Lifelong Learning Master's Degree in Advanced Ecological Buildings & Biocities I
Lifelong Learning Master's Degree in Advanced Ecological Buildings & Biocities I
Presentation
The Master in Advanced Ecological Buildings and Biocities (MAEBB) postgraduate program is an 11-month immersive program focused on learning how to design and build a new generation of buildings and cities to respond to the planet’s emerging climate challenges.The program is carried out in Valldaura Labs, in Barcelona, a 135 Ha property located in the Collserola forest. Here, students will live and work surrounded by nature while using the most advanced technologies and design techniques in the pursuit of what is also IAAC’s long term initiative, to create self-sufficient and ecological environments.
During the first six months in the program, students are comprehensively trained in the principles of design and construction of advanced ecological buildings through a series of focused and intense modules, which include material production, thermal and metabolic building systems, ecological structures and façade systems and much more.
After developing the necessary skills and a holistic understanding of advanced and ecological design, students collectively draft and build a full scale ecological building prototype.
The Master programme is orientated towards engineers, architects, artists, makers, designers, and graduates in any discipline related to the crafting of the built environment. The programme will be developed with the collaboration of companies and industry leading experts from around the world with the goal of forming new professionals interested in leading the design of ecological buildings worldwide.
Program
PHASE 1- Module 1. Context
- Module 2. Heliotropic Module
- Module 3. Material Systems and Material Geographies
- Module 4. Materiality
- Seminar 1. Environment
- Seminar 2. Techniques
- Seminar 3. Readings
- Seminar 4. Lectures
Classes take place from October to December, Monday to Friday, from 10h to 19h in Valldaura Campus, in Collserola Park, Barcelona
PHASE 2
- Module 5. Energy and Thermodynamic
- Module 6. Ecodevices
- Module 7. Metabolic Building System
- Module 8. Structures Fabrication
- Module 9. Wall and Façade Design and Fabrication
- Module 10. Hybrid Building Programming
- Module 11. Extended Building. On Landscape Architecture for ecological Buildings
Classes take place January to April, Monday to Friday, from 10h to 19h in Valldaura Campus, in Collserola Park, Barcelona.
PHASE 3
- Studio Design Collective Project
- Module 12. Performance Testing
Classes take place from April to July, Monday to Friday, from 10h to 19h in Valldaura Campus, in Collserola Park, Barcelona.
COLLECTIVE CONSTRUCTION. REAL SCALE PROJECT (FINAL MASTER PROJECT)
- Collective Construction. Real Scale Project (Final Master Project)
Classes take place from May to July, Monday to Friday, from 10h to 19h in Valldaura Campus, in Collserola Park, Barcelona.
Coordinators and teaching staff
Other information
TUITION FEES
Importe de la matrícula nacionales UE: 19800
Importe de la matrícula nacionales españoles: 11925
ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
Bachelor Degree: Architects, engineers, designers, material engineers, mechanical engineers and other related carreers.
The Master programme is oriented towards engineers, architects, artists, makers, designers, biologists, ecologists and graduates from any discipline related to the crafting of the built environment.
The programme is oriented at graduates who wish to commit and develop their design research skills in the context of new forms of practice within architecture and urbanism, ranging from large-scale environments to tectonic details and material properties.
Application process:
Applications are considered on the basis of an assessment of the quality of prospective students, their motivation, skills and previous academic achievements. Candidates are encouraged to give details of their motivation to study any particular programme. Once applications are reviewed, candidates will be invited to an online interview with the IAAC academic coordinator of the program. IAAC applications can be submitted each academic year.
To apply for any of our educational programmes, the applicant must fill out the online application form.
For the online application, the following required documents should all be submitted in English, with the exception of the undergraduate diploma that needs to be translated into Spanish. (All documents must be uploaded onto the designated space on the online application form in PDF format).
For more information on the process, please visit www.iaac.net
ISSUANCE OF ACADEMIC DEGREES
The rate in force at the time of issuance of the title will be applied
PLACE WHERE IT TAKES PLACE
Barcelona Campus de Valldaura, Collserola. Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IAAC)
PRE-REGISTRATION
01/05/2024 until 30/09/2024
REGISTRATION
01/05/2024
FURTHER INFORMATION
https://iaac.net/educational-programmes/masters-programmes/master-in-advanced-ecological-buildings-maeb/