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Edition
1st Edition
Credits
120 ECTS (880 teaching hours)
Delivery
Blended learning
This program can also be taken online
Language of instruction
Spanish / English
Fee
€12,000 €10,200(15% discount if you enrol before 30th June)
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
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Registration open until the beginning of the course or until end of vacancies.
Discounts, loans and financial aid
Start date
Classes start: 02/11/2021
Classes end: 16/09/2022
Programme ends : 31/03/2023
Timetable
Tuesday: 3:30 pm to 8:30 pm
Wednesday: 3:30 pm to 8:30 pm
Thursday: 3:30 pm to 8:30 pm
Friday: 3:30 pm to 7:30 pm
Taught at
EPSEB - Escola Politècnica Superior d'Edificació de Barcelona
Av. Doctor Marañón, 44-50
Barcelona
Why this master's degree?

The master’s programme in Landscape Architecture Barcelona is focussed on project questions, and management and maintenance of the landscape while maintaining a commitment to current issues. It also places an emphasis on the need to continue investigating the big issues in landscape architecture while at the same time backing the exploration of emerging ideas.

The master’s programme Landscape Architecture Barcelona was founded in 1982-83, and it was the first masters at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) and the next course will be its 39th anniversary. Throughout this period over 650 professionals have taken this course, which covers a very particular niche in the training for professionals in landscape architecture.

The programme is made up of around 60% project work. The 40% remaining involves acquiring knowledge through attending theory-conference classes given by expert professionals as a complement to the design process aspect of all the workshops.

At the end of the course, the students will have to prepare a final project, which will include spending a period in a landscape architect’s office and doing their thesis.

These courses carried out at the UPC are validated by the International Federation of Landscape Architects – Europe (IFLA – Europe) as being equivalent to all the other course that have been taken all over the world in the last 150 years and will allow anyone successfully completing these course to work as a landscape architect all over Europe.

Aims
  • Develop criteria and basic knowledge in order to enter into the world of aesthetic design and also social, technical and scientific design aspects. 
  • Acquire the knowledge necessary for understanding and evaluating purposes. 
  • Recognise intervention methodologies in landscape through case analysis. 
  • Develop reflective criteria regarding landscape projects and the profession.
  • Have the necessary communication tools and abilities required to be able to work in a multi-disciplinary field.
Who is it for?
  • Architects, town planners, technical architects, and building engineers
  • Engineers: agronomic, agricultural, industrial, civil and others
  • Geographers, geologists
  • Professionals in public administration in charge of or working in planning projects in urban and non-urban areas
  • Environmental consultants
  • Other professionals qualified in technical areas sensitive to interventions in the landscapes

Training Content

List of subjects
8 ECTS 53h
Online
Workshop A1. The Public Space Project
The first module of the master's is the Public Space Project and the duration of the course is six weeks. It's an introduction to the urban context particularly in the public spaces in the city of Barcelona, and addresses the urban planning and strategies in the public space area.
3 ECTS 24h
Online
BIM Applied to Public Space
8 ECTS 53h
Online
Workshop A2. The Public Space Project
The second module of the workshop Public Space Project, which takes place over a period of six weeks. The emphasis is on the strategy of details, looking at things on the small scale found in urban public spaces.
8 ECTS 53h
Online
Workshop C1. The Water Systems Project
First module of the Water Systems Workshop. A six-week course on a grand scale, analysing the environment at approximately 1:5000 and following the general theme of the Workshop. It is the project of sea-front promenades, fluvial areas, wet lands, etc. focussed on how to work in a better way with degraded spaces, trying to increase our knowledge of the consequences of the interaction between water and land on the vegetation, and from the point of view of transformation, management and maintenance.
3 ECTS 24h
Online
BIM Applied to Water Systems
8 ECTS 53h
Online
Workshop C2. The Water Systems Project
Second module of the Water Systems Workshop. A six-week course working on a much more reduced scale, trying to understand the mechanisms involved in water cycles, and to look at hydraulic systems as a  way of reading the land. The workshop is centred on studying those spaces where the water erosion of the land has a prominent role in shaping the landscape.
8 ECTS 53h
Face-to-face
Workshop B1: The Green Systems: from the Urban Green to the Natural Spaces
First module of the Green Systems Workshop. A six-week course which works with the concept of 'perturbations', analysing and projecting onto damaged areas such as quarries, rubbish dumps or forest fires.
3 ECTS 24h
Face-to-face
GIS Applied to Green Infrastructures
8 ECTS 53h
Face-to-face
Workshop B2: The Green Systems: from the Urban Green to the Natural Spaces
Second module of the Green Systems Workshop. A six-week course complementing the first workshop, focussing on the concept of green infrastructure, although at the same time of a different nature with a change of project placement.
8 ECTS 53h
Face-to-face
Workshop D1: Tourism: New Uses for Old Territories
First module of the Tourism Workshop: New Uses for Old Territories. A six-week course dealing with the ever increasing influence of tourism on the economy sector, but also its inevitable relationship with the landscape. Massive tourism, particularly the sun and beach model, has often been associated with property speculation and the exploitation of resources.
3 ECTS 24h
Face-to-face
GIS Applied to Tourism
8 ECTS 53h
Face-to-face
Workshop D2: Tourism: New Uses for Old Territories

