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Start   >  Master's & postgraduate courses  >  Education  >  Continuing education master's degree in Architecture and the Environment: Urban Space, Light and Integration of Energy in Architecture
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Information 2024-2025 edition
The 2024-2025 edition of the continuing education master's degree has already begun. Shortly we will publish updated information about the new edition of this programme.
Edition
20th Edition
Credits
60 ECTS (350 teaching hours)
Delivery
Face-to-face
Language of instruction
Spanish
Fee
€7,100
Payment of enrolment fee options

The enrolment fee can be paid:
- In a single payment to be paid within the deadline specified in the letter of admission to the programme.
- In two instalments:

  • 60% of the amount payable, to be paid within the deadline specified in the letter of admission to the programme.
  • Remaining 40% to be paid up to 90 days at the latest after the starting date of the programme.
- In four instalments, splitting the payment by direct debit:
  • 40% of the amount payable, to be paid within the deadline specified in the letter of admission to the programme.
  • The remaining 60% will be divided into 3 direct debit payments, which will be distributed equidistantly between the beginning and end of classes.
  • The student must have and be the holder of a bank account with IBAN ESXX
Notes 0,7% campaign

Registration open until the beginning of the course or until end of vacancies.
Next course
October of 2025
Timetable
Monday: 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm
Tuesday: 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm
Wednesday: 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm
Thursday: 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm
Taught at
ETSAB - Escola Tècnica Superior d'Arquitectura de Barcelona
Av. Diagonal, 649
Barcelona
Why this continuing education master's degree?
Today, architecture must be fully aware of environmental needs, and must use design to meet those challenges by means of the most sustainable ideas for the human environment.

As part of this approach, the master's degree covers the subject of Energy, which is very important not only in terms of how natural energies are used, but also for their effective integration in urban buildings and forms.

The programme consists of an initial introductory module entitled "Bioclimatic Architecture," followed by three modules covering the three fields of work of Architecture and Energy: "The Sustainable Urban Space" focusing on strategies in the urban area, "Light and Architecture," focusing on the knowledge and use of light in architecture projects, and "Renewable Energy in Architecture," focusing on the integration of Energies in buildings.

Various visits related to the topics covered in each subject will take place throughout the master's degree programme in Architecture and the Environment: Urban Space, Light and Integration of Energy in Architecture. The students will also have the opportunity to go on optional visit trip to the Technological and Renewable Energies Institute, and stay in the Bioclimatic Houses at the Institute on the island of Santa Cruz de Tenerife.

Aims
  • To train specialists in natural environmental control systems in architecture, with knowledge of lighting techniques, climatology and acoustics usable with natural energies.
  • To provide skills for working on the design and assessment of buildings and systems, in consultations on these subjects and in governmental oversight positions.
  • To train specialists able to choose the most appropriate energy systems for specific buildings and their surrounding areas, design the general characteristics of those systems, and integrate them formally and technically into the overall concept of the architectural project.
Who is it for?
  • Architects, technical architects and engineers interested in obtaining a high degree of specialisation in the application of renewable energies in architecture.
  • Other university professionals that need to broaden their knowledge in this field.

Training Content

List of subjects
15 ECTS 90h
Sustainable Urban Space
  • Sustainability.
    • Introduction to sustainability.
    • Life Cycle Analysis.
    • Construction waste. Domestic waste.
    • The water cycle: capture, treatment and storage.
    • Simulation, calculation and study software of solar radiation applied to urban design.
  • Urban dynamics.
    • Territorial models, urban structures and sustainability.
    • Towards sustainable urban development and mobility. Urban mobility.
    • Urban light pollution.
  • Urban morphology.
    • The human and social dimension of the public space.
    • Heat island and urban morphology.
    • Urban catalysts.
15 ECTS 90h
Light and Architecture
  • Light and Architecture.
    • The experience of Architecture.
    • The interior space.
    • The behaviour of materials and light.
    • The indoor and outdoor lighting environment.
  • Light, Energy and Comfort.
    • Light and vision. The visual process.
    • Light units and their relationships.
    • Comfort parameters: qualitative and quantitative.
    • The dynamic visual scene.-The indoor and outdoor lighting environment.
    • Practical workshop on lighting effects.
  • Light and energy efficiency.
    • Lighting technology and energy efficiency.
    • Energy flow. Efficiency.
    • Applied electrical engineering.
    • Environmental legal framework.
    • Calculation and simulation tools.
20 ECTS 120h
Renewable Energy in Architecture
  • Renewable Energy in Architecture.
    • Climate by country and pre-existing conditions.
    • Assessment of thermal behaviour.
    • Special natural air conditioning systems. Capture, solar protection and ventilation.
    • Principles of solar, thermal, photovoltaic, geothermal and wind energy.
    • Optimisation of resources through community systems.
  • Integrating renewable energies in architecture.
    • Integrating renewable energies.
    • Types of collectors and their construction specifications.
    • Architectural examples: Active systems.
    • Workshop: designing a simple and composite habitable module.
    • Workshop: design and assessment of the building in an urban area.
  • Façades and envelopes.
    • Functions of the envelope.
    • Tasks to be performed by solar systems.
    • Energy exchange through the envelope.
    • Façades, roofs and filters.
10 ECTS 50h
Thesis
The student must develop an individual unpublished work, where he must make a synthesis of the knowledge and skills acquired and it will be assessed in an oral presentation evaluated by a jury.
Degree
Continuing education master's degree in Architecture and the Environment: Urban Space, Light and Integration of Energy in Architecture, issued by the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Issued by virtue of the provisions of art. 7.1 of Organic Law 2/2023 of 22 March, concerning the University System, and art. 36 of Royal Decree 822/2021 of 28 September, which establishes the organisation of university education and the procedure for ensuring its quality. A prior official university qualification is necessary to obtain it. Otherwise, the student will receive a certificate of completion of the programme issued by the Fundació Politècnica de Catalunya. Lifelong learning studies at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya are approved by the University's Governing Council on an annual basis. (See details appearing on the certificate).
Range of modules
The continuing education master's degree programme is organized into the following modules. If you don't wish to take the entire continuing education master's degree you can sign on one or several modules.
Continuing education master's degree:
relation Postgraduate courses:

