Barcelona Spring Break Course in Contemporary Architecture

This Spring Break course in architecture provides an immersive experience in a vibrant European city distinguished by its architecture, social policies, urbanism, and public space. Barcelona is currently at the forefront of Spain’s drive and commitment to an environmentally informed architecture for a sustainable, modern, and climate-neutral economy.

Spring 2027 Course: Contemporary Practice in Barcelona

Semester Abroad Program, 2022 - 2026

Building Visits Seminar: Claudi Aguiló of DataAE during the guided visit to ICTA Research Center by DataAE and HArquitectes.

Semester Abroad Program, 2022 - 2026

Building Visits Seminar: Visit to Museum Paula Rego, Eduardo Souto de Moura, and Faro Sta Marta, Aires Mateus. Cascais, 2022.

Semester Abroad Program, 2022 - 2026

Spring Break 2026 - Brussels

Semester Abroad Program, 2022 - 2026

Building Visits Seminar: Visit to Faro Sta Marta, Aires Mateus. Cascais, 2022.

Semester Abroad Program, 2022 - 2026

Building Visits Seminar: Visit to Álvaro Siza’s Bouça SAAL Social Housing Complex and FAUP in Porto, Portugal.

Semester Abroad Program, 2022 - 2026

Building Visits Seminar, 2022.

Semester Abroad Program, 2022 - 2026

Building Visits Seminar: Guided tour with Ricardo Bak Gordon of the Museu Nacional dos Coches in Lisboa by Bak Gordon and Paulo Mendes da Rocha. Lisbon 2022

Semester Abroad Program, 2022 - 2026

Final Review. Student: Jacqueline Traudt. May 2022.

Semester Abroad Program, 2022 - 2026

Building Visits Seminar, Spring 2022.

Semester Abroad Program, 2022 - 2026

Building Visits Seminar: Eva Prats and Ricardo Flores of Flores & Prats during the guided visit to Sala Beckett

Semester Abroad Program, 2022 - 2026

Building Visits Seminar: Ricardo Flores of Flores & Prats Lecture on their project Sala Beckett in Barcelona.

Semester Abroad Program, 2022 - 2026

Building Visits Seminar: Claudi Aguiló of DataAE during the guided visit to ICTA Research Center by DataAE and HArquitectes.

Semester Abroad Program, 2022 - 2026

Building Visits Seminar: guided visit to Casa Collage and 6x6 Housing in Girona with authors Bet Capdeferro and Ramon Bosch of bosch.capdeferro.

Semester Abroad Program, 2022 - 2026

Student site visit with professor Bet Capdeferro and architect Ignacio Paricio, author of the Pompeu Fabra University Library in the historic Ciutadella Park Water Deposit.

Semester Abroad Program, 2022 - 2026

MACBA plaza in the Raval neighborhood in Barcelona. 2022.

Semester Abroad Program, 2022 - 2026

Student site visit with professor Bet Capdeferro and architect Ignacio Paricio, author of the Pompeu Fabra University Library in the historic Ciutadella Park Water Deposit.

Semester Abroad Program, 2022 - 2026

Orientation cooking class.

Semester Abroad Program, 2022 - 2026

Building Visits Seminar, Barcelona

Semester Abroad Program, 2022 - 2026

Building Visits Seminar, Barcelona

Semester Abroad Program, 2022 - 2026

Final reviews, 2024

Semester Abroad Program, 2022 - 2026

Final reviews, 2024

Semester Abroad Program, 2022 - 2026

Final reviews, 2024

Semester Abroad Program, 2022 - 2026

Building Visits Seminar, Morocco, 2023.

