2025 Workshop – Coastal Lines. Mediterranean Retreat for Elderly in the Age of Global Warming / Hrvoje Njiric
Cover image by MCH students Ahn, Gutierrez, Hernández Workshop Leader: Hrvoje Njiric Workshop Assistant: Derrick Christensen Site image Faced with rising sea levels and the transformation of the Mediterranean coastline, this project envisioned a new urban typology: a hybrid zone that merged climate resilience with cultural memory. Tidal gardens, saltwater channels, and adaptive […]
2025 Specialty – Climate, metabolism and architecture / Javier García-Germán
Cover image by students Candano, Azzez, Hernández, Maestre. This specialty started from the structural relationship between the climate of a given place and the culture developed by its inhabitants. This topic, rarely addressed in architectural discourse, opened up a range of questions about how climate influences social patterns, local lifestyles, clothing practices, and the way […]
2025 Specialty – Housing Practice / Fernando Altozano
Cover image by MCH student Mariana Cantú. Specialty Leader: Fernando Altozano The course was designed to strengthen students’ ability to communicate effectively in the field of housing design by introducing them to a specialized architectural vocabulary. Throughout the program, participants became familiar with a wide range of significant collective housing projects, allowing them to […]
New Technologies in Architectural Design
Cover image by students Ahn, Chamberlin, Kaloudis Specialty Leader: Sergio del Castillo Tello Professor John Porral March/April 2025 Image by students Ahn, Chamberlin, Kaloudis The module New Emerging Technologies in Architectural Design explored how digital tools, algorithmic thinking, and artificial intelligence are transforming our approach to housing design. Students were introduced to […]
2025 Workshop – Inhabited Boundaries / Alison Brooks
Cover image by students Carassale, Molina, Nimmala Workshop Leader: Alison Brooks Assistant: Carlos Chauca Date: 05th to 09th of May Urban housing impacts individual and collective consciousness at multiple scales. Each dwelling offers an intimate stage for individual experience: of home, of shelter, of daily domestic rituals (sleeping, cooking and eating, bathing, forms of […]
About #Untagged 2025: Generosity in Architecture
Generosity in Architecture, the latest issue of Untagged magazine 2025, is here! Former students from the 2024 edition, Milagros Ucha and Kailey Akins, present the new edition of #Untagged titled «Generosity in Architecture», where they capture the highlights of the latest edition of the Master in Collective Housing (MCH). «Generous architecture goes beyond […]
2024 Workshop – Housing Design in the Urban Fabric of Madrid / Dietmar Eberle
Cover by student Ayush Patel Workshop leader: Dietmar Eberle Assistant: Alberto Nicolau The 2024 Eberle Workshop explored innovative approaches to designing housing seamlessly integrated into the existing urban fabric of Madrid. Over the course of the workshop, students tackled the complexities of three distinct types of urban environments: the historical city from the 17th […]
2024 Specialty – Housing Practice / Fernando Altozano
Cover image of Corralas visit with Rafael Hernando Specialty Leader: Fernando Altozano The course Housing Practice aimed to synthesize the knowledge acquired through research and design practice, with the goal of creating a collaborative document that gathered a wide range of insights on collective housing. At the end of the course, the class compiled […]
2024 Class – Complex Project Implementation / Susana Isabel + Julia Landaburu
Cover by students Abbassi, Patel, Real, Voruz Beyond Design – Management and implementation of complex projects Susana Isabel + Julia Landaburu As part of the MCH program’s new curriculum, a groundbreaking course tackled one of the most pressing challenges in urban development: the management and implementation of large-scale, complex projects. This innovative program moved […]
2024 Class – New Technologies in Architectural Design / Sergio del Castillo
Cover by student Julio Ferré Specialty Leader: Sergio del Castillo Tello How can architects deploy abstract thinking methods to discover new avenues of design exploration? As part of the new courses offered by MCH, this month students participated in the seminar of the new course on New Technologies in Architectural Design, focusing on the […]