Learning methodology

The teaching methodology of the programme facilitates the student's learning and the achievement of the necessary competences.



Learning tools
Participatory lectures
A presentation of the conceptual foundations of the content to be taught, promoting interaction with the students to guide them in their learning of the different contents and the development of the established competences.
Practical classroom sessions
Knowledge is applied to a real or hypothetical environment, where specific aspects are identified and worked on to facilitate understanding, with the support from teaching staff.
Visits
These visits are to specialist centres, companies in the sector or outstanding and important locations in the sector, in order to obtain knowledge in situ of development, production and demonstration environments within the programme.
Tutorship
Students are given technical support in the preparation of the final project, according to their specialisation and the subject matter of the project.
Workshops
Students are supported when undertaking group work, including theoretical sessions which provide the tools and knowledge needed to achieve a result. Ideas and results are exchanged between all the participating groups.
Assessment criteria
Attendance
At least 80% attendance of teaching hours is required.
Work out projects
Studies on a specific topic, by individuals or groups, in which the quality and depth of the work is assessed, among other factors.
Completion and presentation of the final project
Individual or group projects in which the contents taught in the programme are applied. The project can be based on real cases and include the identification of a problem, the design of the solution, its implementation or a business plan. The project will be presented and defended in public.
Work placements & employment service
Students can access job offers in their field of specialisation on the My_Tech_Space virtual campus. Applications made from this site will be treated confidentially. Hundreds of offers of the UPC School of Professional & Executive Development employment service appear annually. The offers range from formal contracts to work placement agreements.
Virtual campus
The students on this continuing education master's degree will have access to the My_ Tech_Space virtual campus - an effective platform for work and communication between the course's students, lecturers, directors and coordinators. My_Tech_Space provides the documentation for each training session before it starts, and enables students to work as a team, consult lecturers, check notes, etc.

Teaching team

Academic management
  • Alonso Montolío, Carlos
    Alonso Montolío, Carlos
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    Doctor Architect. from the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya.
  • Coch Roura, Helena
    Coch Roura, Helena
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    Architect PhD. Department of Architectural Technology of the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya.
Teaching staff
  • Alonso Montolío, Carlos
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    Doctor Architect. from the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya.
  • Batlle Durany, Enric
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    Architect for the ETSAB, Ph.D. in architecture in 2002 with the thesis published in the Gustavo Gili publishing house entitled 'The Garden of the Metropolis', professor in the Department of Urban Planning and Territorial Planning and director of the MBLandArch, university master's degree of landscaping at the UPC. He is a prestigious landscape architect, teaching conferences and courses around the world. He is a founding member, jointly with Joan Roig Duran, of the Batlleiroig Arquitectura office, which has been working since 1981 in landscape, urban planning and building projects.
  • Carceller Roqué, Xavier
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    Doctor in Architecture (UPC). Professor of courses in Urban Ecology, Sustainable City and Territory, Environmental Assessment or Integration of Urban Planning, Legislation, Environmental Management and Diagnosis. He develops the professional activity in the administration of the Generalitat of Catalonia where, among other charges, has been head of the Planning Natural Environment (Department of Environment) and he is currently Head of Service Plans and Programs, in the General Division Environmental Assessment (Department of Planning and Sustainability).
  • Cavaller Galí, Francisco
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    Industrial Technical Engineer from the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC). Technical director of MIATEC Innova engineering. He has more than 25 years of experience in technical lighting products and projects linked to industry, free exercise and teaching. He is a Member of the Governing Board of the Spanish Lighting Committee and National Representative of Division 4 of the International Lighting Committee (ICD).

