CITY & DWELLING /60 ECTS

knowledge about history and theories of architecture, urban planning, research methods and graphic representation. Issues of structural

P U BL I C FAC I L I TI ES YEAR

SOCIAL EQUIPMENT & PUBLIC SPACE /60 ECTS

conception, construction and engineering are SP E C I AL I SATI ON

also involved in the building design.

The MArchEtsaB presents three areas of

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THEMATIC WORKSHOP

th YEAR

specialisation: “Theory and Design”, “Urban

/54 ECTS

TF G

DEGREE FINAL THESIS /6 ECTS

Planning” and “Technology”.

Both degrees combine workshop work occupies the theme of the bachelor

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DEGREES AWARDED ANNUALLY

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> TH E ORY & D E S IGN > U R BAN P L AN NING > TE C H N OL OGY

st YEAR

/30 ECTS

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MASTER THESIS /30 ECTS

MBArch

high academic standing. The MBArch is structured as a multifaceted combination of eight specialty areas: “Theory, History and Culture”, “Contemporary Project”, “Process, Design and Programming”, “Urban Planning”, “Technological Innovation in Architecture”, “Architecture, Energy and Environment”, “Architectural Restoration and Rehabilitation” and “Urban and Architectural Management and Valuation”. renowned architects and academics. The transversal

MBLandArch

interests in research and practice.

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tools with which to design, plan and manage

ECTS

acclaimed postgraduate degree also forms part of the European Master in Landscape

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ECTS

MBArch /15 ECTS

/60 ECTS

COMMON AND

/30 ECTS

C OMP U L SU RY P H ASE

SP E C I AL I SATI ON L I N E

MBDesign

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THEORY, HISTORY & CULTUR E

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CONTEMP OR ARY P R OJECT

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UR BAN P LANNING

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P R OCESS, DESIGN & PR OGR AMMING

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AR CHITECTUR AL R ESTOR ATION & R EHABILITATION

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TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION IN AR CHITECTUR E

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AR CHITECTUR E, ENER GY &ENVIR ONMENT

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URBAN & AR CHITECTUR AL MANAGEMENT & VALUATION

focused on design research in an integrated

/15 ECTS

programme offered jointly between the

MASTE R TH E SI S ( TF M)

new participative teaching strategies and the most innovative tendencies, through design workshops, material laboratories, the use of ICTs, digital fabrication and 3D printing.

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ECTS

MBLandArch UNIVERSITY MASTER D E GR E E I N L AN D SC AP E

/120 ECTS

EMI

PRO

MBDesign INTERUNIVERITY MASTERS’ DEGREE IN D E SI GN

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GRA

MME

/60 ECTS

UPC + UB

ETSAB EXECUTIVE BOARD Faculty Dean Jordi Ros Head of Studies Jordi Franquesa Undergraduate Vice Dean Jordi Adell, Isabel Bachs, Mara Partida Graduate Vice Dean Ernest Redondo International Relations Carles Crosas Culture Carolina B. García,Ariadna Perich, Roger Such Facility Management Alberto Peñín Academic Secretary M. Dolors Martínez Head of Service Victòria Vela

PROSPECTUS EDITION Idea & Graphic Design Roger Such, Marta Jo, Marina Vila Texts Roger Such Translation Malcolm Burns Photo credits Ana Coderch, Guillem Elvira, Nicanor Garcia, Joan Massagué, Núria Moliner, Ariadna Perich, Roger Such, ETSAB Archives CULT. Team Carolina B. García, Ariadna Perich, Roger Such, Guillem Elvira, Guayente García, Marta Jo, Marina Vila

CONTACT ETSAB Barcelona School of Architecture Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya BarcelonaTech

08028 Barcelona www.etsab.upc.edu informacio.etsab@upc.edu