Post Master in (Humanitarian) Architecture, Infrastructure and (Incremental) Housing for Crisis

Post Master in (Humanitarian) Architecture, Infrastructure and (Incremental) Housing for Crisis

This is a post master focusing on some of the central crises affecting the world today.

This short master qualifies professionals in the field of architecture to work in humanitarian aid and crisis situations in general. Through an offer of articulated eight thematic modules tutored by international experts, academics and practitioners with relevant experience, this course deepens and consolidates knowledge in key areas that intersect architectural design, disasters and development. Delivering an intensive apprenticeship at the confluence of disciplinary perspectives offers architects and other professionals from nearby areas useful tools to respond to disasters, health or refugee crises, and critical situations within informal settings.

Blending various topics, from the technical to the institutional, the social to the geographic, and the ethical to the esthetical, it focuses on the resilience of the communities inhabiting the urban margins. Addressing vulnerability drivers, this course seeks a comprehensive and critical reading of urgent and often unjust realities.

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