IAAC’s Master in City & Technology (1 or 2-year program) is a unique program oriented towards redefining the analysis, planning, and design of twenty-first-century cities and beyond. The program offers expertise in the design of digitally enhanced, ecological and human-centered urban environments by intersecting the disciplines of urbanism and data science. Taking place in Barcelona, the capital of urbanism, the Master in City & Technology is training the professionals that city administrations, governments, industries, and communities need, to transform the urban environment in the era of big data.
Advanced Theory Seminar explores contemporary frameworks of advanced architecture through critical engagement with The Threefold Logic of Advanced Architecture (Actar Publishers, 2020). Combining lectures, workshops, and discussions, the course examines how technology reshapes spatial, social, and theoretical paradigms. Students develop research and analytical skills by constructing a fictional dialogue that debates key concepts in architecture’s evolving disciplinary landscape, fostering critical reflection and theoretical precision.
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Agricultural landscapes often disappear from visual and political attention during conflict, overshadowed by images of urban destruction. This project uses satellite imagery to examine agricultural land in Gaza, focusing on the Beit Hanoun belt as an intersection between destruction and food systems. Through vegetation indices and bombing crater detection, the study distinguishes seasonal agricultural cycles … Read more