Semester Abroad Program, 2022 - 2026

Spring 2025

Semester Abroad Program, 2022 - 2026

Building Visits Seminar, Spring Break Morocco, 2024

Semester Abroad Program, 2022 - 2026

Building Visits Seminar, Spring Break Morocco, 2024

Semester Abroad Program, 2022 - 2026

Building Visits Seminar, Spring Break Morocco, 2024

Semester Abroad Program, 2022 - 2026

Building Visits Seminar, Spring Break Morocco, 2024

Semester Abroad Program, 2022 - 2026

Building Visits Seminar, St. Pau Hospital, 2024

Semester Abroad Program, 2022 - 2026

Building Visits Seminar, St. Pau Hospital, 2024

Semester Abroad Program, 2022 - 2026

Building Visits Seminar, St. Pau Hospital, 2024

Semester Abroad Program, 2022 - 2026

Spring Break Morocco, 2025

Semester Abroad Program, 2022 - 2026

Building Visits Seminar, 2025

Semester Abroad Program, 2022 - 2026

Cooking class

Semester Abroad Program, 2022 - 2026

Spring Break Morocco, 2025

Semester Abroad Program, 2022 - 2026

Building Visits Seminar, St. Pau Hospital, 2025

Semester Abroad Program, 2022 - 2026

Anna Lonch from Cierto Studio giving a tour to students at the site of the Cons.

Semester Abroad Program, 2022 - 2026

Urban Issues Seminar, 2023

Semester Abroad Program, 2022 - 2026

Students sketching on site in Building Visits course, 2023

Semester Abroad Program, 2022 - 2026

Building Visits Seminar, 2023

Semester Abroad Program, 2022 - 2026

Building Visits Seminar, 2023

Semester Abroad Program, 2022 - 2026

Building Visits Seminar, 2023

Semester Abroad Program, 2022 - 2026

Building Visits Seminar, 2022

Semester Abroad Program, 2022 - 2026

Building Visits Seminar

Building Visits Seminar: Claudi Aguiló of DataAE during the guided visit to ICTA Research Center by DataAE and HArquitectes.

Building Visits Seminar: Visit to Museum Paula Rego, Eduardo Souto de Moura, and Faro Sta Marta, Aires Mateus. Cascais, 2022.

Spring Break 2026 - Brussels

Building Visits Seminar: Visit to Faro Sta Marta, Aires Mateus. Cascais, 2022.

Building Visits Seminar: Visit to Álvaro Siza’s Bouça SAAL Social Housing Complex and FAUP in Porto, Portugal.

Building Visits Seminar, 2022.

Building Visits Seminar: Guided tour with Ricardo Bak Gordon of the Museu Nacional dos Coches in Lisboa by Bak Gordon and Paulo Mendes da Rocha. Lisbon 2022

Final Review. Student: Jacqueline Traudt. May 2022.

Building Visits Seminar, Spring 2022.

Building Visits Seminar: Eva Prats and Ricardo Flores of Flores & Prats during the guided visit to Sala Beckett

Building Visits Seminar: Ricardo Flores of Flores & Prats Lecture on their project Sala Beckett in Barcelona.

Building Visits Seminar: Claudi Aguiló of DataAE during the guided visit to ICTA Research Center by DataAE and HArquitectes.

Building Visits Seminar: guided visit to Casa Collage and 6x6 Housing in Girona with authors Bet Capdeferro and Ramon Bosch of bosch.capdeferro.

Student site visit with professor Bet Capdeferro and architect Ignacio Paricio, author of the Pompeu Fabra University Library in the historic Ciutadella Park Water Deposit.

MACBA plaza in the Raval neighborhood in Barcelona. 2022.

Student site visit with professor Bet Capdeferro and architect Ignacio Paricio, author of the Pompeu Fabra University Library in the historic Ciutadella Park Water Deposit.

Orientation cooking class.

Building Visits Seminar, Barcelona

Final reviews, 2024

Building Visits Seminar, Morocco, 2023.

Spring 2025

Building Visits Seminar, Spring Break Morocco, 2024

Building Visits Seminar, St. Pau Hospital, 2024

Spring Break Morocco, 2025

Building Visits Seminar, 2025

Cooking class

Spring Break Morocco, 2025

Building Visits Seminar, St. Pau Hospital, 2025

Anna Lonch from Cierto Studio giving a tour to students at the site of the Cons.

