Escola Tècnica superior d’Arquitectura

Master’s Programme
Relational City
Other Ways to conceive the Plural City.
Study case: Barcelona · Course 2011-2012

Presentation Programme
The Master’s Programme RELATIONAL URBANISM, MODUL A: Relational Urbanism Megalopolis and intermediate city profiles
organized by the ESARQ School of Architecture and the Global Policies · The intermediate city
Faculty of Humanities at the Universitat Internacional de · Theory and politics about dynamic urban systems · Limits
Catalunya posed as initial point of its investigations the
· Spatial syntax · Case study
possibility that the new challenges of cities, plural and
Networked Society Barcelona model. Mediterranean cities
intelligent, are not just working in conjunction with basic
disciplinary aspects of urbanism, infrastructure, paths, · Even turban culture (situationism) · The plural city
patterns, but are also closely linked to energy balance · Reflections on complex behaviors · Intelligent cities
criteria and thermodynamic models, theories involving · Pragmatopia
dynamic urban systems, socio-cultural aspects related to Relational Culture MODUL C: Case Study - BARCELONA
the culture of networking and complex behaviours and · Networked culture Foundation of the city
the evidence that the town still has economic potential for · Relational Aesthetics · What does being urban mean?
develop an ecosystem-like economy. Entropic Technologies · Settlement structures
The Master’s Programme provides students with a deeper · Thermodynamics Brand and Culture
understanding of the identity of cities, their origins and · TIC (Talent, Imagination, Creativity) · Events
future developments, and how a critical, multidisciplinary Economy of the hiper-present · Infraestructure
approach can be taken to resolve unknowns regarding the · Economy x Ecolology = EcosystemS ECO3 · Science and technology
projection, development and management of the cities of · Think global, act local / think local, act global · Culture
tomorrow. In particular, the Master’s programme is aimed · Turism
at holders of undergraduate degrees who are interested in
MODUL B: Urban Systems Relational city
the growth, development and management of cities from
The Territorial Dimension · Barcelona quarters
the social, cultural, economic and urban perspectives.
· Metropolitan area · Urban equipment
The ultimate goal is to link urban planners, geographers,
· Urban policies, the socioeconomic dimension · New centrality
cultural managers, architects, journalists, environmental
Extensive city and dense city. Mixed use
technicians, analysts, policy advisers, with the citizens as
stakeholders of the urban phenomena. An advanced critic · Study cases MODUL D: Master’s Final Project
mass of human relations, that clear and convincingly · New cities
generates a significant social transformation of the city for
the 21th century.
The Master will be held combining class sessions at the
Management team Language English and Spanish
campus of UIC ESARQ and site workshops at the city Directors: Ph.D Concepció Peig, Ph. D Miquel Lacasta
Credits 60 ECTS
of Barcelona; while research advances will be actively Coordination: Arq. Guillem Carabí (ESARQ)
communicated through a blog platform in which each Arq. Manuel Arenas (ESARQ) Who the program is aimed at
student will share the work both as a researcher and Advisors: Arq. Ethel Baraona Pohl Holders of university degrees in: Architecture, Urban
blogger. For this reason, the tuition for each student Ph.D César Reyes [dpr-barcelona] Development, Sociology, Technical Environment,
includes an iPAD, a resource that allows students to Geography, Landscaping, Political Sciences, Humanities
update their blogs with conferences, ideas, interactions Schedule and Economic Sciences
and all attachments necessary to develop their learning One academic year. From October 2011 to June 2012
and knowledge along the Master. All this research will be More information
the basis for the Master thesis, but in addition it will be Timetable Tel. (+34) 932 541 800
published and distributed through digital and academic Tuesday-Thursday 16 h - 20 h. Friday 16 h -18 h. mcbanus@uic.es
media, using digital publishing tools (e.g. blogbooker). 30 weeks. www.uic.es/bcn-relacional

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