Second module of the Tourism Workshop: New Uses for Old Territories. A six-week course following the same line as the first module, working in places where the change in the use of the land strongly affects the landscape. Usually working in the same location, emphasising different aspects of the land and achieving projects which are different from the first ones but at the same time perfectly complementary. 

The workshop is structured around three basic areas of work and investigation developed at the same time: developing a deeper understanding of the complex effects of the tourism phenomenon on land and service industries through conferences by specialists in the field; systematising the study of landscape using conventional and non-conventional methods of landscape analysis suitable for the new generation of cartographers with the use of the Geographic Information Systems; and finally, exploring from inside the project the instruments for planning and management, trying out alternative materials and innovative touristic products.
6 ECTS 50h
Face-to-face
International Intensive. Redo Landscapes

It is held over two weeks at the end of the course, with classes from 10h to 14h and 16h to 21h. It aims to provide master students the opportunity to work with recognized and emerging figures in the landscape field, both academics and professionals worldwide. Teachers are invited to propose, from a personal approach, his themes and methodologies. The worked issues are debated under a wide perspective (project planning, analytical, diagnostic), and are present in the landscape reality: the project of public space within the limits of the Mediterranean metropolis, the introduction of urban or tourist uses in specific landscapes, such as the coast, etc..

8 ECTS 50h
Face-to-face
Contemporary Projects Desing Critique
This subject will develop a reflection on the landscape projection mechanisms, starting from the analysis of good European practices based on selected and award-winning projects from the Biennial International of Landscape Architecture and the books of Landscape Architecture Europe (LAE)
30 ECTS 260h
Face-to-face
Final Master's Proposal

In the first part of this course the students will undergo an immersion period of 250 hours of work experience in some international or national landscape offices where we have a collaboration agreement. A professional tutor will be assigned to each student and welcome them and supervise their progress in the workplace. At the same time, the students will have to produce a research project or thesis of a critical nature and showing a holistic vision with regards to all the knowledge assimilated throughout the masters and specifically based on the knowledge acquired during the work experience stage. Finally, an oral presentation of their work with digital/visual supports will be evaluated in front of a panel of three or more experts.

