Master - Design for Urban Environment

The teaching program is divided into one specific module and another common module, both compulsory and assessed.

The specific module develops professional specialisation.

• Geographic, political, historical, cultural, social, and economic circumstances operate in metropolitan areas.

• Identifying and analyzing the morphological and physical components of historical and existing cities to project futures around environment and landscape, mobility/accessibility, places, urban features and materials...
• Coexistence, mediation, associations, safety and health, as well as features relating to services such as energy, sustainability, recycling, telecommunications, or management.
• Tools to make strategic diagnoses on urban gaps and opportunities by learning methodologies to detect them and exercises to develop the capacity to discover and explain viable design solutions to solve deficits by taking advantage of opportunities.
• Tools for preparing design proposals by anticipating non-viability concerns and being aware of complexity vectors related to context singularity, actor multiplicity and heterogeneity, and project timelines and uncertainties.
• Tools to conduct work as a positive element in the complex mechanisms of modern urban environment governance, knowing the role and functions that correspond to designers at each step of the projects in which they are participating, both as part of teams and in connection to other actors involved, with the ability to mediate and create acceptable content for each stage and team.
• Tools to construct fair, appropriate, new/updated, distinct, and better urban environments.

The common module is shared by all Master’s degree courses because they lay the groundwork of a common culture for the entire IED Barcelona community.

The challenge-based learning paradigm is overseen by a subject-specialist educator. Subjects may be taught online, in a hybrid manner, or face-to-face, depending on their content.