Master of Science in Integrated Architectural Design

Applications open for the Master of Science in Integrated Architectural Design - MIAD: Logics of evolution for contemporary contexts. School of Architecture and Building Engineering La Salle, Ramon Llull University, Barcelona. 

Coordinator: Ricardo Devesa, PhD architect and editor in Actar Publishers & urbanNext.net. Application deadline: June 30, 2023. ​Information requests and applications: To apply, visit here. Find out more here.

Think, design and build a responsible architecture with the future of society and the planet. 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.

MIAD is a master’s degree 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.

MIAD has an integrated approach to architectural design and research serving the areas of design, technology, and culture alike. MIAD is based on the visions that the international references are giving on the global context. For this, solutions and tools will be presented and taught to expand the logics that give imminent answers to common challenges.

Faculty and subjects
The MIAD faculty is made up of professionals, thinkers, curators, and editors, both local and international—from the architectural discipline and others related to design—who have been working for an evolved and integrated conception of architecture since the beginning of the 21st century. 

Environmental Logics: Ferran Vizoso Rodríguez, Javier García-Germán, Aleksandar Ivancic. Social Logics: Pau Bajet Mena (BajetGiramé), Mireia Luzárraga Álvarez (TAKK), Carles Baiges Camprubí (LaCol). Digital Logics: Anna Font Vacas, Ciro Najle, Edouard Cabay. Tectonic Logics: David Tapias Monne (Aixopluc), Francisco Cifuentes Utrero (Aulets), Ramon Bosch i Pagès (BoschCapdeferro). Cultural Logics: Ivan Blasi I Mezquida (Mies van der Rohe Foundation), Irma Arribas Pérez, Ricardo Devesa Devesa. Transversal Workshop: Pedro García Hernández, Roger Paez i Blanch. Research: Roger Paez i Blanch and Ricardo Devesa Devesa. Optiative Subjects: Cristina Goberna Pesudo (FKAA).

Methodology
Master classes from renowned professionals, exemplary case studies that have applied the logic and critical readings of key authors to understand contexts (Seminar), practical workshops and tutoring by experts in architectural logic (Workshops), debate sessions and discussion forums, visits to activities related to topics in Barcelona (optional).

Features
Academic calendar: October 2023–July 2024 (9 months)
Language: English
Places available: 20
Credits: 60-ECTS
Schedule: Monday to Thursday from 7–10pm, and Friday, same time, for the optional subjects and extracurricular activities.
Location: Barcelona La Salle Campus, URL

Scholarships
At La Salle-URL, people come first. We are convinced that we all can transform the world to make it a better and more sustainable place, and we believe in education, innovation and values as main drivers of this change. For this reason, we offer a selection of scholarships to study this Master:

Build Your Future Scholarship: Build Your Future is a 30–50 percent scholarship aimed at candidates who want to study the Master of Science in Integrated Architectural Design and who can add value to the program and to the School of Architecture and Building Engineering La Salle with outstanding skills, aptitudes and attitudes. A maximum of five scholarships will be awarded. 

Visiting Barcelona Scholarship​: The Visiting Barcelona Scholarship aims to attract professors from Latin American universities who want to start their path towards doctoral studies as students of the Master of Science in Integrated Architectural Design. Scholarship candidates will be offered the option of teaching classes to La Salle-URL university degree students. A maximum of five scholarships will be awarded.

Partner Universities Agreement Scholarship
La Salle Campus Barcelona is an internationally connected ecosystem, which means that we have more than 90 academic cooperation agreements with universities around the world. This financial aid (15 percent) is intended to encourage people who have studied at our partner universities to continue specializing at La Salle Campus Barcelona.