  • Coch Roura, Helena
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    Architect PhD. Department of Architectural Technology of the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya.
  • Corbat Diaz, Enrique
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    Architect. Department of Architectural Technology of the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya.
  • Crespo Cabillo, Isabel
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    Architect PhD. Department of Architectural Representation at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC).
  • Cuchí Burgos, Albert
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    Doctor of Architecture (ETSAB, 1983) and Professor in the Department of Architectural Technology I of the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC) and coordinator of the line of Sustainable Building of the Master of Sustainability at UPC (Official Master). He works on issues of sustainability and architecture, both in teaching and research, in collaboration with various institutions. He has made presentations, and publications on the issue at national and international level. Founding member of the group "Architecture and Sustainability" of the College of Architects of Catalonia and partnership for sustainable building in GBC Spain. Technical partner in sustainability and building of various institutions, including t Generalitat de Cataluña, Ministries of the Government of Spain, the Urban Ecology Agency of Barcelona and the Consortium of Santiago de Compostela. He has published several works on an urban scale.
  • Feliu Jofre, Alvaro
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    Civil Engineer.
  • Ferrero Andreu, Lluis
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    Engineer. Department Teacher of Engineering Projects (UPC).
  • Garrido Torres, Pablo
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    Architect. Department Teacher of Architectural Technology of the UPC.
  • Isalgue Buxeda, Antoni
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    Doctor in Physics. Professor ocf the Department of Physics (UPC).
  • López Besora, Judit
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    Doctor of Architecture from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC). Master in Architecture, Energy and Environment. Lecturer Professor Serra Hunter at the Department of Architecture Technology of the UPC. She has 20 years of experience in the profession of architect, in the fields of building and energy efficiency.
  • Marín Herrera, Juan Antonio
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    Architect. Department Teacher of Architectural Technology of the UPC.
  • Martí Casanovas, Miquel
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    PhD in Urbanism from Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC). Civil Engineer (INSA Lyon) and Master in Political and Social Sciences from Institut d'Études Polítiques de Paris. Professor in Department of Urbanism and Spatial Planning of the UPC. Her field of research is the study of contemporary public space, sustainable mobility strategies and their effects on a qualified, intense and healthy urban space. Researcher at the Center for Forest Science and Technology of Catalonia on biocities and ecosystem services of green infrastructures.
  • Moccia, Aldo
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    Master's degree in Building Architecture from Politecnico di Milano (POLIMI). Postgraduate Master in Architecture, Energy and the Environment from Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya (UPC). Currently, is a Senior Research Assistant at the AiEM Department of UPC.
  • Muñoz Ramírez, Francisco Manuel
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    Phd in Geography and professor at the Department of Geography of Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB). Current Director of Urbanization Observatory, Research Group of the Department of Geography at the UAB, and teacher of several master and postgraduate programs at UAB.He has published articles about the city, urban studies and landscape issues. His work includes books like urBANALization: Common Landscapes, Global Places (Gustau Gili, Barcelona, 2008) and Strategies towards low-density city: containment management (Diputación de Barcelona, 2011).
  • Muntané Raich, Oriol
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    Doctor Architect. Professor at the Department of Technology of Architecture of the UPC.
  • Pagès Ramon, Anna
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    Architect PhD. Department of Architecture Technology (UPC).
  • Roca i Blanch, Estanislao
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    PhD in Architecture and Emeritus Professor at Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC). Has been director of the Department of Urbanism, Territory and Landscape, as well as vice-chancellor of Infrastructure and Architecture of this university; professor in charge of various undergraduate and postgraduate subjects, and president of a Final Career Project Court at the Barcelona Technical School of Architecture. Director of a dozen doctoral theses, one of them winner of the Manuel de Solà-Morales European Urban Planning Award. Invited as a lecturer at relevant congresses and, as a teacher, at twenty prestigious international universities. Assessor of the (CNEAI) ANECA. Currently, co-director of the Poliědrica book collection and responsible for the “Cities” section of the Compàs d'Amalgama magazine of the University of Barcelona. He has published about thirty books and more than a hundred chapters and/or scientific articles in indexed journals. Among others, he has obtained the three-year Lluís Domènech i Montaner award for research in architectural sciences, the Jaume Vicens Vives Distinction for university teaching quality and the Europa Nostra Medal of Honor. He was also awarded the National Urbanism Award.
  • Rull Bertran, Rosa Maria
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    Architect. Lecturer in Projects at the Alicante Higher Polytechnic School (EPS-UA), the ESARQ-UIC, and the BAU - University of Vic. Founding partner of the studio Bailo+Rull - ADD + ARQUITECTURA.
  • Solsona i Pairó, Xavier
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    Degree in architecture from the Polytechnic University of Barcelona (UPC). With his own studio. Associate professor at the Barcelona Architecture Technical College, in the Department of Architectural Constructions. Expert in Environmental Comfort and Natural Environments ¿Light, Climate and Acoustics- for Environmental Control.

Career opportunities

  • Sustainable Urban Design Consultant.
  • Technical Consultant on Sustainability and Energy Efficiency in Construction.
  • Lighting Technology Designer and Consultant.
  • Renewable Energy Installations Designer.
  • Technical Managers in lighting companies.
  • Specialist in Energy Rehabilitation.

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