The UPC School reserves the right to modify the contents of the programme, which may vary in order to better accommodate the course objectives.
Degree
Special master's degree issued by the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Issued pursuant to art. 34.1 of Organic Law 4/2007 of 12 April, amending Organic Law 6/2001 of 21 December, concerning Universities. To obtain it, is necessary to have an official university qualification. Otherwise, the student will receive a course completion certificate of the programme issued by the Fundació Politècnica de Catalunya. (Ver datos que constan en el certificado).
Range of modules
The master's degree programme is organized into the following modules. If you don't wish to take the entire master's degree you can sign on one or several modules.
Master's degree:
relation Postgraduate courses:
relation Lifelong learning 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.
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.
Streaming sessions
Synchronous online interactive open sessions will be planned. Professors attend these sessions and students pose questions and address their concerns. Synchronous sessions will be scheduled in calendar.
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 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
  • Bellmunt Chiva, Jordi
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    Architect by the School of Architecture of Barcelona - ETSAB architect in 1980, since 1982 is professor in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning (UPC). Since 1987 is Professor of the Master of Landscape Architecture (UPC) and since 2000 is its director. From 2000 to 2006, is director of the Higher Certificate in Landscape of the UPC. It is part of the scientific committee of the Paesaggio Architettura journals, Paisea, PaiseaDos, Paysage, Kore and Paisajismo. He is a member of the scientific committee of EURAU'08 (European Congress of Architectural and Urban Research), 'Paisajes 08' and Expopaisaje 2014. Organizes the six European Landscape Biennials of Barcelona. Is a visiting Professor at various university campuses worldwide. He works as an architect and landscape designer. Exhibits and publishes his work in various specialized media and books and articles. He has won major awards throughout his career.
Teaching staff
  • Albareda Fernández, Elena
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    Architect by the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC). Associate professor since 2015 to the Department of Urban Planning and Planning (UPC). Gets the DIOSA (2009) in the PhD in Energy and Environment Architecture through an FI-Agaur scholarship, from which the current thesis is derived. She is a founding partner of the cooperative of architecture Cíclica [space, community & ecology] combining, since 2012, professional projects with teaching in her field of research. She is the author of publications related to ecological urbanism projects, urban metabolism, landscape ecology and sustainable transformation of the territory.
  • Arcos Cordón, Jesús

    Architect. Member of Aldayjover Architecture and Landscape since May 2005 and partner since July 2016. Experience as project and construction director in building projects, public space, landscaping and urban planning.
  • Bellmunt Chiva, Jordi
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    Architect by the School of Architecture of Barcelona - ETSAB architect in 1980, since 1982 is professor in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning (UPC). Since 1987 is Professor of the Master of Landscape Architecture (UPC) and since 2000 is its director. From 2000 to 2006, is director of the Higher Certificate in Landscape of the UPC. It is part of the scientific committee of the Paesaggio Architettura journals, Paisea, PaiseaDos, Paysage, Kore and Paisajismo. He is a member of the scientific committee of EURAU'08 (European Congress of Architectural and Urban Research), 'Paisajes 08' and Expopaisaje 2014. Organizes the six European Landscape Biennials of Barcelona. Is a visiting Professor at various university campuses worldwide. He works as an architect and landscape designer. Exhibits and publishes his work in various specialized media and books and articles. He has won major awards throughout his career.
  • Colombo, Raffaella
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    Architect. Graduated at Politecnico di Milano with a Master's Degree .She has been teaching Landscape Architecture for 28 years at Politecnico di Milano where she is currently professor. Visiting professor in Copenhagen, Denmark, at KEA- Copenhagen School of Design and Technology-She has planned and reviewed more than 1500 university projects and carried out 260 university lectures..Invited, as professor, at 45 international University workshops all around the world. She is author, poet and correspondent for magazines Paysage-Topscape and ANANKE. She wrote 28 academic publications. .
  • Cuchí Burgos, Albert

    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.
  • Ginés Marín, Maurici

    Lighting Designer. Director of artec3 Studio, based in Barcelona and Mexico City and offices in Madrid and Miami. Along with his team he has been awarded international and national awards, such as; IALD, LAMP, LAUS, ADI-FAD, ILUMINET, CODEGA. Founding member of the Professional Association of Lighting Designers (APDI), member of the European Lighting Design Association and the International Association of Lighting Designers (IALD).
  • Goula, Maria

    PhD in landscape architecture UPC. Master of Landscape Architecture .She is teacher in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning (UPC). Member of organizing committee of the European Landscape Biennial of Barcelona, and she has participated in the organization of all six European Landscape Award: Rosa Barba. Member of the team that has elaborated the educational offers for the official landscape post-desgree programs at the ETSAB and director of the Master degree in Landscape UPC. She is a principal researcher and charter member of the CRPPb, Centre of Landscapes Research and Design of Barcelona.
  • Larruy Brusi, Javier