Urban Issues Seminar, 2023

Students sketching on site in Building Visits course, 2023

Building Visits Seminar, 2023

Building Visits Seminar, 2022

Building Visits Seminar

Semester Program, 2022 - 2026

Final reviews 2026

Semester Program, 2022 - 2026

Studio life in Barcelona 2026

Semester Program, 2022 - 2026

Studio life in Barcelona 2026

Semester Program, 2022 - 2026

Final reviews 2026

Semester Program, 2022 - 2026

Final reviews

Semester Program, 2022 - 2026

Final reviews 2026

Semester Program, 2022 - 2026

Final reviews 2026

Semester Program, 2022 - 2026

Studio life in Barcelona 2026

Semester Program, 2022 - 2026

Final projects 2026

Semester Program, 2022 - 2026

Final model 2026

Semester Program, 2022 - 2026

Final model and drawings 2026

Semester Program, 2022 - 2026

Spring break - Amsterdam

Semester Program, 2022 - 2026

Spring break - Utrecht

Semester Program, 2022 - 2026

Spring break - Utrecht - Rietveld House

Semester Program, 2022 - 2026

Spring break - Utrecht - Rietveld House

Semester Program, 2022 - 2026

Spring Break 2026 - Delft

Semester Program, 2022 - 2026

Spring Break 2026 - Delft

Semester Program, 2022 - 2026

Spring Break - Rotterdam

Semester Program, 2022 - 2026

Spring Break 2026 - Rotterdam

Semester Program, 2022 - 2026

Spring Break 2026 - Ghent

Semester Program, 2022 - 2026

Spring Break 2026 - Ghent

Semester Program, 2022 - 2026

Spring Break 2026- Ghent

Semester Program, 2022 - 2026

Spring Break - Brussels

Semester Program, 2022 - 2026

Spring Break 2026 - Brussels

Semester Program, 2022 - 2026

Spring Break 2026 - Brussels

Semester Program, 2022 - 2026

Spring Break 2026 - Rotterdam

Semester Program, 2022 - 2026

Building Visits Course, 2022

Semester Program, 2022 - 2026

Final reviews 2026

Studio life in Barcelona 2026

Final reviews 2026

Studio life in Barcelona 2026

Final projects 2026

Final model 2026

Final model and drawings 2026

Spring Break 2026 - Delft

Spring Break 2026 - Rotterdam

Spring Break 2026 - Ghent

Spring Break 2026- Ghent

Spring Break 2026 - Brussels

Spring Break 2026 - Rotterdam

Building Visits Course, 2022

Building Visits Seminar, Spring 2022.

Orientation activities

Mid-term Review. Student: Jacqueline Traudt. Jury: Eugeni Bach, Mónica Rivera and Emiliano López. March 2022

Building Visits Seminar in Portugal.

MACBA plaza in the Raval neighborhood in Barcelona.

Building Visits Seminar: Claudi Aguiló of DataAE during the guided visit to ICTA Research Center by DataAE and HArquitectes.

Building Visits Seminar: Visit to Faro Sta Marta, Aires Mateus. Cascais, 2022.

Final Review. Student: Nick McIntosh. Jury: Heather Woofter, Mónica Rivera, Emiliano López, Jim Williamson, Roger Tudó, Maria Buhigas, Blanca Castañeda, Josep Garriga. May 2022

Building Visits Seminar: guided visit to Casa Collage and 6x6 Housing in Girona with authors Bet Capdeferro and Ramon Bosch of bosch.capdeferro.

Visit to the market.

Orientation cooking class.

Student site visit with professor Bet Capdeferro and architect Ignacio Paricio, author of the Pompeu Fabra University Library in the historic Ciutadella Park Water Deposit.

Process Critique with Bet Capdeferro. Student: Xiaosheng Lu. May 2022.

Studio atmosphere and student’s desks. Barcelona, March-May 2022.

Final Review. Student: Jacqueline Traudt. May 2022.

