Master's degree in Architectural

Technology
2015-2016 academic year

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INTRODUCTION

Master's degree in masters degree in Architectural Technology is integrated as a speciality for the 2015-2016
academic year, within the framework of the master's degree BarcelonaArch.
Duration

Two academic years

ECTS credits

120

Delivery

Face-to-face

Language of
instruction

Subjects will be taught in Catalan or Spanish, depending on the student's level of comprehension
and on the teaching objectives of the master's degree course.

Organised by

Barcelona School of Architecture (ETSAB)

Valls School of Architecture (ETSAV)

Prospective
students

This masters degree course is aimed at anyone interested in construction and new technologies
and energy efficiency who holds a degree or a diploma in Architecture or Technical Architecture
or in any of the branches of Engineering related to the subjects in the specialist fields of the
masters programme.

Location

School of Architecture of Barcelona (ETSAB). Av.Diagonal, 649. 08028 Barcelona

School of Architecture of the Valls (ETSAV). Pere Serra, 1-15. 08190 Sant Cugat del Valls
(Barcelona)
Core subjects: ETSAB
Obligatory subjects:
Specialist areas of Restoration + Renovation and Construction-Technological Innovation:
ETSAB
Specialist area of Facilities and Energy Efficiency: ETSAV
Specialist area of Design and Analysis of Architectural Structures: ETSAB, except Structural
Designs, which will be taught at ETSAV
Elective subjects: according to the subject chosen. Possibility of blended courses.

Fees

51.46 per ECTS credit. For non-residents who are not EU nationals, the cost is 1.5 times the
ordinary cost of one credit.
More information about fees, grants and loans and payment options.

Website

http://mastersuniversitaris.upc.edu/tecnologiaarquitectura/

E-mail

postgrau.arq.bcn@upc.edu

COMPETENCIES

Generic competencies
Generic competencies are the skills that graduates acquire regardless of the specific course or field of study. The
generic competencies established by the UPC are capacity for innovation and entrepreneurship, sustainability and
social commitment, knowledge of a foreign language (preferably English), teamwork and proper use of information
resources.
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Specific skills
Develop specialist areas in the field of technology applied to architecture, both in new constructions and in the case
of existing buildings, that is of practical application to the phases of conception and execution of a design and to the
construction industry.
Supervise building designs and construction work or constructed areas in quality assurance procedures.
Act as consultants and professional experts in technological matters for insurance claims, viability studies or
technological matters in judicial situations.
Carry out the inspection and diagnosis for buildings subject to revision or resulting from pathological situations.
Participate and become involved in research carried out in the different university environments, within government
agencies or in the construction industry.
Generic skills
Understand the relationship between the architectural intention of the objects designed and carrying them out
technically.
Make an overall interpretation of the executive plan as the document that defines and details the final aspects of
the global architectural design.
Relate and integrate the industrial production sector into the field of construction.

PROFESSIONAL OPPORTUNITIES

Graduates of this masters degree course will be experts with advanced technological knowledge and the suitable
skills to enable them to join research and technological innovation teams in the world of construction. They will be
able to work as specialists in the areas that the sector currently requires most urgently, such as construction and new
technologies, the architectural structures sector, the sector of facilities and energy efficiency and the field of building
restoration and renovation.

CURRICULUM

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FIRST SEMESTER

Subjects

ECTS
credits

Type

Accessibility, Transport and Safety

Optional

Advanced Structural Analysis Methods

Optional

Bioclimatic Architecture

Optional

Construction Design I

Optional

Construction of Historical Heritage

Optional

Coordination and Compatibility of Construction Systems

Optional

Current View of Construction Materials

Optional

Diagnosis and Intervention Techniques in Existing Buildings

Optional

Evolution of Building Materials and Products

Optional

Execution Process and Technological Innovation

Optional

Heritage Historic Construction

Optional

High Performance Reinforced and Prestressed Concrete

Optional

History of Technology

Compulsory

Industrialized Building Systems and Technologies

Optional

Innovation in Mixed and Laminated Steel Structures

Optional

Installation Design I

Optional

Introduction to Numerical Calculus in Architecture

Optional

Prospecting Techniques in Existing Buildings

Optional

Renovation in Large Residential Complexes and Industrial

Areas

Optional

Renovation, Pathologies and Structural Reinforcement

Optional

Rolled Steel and Hybrid Structures

Optional

Sonic Landscape and Advanced Architectural Acoustics

Optional

Strategies for Zero-Energy Buildings

Optional

Structural Design I

Optional

Structural Design: Advanced Techniques

Optional

Structural Theory and Strength of Materials

Optional

Structural Types

Optional

Water Supply, Sanitation and Gas

Optional

Work Placement I

Optional

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SECOND SEMESTER

Subjects

ECTS
credits

Type

Advanced Architectural and Landscaping Lighting

Optional

Advanced Interior Construction

Optional

Advanced Technology for the Construction of the Interior

Space in Architecture

Optional

Applied Reinforced Concrete

Optional

Architectural Renovation and Conservation Intervention

Techniques: Occupant Safety and Health Regulations

Optional

Architectural Renovation and Conservation Intervention

Techniques: Security Measures

Optional

Architectural Renovation and Conservation Projects

Optional

Building Construction and Sustainability

Compulsory

Construction Design II

Optional

Digital Design and Manufacturing in Architecture

Optional

Dynamic and Seismic Analysis in Architectural Structures

Optional

Electricity and Telecommunications

Optional

Experimental Characterisation Techniques of Structurals

Materials

Optional

Innovative and Advanced Structural Materials

Optional

Inspection, Analysis and Restoration of Historical Buildings

Optional

Installation Design II

Optional

Integrated Exterior Cladding

Optional

Introduction to Architectural Heritage

Optional

Lighting: Control and Energy-Saving System Design

Optional

Lightweight Construction

Optional

Numerical Methods I

Optional

Parametric Architecture

3.5

Optional

Rehabilitation Projects

Optional

Rehabilitation Techniques

Optional

Room Acoustics and Electroacoustics

Optional

Soil Mechanics and Foundations

Optional

Soil Mechanics and Special Foundations

Optional

Structural Design II

Optional

Structural Designs: Complex Typologies

Optional

Structural Rehabilitation and Reinforcement

Optional

Structures Durability

Optional

Techniques and Arts for Restoration

Optional

Techniques and Systems in Industrialised Construction

Optional

Work Placement II

Optional

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THIRD SEMESTER

FOURTH SEMESTER

Subjects

ECTS
credits

Type

Construction Design III

Optional

Construction Design of Elements of Urban Development

Optional

Financial Management and Valuation

Compulsory

Further Applied Reinforced Concrete

Optional

Further Industrialised Construction Techniques and Systems 6

Optional

Further Rolled Steel and Hybrid Structures

Optional

Further Soil Mechanics and Foundations

Optional

Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning I

Optional

Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning II

Optional

Installation Design III

Optional

Restoration Practice in Built Heritage: Case Analysis

Optional

Restoration Projects

Optional

Structural Design III

Optional

Structural Evaluation in Existing Buildings

Optional

Work Placement III

Optional

Advanced Structural Analysis

Optional

Energy Efficiency in Building Construction

Optional

Extreme Construction

Optional

Final Year Trip

Optional

Numerical Methods II

Optional

Parametric Architecture

Optional

Parametric Architecture

Optional

Work Placement IV

Optional

Master's Thesis (Ac)

18

Project

Master's Thesis (Brr)

18

Project

Master's Thesis (Fee)

18

Project

Master's Thesis (Sda)

18

Project

August 2015. UPC. Universitat Politcnica de Catalunya BarcelonaTech

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