    Bachelor of Biological Sciences from the University of Barcelona. Specialization in Organisms and Systems Biology. He has been working for 20 years for different public administrations, companies and entities in multiple Catalan natural and peri-urban areas. Ornithology and the rivers of the metropolitan region of Barcelona are the main fields of study and dissemination. Co-author of several publications, such as Veunabrada del Besòs Fauna in Montcada, El Medio natural del Solsonès and Birds of the Delta del Llobregat. Member of the Catalan Avifaunistic Committee of the Català Institute of Ornithology.
  • Magrinyà Torner, Francesc
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    Civil Engineer by UPC (1988) and Doctor in Urbanism from the ENPC and Paris-Sorbonne (2002). Town Planning and Transport Consultant (1988-1996). Head of mobility at the Barcelona Urban Ecology Agency (2000-2006), Director of the Strategic Planning Area of the Barcelona Metropolitan Area (2015-2019). He has been a councillor in the Eixample District of Barcelona since 2015. Professor of Urbanism in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (UPC). Coordinator of the EXIT-UPC Research Group (Engineering, Networks, Infrastructures and Transport). Outstanding publications: The evolution of engineering in urban planning (2002); The urban space of mobility (2007); Cerdà, one hundred and fifty years of modernity (2010).
  • Montlleó Balsebre, Marc

    Degree in Biology from the University of Barcelona (UB). Associate professor of the BIArch in the Productive Land Program workshop and the Master in Management of the Open University of Catalonia (UOC) since 2008. Coordinator of the module Social Metabolism, sustainability of the Master in Urban and Territorial Development and professor of the Master in Urban Planning ( MPU) -European postgraduate Masters in Urbanism (EMU) at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) and Master in Environmental Engineering (ICT-UPC). Main work in the insertion of environmental aspects in planning, spatial planning and projects that are carried out in the metropolitan area of Barcelona. Since 1999 he has been working in Barcelona Regional where he has participated in numerous urban and territorial planning projects. Since 2014 he is Director of Environmental Projects of Barcelona Regional.
  • Navas i Ferrer, Teresa
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    Doctor in Geography and Graduate in History of Art from the University of Barcelona (UB). Associate lecturer at the Department of Theory and History of Architecture (THATC) of the UPC. His research has focused on urban history of Barcelona and its metropolitan area, history of Civil Engineering and Cultural Heritage Management. He works at the Center of Contemporary Culture of Barcelona (CCCB) as a cultural manager and, since 2015, is linked to the project of the European Prize for Urban Public Space at the CCCB.
  • Ruisánchez Capelastegui, Manuel
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    Member of the Department of Urban and Regional Planning at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya since 1982, Professor of Architecture and Landscape in the ETSAV (1982-1992), Professor of Urban Planning at ETSAB since 1992 and at the Master of Landscape since 1991. He has been a visiting professor at Washington University in Saint Louis (1994 and 1996) and at Harvard University (2000). Since 2007 is a Professor of the Laboratory of Landscape at IUAV, Facoltà of Architecture of Venice. Architect of the Project Unit, Metropolitan Corporation of Barcelona (1985-1989), and co-founder of Ruisánchez-Vendrell 1988. In 1997 he founded Ruisánchez Architects. From the beginning of his career he has won numerous competitions in architecture, urban planning and landscape. His work has won several awards as the FAD of Architecture, the Premi Catalunya Construcció 2005 or Premi d'Habitatge Social de Catalunya.
  • Soto Fernández, Roberto
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    Architect. Currently architect of the project and construction management of the Municipal Urbanism Institute. He has participated in several professional projects, publications and outstanding research.
  • Tenez Ybern, Victor
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    Architect by the Polytechnic University of Catalonia. He combines teaching, private and public practice. Head of Coordination of Urban Planning in the Metropolitan Area of Barcelona and directed the plan of reclamation of fluvial spaces. He teaches Landscape Theory and Landscape Design at the UPC in the same city. He has been invited by several Urban Planning and Landscape Universities like Penn or UIA Venezia and publishes on the same issues.

Career opportunities

  • Landscape architect.
  • Specialist in intervention of green spaces.
  • Responsible for planning departments in public administrations.
  • Specialised consultant in public space.
  • Specialist in regional or territorial development plans.

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