Logics of evolution for contemporary contexts

Master of Science in Integrated Architectural Design

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Be a key player in the new architecture

The logics of architectural design and construction are in continuous adaptation to the context in which they operate. Its systems of methods and principles are expanded to face challenges such as climate change, technological disruptions, economic collapses, geopolitical strategies, and demographic movements, among other imminent global challenges.
This is a Master of Science destined to review the most significant phenomena that affect our society, and to rethink them from environmental, social, digital, tectonic, and cultural logics that are oriented towards an evolved conception of architecture.

WHY STUDY INTEGRATED ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN AT LA SALLE RAMON LLULL UNIVERSITY

Facing global challenges

You will be trained to face global challenges through architecture by learning through five transformational logics to provide sustainable responses to a world in constant evolution: environmental, social, digital, tectonic and cultural.

International talent

You will be learning and working with an emerging and consolidated generation of professionals, both professors and classmates, all of them specialists in relevant and different fields, as well as internationally awarded architects and engineers.

A unique teaching philosophy

The master is aligned to the three teaching axes of our School of Architecture and Building Engineering: design, technology and culture, as the foundations for any practice committed to new contexts.

Prepare for you PhD in Barcelona

Be a part of an advanced and transdisciplinary campus and explore the city of Barcelona as a research, analysis and workspace. Also, this MSc is the way to start your path towards doctoral studies in Barcelona.

Start date

20th October 2025

Duration

9 months (60 ECTS)

Schedule

Mon. to Thurs from 7 pm to 10 pm

Language

English

Location

La Salle Campus Barcelona

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Get to know your mentors

"The visions of the future are always uncertain and imply a lack of action. On the other hand, the logics that we will deal with in the master will be exemplified by concrete practices that have been already applied for more than a decade."

Ricardo Devesa, PhD, editor in Actar Publishers & urbanNext, and Coordinator of the Master

Josep Ferrando is an internationally awarded architect. His work has been exhibited in several countries and he has held monographic exhibitions on his work. He has developed an intense teaching career since 1998 as a professor of projects in numerous European and American universities. He has also lectured at prestigious universities such as GSD Harvard, MIT Massachusetts, Cornell University, Cooper Union.

Awards and nominations: FAD awards, Mies Europe and Mies America awards, XV Spanish Biennial of Architecture and Urbanism, International Biennial of Architecture of Buenos Aires BIABA'15 and BIABA' 22, Yakov Chernikov International Award.

Josep Ferrando, Dean of The School of Architecture of La Salle (ETSALS)

HIGHLIGHTS

40%

International teaching staff

15%

Teaching hours dedicated to seminars

80%

Teaching hours dedicated to workshops