Be an Architect: Design your Project in Barcelona

What if Barcelona became your first architecture studio?

This Summer School introduces you to the way architects think, imagine and develop projects. You will learn to observe the city, interpret space and transform ideas into proposals through drawing, models and digital resources.

Barcelona becomes a real-life laboratory for discovering how architecture engages with the city, landscape, culture, climate and society.

Why choose this Summer School?

• You will experience architecture from a city renowned for its history, design and urban culture.
• You will work with tools used in the architectural process: sketches, plans, models and digital resources.
• You will experience a workshop methodology close to a university Design Studio.
• You will explore architecture from a multidisciplinary perspective: design, technique, city and culture.
• You will be able to start a small portfolio with your own projects and models.

What will you learn?

• To understand how creativity, culture and technical knowledge come together in an architectural project.
• To analyse significant buildings in Barcelona and their relationship with the urban context.
• To represent ideas through sketches, plans, physical models and digital resources.
• To take part in design workshops and practical exercises.
• To build your own models and spatial proposals.
• To create an initial portfolio base for future studies in architecture or design.

What will your experience be like?

You will work in small groups, in English and with a practical methodology inspired by bachelor’s programmes. The experience will help you discover whether architecture, design or the city could be part of your academic future.