Final Review by student Shupei Zhang. Jury: Heather Woofter, Mónica Rivera, Emiliano López, Jim Williamson, Roger Tudó, Maria Buhigas, Blanca Castañeda, Josep Garriga. May 2022.

Building Visits Seminar: Ricardo Flores of Flores & Prats Lecture on their project Sala Beckett in Barcelona.

Building Visits Seminar: Eva Prats and Ricardo Flores of Flores & Prats during the guided visit to Sala Beckett

Building Visits Seminar: Lecture & guided site visit to 85 Social Housing in Cornella by Peris-Toral architects, with architect Jose Toral. March 2022.

Building Visits Seminar: Visit to Álvaro Siza’s Bouça SAAL Social Housing Complex and FAUP in Porto, Portugal.

Building Visits Seminar: Visit to Museum Paula Rego, Eduardo Souto de Moura, and Faro Sta Marta, Aires Mateus. Cascais, 2022.

Building Visits Seminar: Guided tour with Ricardo Bak Gordon of the Museu Nacional dos Coches in Lisboa by Bak Gordon and Paulo Mendes da Rocha. Lisbon 2022

Building Visits Seminar: Claudi Aguiló of DataAE during the guided visit to ICTA Research Center by DataAE and HArquitectes.

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Building Visits Seminar, Spring 2022.

Orientation activities

Mid-term Review. Student: Jacqueline Traudt. Jury: Eugeni Bach, Mónica Rivera and Emiliano López. March 2022

Building Visits Seminar in Portugal.

MACBA plaza in the Raval neighborhood in Barcelona.

Building Visits Seminar: Claudi Aguiló of DataAE during the guided visit to ICTA Research Center by DataAE and HArquitectes.

Building Visits Seminar: Visit to Faro Sta Marta, Aires Mateus. Cascais, 2022.

Final Review. Student: Nick McIntosh. Jury: Heather Woofter, Mónica Rivera, Emiliano López, Jim Williamson, Roger Tudó, Maria Buhigas, Blanca Castañeda, Josep Garriga. May 2022

Building Visits Seminar: guided visit to Casa Collage and 6x6 Housing in Girona with authors Bet Capdeferro and Ramon Bosch of bosch.capdeferro.

Visit to the market.

Orientation cooking class.

Student site visit with professor Bet Capdeferro and architect Ignacio Paricio, author of the Pompeu Fabra University Library in the historic Ciutadella Park Water Deposit.

Process Critique with Bet Capdeferro. Student: Xiaosheng Lu. May 2022.

Studio atmosphere and student’s desks. Barcelona, March-May 2022.

Final Review. Student: Jacqueline Traudt. May 2022.

Final Review by student Shupei Zhang. Jury: Heather Woofter, Mónica Rivera, Emiliano López, Jim Williamson, Roger Tudó, Maria Buhigas, Blanca Castañeda, Josep Garriga. May 2022.

Building Visits Seminar: Ricardo Flores of Flores & Prats Lecture on their project Sala Beckett in Barcelona.

Building Visits Seminar: Eva Prats and Ricardo Flores of Flores & Prats during the guided visit to Sala Beckett

Building Visits Seminar: Lecture & guided site visit to 85 Social Housing in Cornella by Peris-Toral architects, with architect Jose Toral. March 2022.

Building Visits Seminar: Visit to Álvaro Siza’s Bouça SAAL Social Housing Complex and FAUP in Porto, Portugal.

Building Visits Seminar: Visit to Museum Paula Rego, Eduardo Souto de Moura, and Faro Sta Marta, Aires Mateus. Cascais, 2022.

Building Visits Seminar: Guided tour with Ricardo Bak Gordon of the Museu Nacional dos Coches in Lisboa by Bak Gordon and Paulo Mendes da Rocha. Lisbon 2022

Building Visits Seminar: Claudi Aguiló of DataAE during the guided visit to ICTA Research Center by DataAE and HArquitectes.

Spring 2023

Anna Lonch from Cierto Studio giving a tour to students at the site of the Cons.

Spring 2023

Students and guests on Spring Break Building Visits trip to Morocco.

Spring 2023

Orientation cooking class

Spring 2023

On Site guest lecture in Building Visits course

Spring 2023

Students sketching on site in Building Visits course

Spring 2023

Final critiques in studio

Spring 2023

Student learning traditional pottery techniques in Morocco

Spring 2023

Site visit on Spring Break Building Visits trip to Morocco

Spring 2023

Final critiques in studio

Spring 2023

On Site guest lecture in Building Visits course

Spring 2023

Building tour with designer and architect in the Building Visits course

Spring 2023

Students sketching on site with local kids looking on during Spring Break trip to Morocco

Spring 2023

Students sketching on site during Spring Break trip to Morocco

Spring 2023

Jorge Vidal lecturing about Edifici Collage & Sede Editorial Gustavo Gili in the Building Visits course, Spring 2023.

Spring 2023

Students relaxing and talking with local architect on urban bench in Barcelona

Spring 2023

Students posing for group photo during Spring Break trip to Morocco

Anna Lonch from Cierto Studio giving a tour to students at the site of the Cons.

Students and guests on Spring Break Building Visits trip to Morocco.

Orientation cooking class

On Site guest lecture in Building Visits course

Students sketching on site in Building Visits course

Final critiques in studio

Student learning traditional pottery techniques in Morocco

Site visit on Spring Break Building Visits trip to Morocco

Final critiques in studio

On Site guest lecture in Building Visits course

Building tour with designer and architect in the Building Visits course

Students sketching on site with local kids looking on during Spring Break trip to Morocco

Students sketching on site during Spring Break trip to Morocco

Jorge Vidal lecturing about Edifici Collage & Sede Editorial Gustavo Gili in the Building Visits course, Spring 2023.

Students relaxing and talking with local architect on urban bench in Barcelona

Students posing for group photo during Spring Break trip to Morocco

SPRING 2024

Group of students standing in front of St. Pau hospital

SPRING 2024

Studio life in Barcelona studio

SPRING 2024

Studio life in Barcelona studio

SPRING 2024

Studio life in Barcelona studio

SPRING 2024

Final reviews in Barcelona

SPRING 2024

Final reviews in Barcelona

SPRING 2024

Final review pin up

SPRING 2024

Final reviews in Barcelona

SPRING 2024

Final reviews in Barcelona

SPRING 2024

Final model of Barcelona studio

SPRING 2024

Final reviews in Barcelona

SPRING 2024

Final reviews in Barcelona

SPRING 2024

Studio life in Barcelona studio

SPRING 2024

Celebration after final review

SPRING 2024

Students getting a guided tour of St. Pau hospital

SPRING 2024

Ceiling at St. Pau hospital

SPRING 2024

Students getting a guided tour of St. Pau hospital

SPRING 2024

Students getting a guided tour of St. Pau hospital

SPRING 2024

Ceiling at St. Pau hospital

SPRING 2024

Students getting a guided tour of St. Pau hospital

SPRING 2024

Spring break trip. Students gather for a coffee break in Tanger.

SPRING 2024

Students touring Tanger with a local architect.

SPRING 2024

Students touring Tanger with a local architect.

SPRING 2024

Students touring Tanger with a local architect.

SPRING 2024

Students touring Tanger with a local architect.

SPRING 2024

Students touring Tanger with a local architect.

SPRING 2024

Students touring Tanger with a local architect.

SPRING 2024

Market in Tanger

SPRING 2024

Fruit vendor in Tanger

SPRING 2024

Students sketching in Tanger

SPRING 2024

Students in Tanger on spring break trip

SPRING 2024

Students sketching in a Tangier cafe

SPRING 2024

View from a cafe in Tangier

SPRING 2024

Student posing in an arch on a tour in Morocco

Group of students standing in front of St. Pau hospital

Group of students standing in front of St. Pau hospital