18th edition. Master's Degree in Landscape Intervention and Heritage Management

El "Master's Degree in Landscape Intervention and Heritage Management" proposa la formació d’experts capaços de desenvolupar projectes d’ordenació del paisatge tenint específicament en compte la seva implicació en equips multidisciplinars a l’hora d’elaborar propostes d’intervenció i gestió, ja que la formació d’experts en aquest àmbit constitueix clarament una necessitat social i professional específicament reconeguda pel Consell d’Europa a l’hora de promoure la Convenció Europea del Paisatge l’any 2000. En els darrers 15 anys, les polítiques i estratègies de paisatge s’han convertit en un objectiu reconegut per les administracions públiques i els responsables de la presa de decisions a l’hora de concebre la planificació urbana i territorial sobre la base de la creativitat i la innovació.

Al mateix temps, aquest curs aprofita la relació institucional i de recerca establerta entre el Museu d’Història de Barcelona (MUHBA) i la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona per compartir una recerca comuna al voltant del paisatge i del patrimoni urbà.

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The International Master’s Degree in Landscape Intervention and Heritage Management is devoted to the specialized training of multidisciplinary experts on landscape and heritage. The Master’s focuses on the design and promotion of a new generation of projects based on environmental sustainability and cultural creativity.

The Master’s programme adresses to international students interested in acquiring a professional expertise in the feld of landscape and heritage projects on the basis of highly specialised intervention and management skills. The programme intends to ofer an academic background which is specifcally confgured for taking advantage of the leading excellence experience of Catalonia and the city of Barcelona regarding innovation when defning landscape and heritage strategies and policies.

The Master’s proposes a multi-faceted approach to the main challenges that landscape planning and heritage management are facing at the present moment, taking into account the diferent dimensions – social, cultural, economic, environmental– of a very wide range of landscapes and territories to work with. The Master’s has been ofered with no interruption since 2000 and it does constitutes a solid leading postgraduate ofer in landscape and heritage studies in Barcelona, after 17 years of academic expertise.

Students from all diferent disciplines looking for a Master’s Degree taught 100% in English are welcome to enrol the programme. No technical background (architecture or engineering studies) is required.

CORE COURSES
1. Integrating Landscape and Heritage Today: Key Concepts and Methods.
2. Landscape Intervention and Heritage Management: the European Dimension.
3. Landscape Analysis: Integrating the Biophysical and the Cultural Dimensions of Landscape.
4. New Strategies for Landscape and Heritage: Methodologies and Projects Worldwide.
5. Urban/Territorial Dynamics and Landscape Production: Updating the Landscape Project.
6. Redefning Heritage: Innovation and Creativity in Landscape Heritage Projects.

ADVANCED COURSES
1. Productive Creative Landscapes: New Entrepreneurial Visions for Local Develop-ment.
2. Climate-Proof Landscapes / Low Carbon Environments: Landscape Planning Facing Climate Change.
3. Ephemeral Intervention in Landscapes and Heritage: Beyond Land-Art.
4. Ordinary Landscapes, Emerging Heritage: The Collective Public Realm.
5. Landscapes of Global Tourism: Challenges for Innovative Heritage Management.
6. Smart Heritage: Urban Heritage as a Catalist for Sustainable Smart Cities.

INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOPS
1. Urban Regeneration Today: the Tanneries Neighbourhoods in Europe.
2. Landscape Planning in Small Towns (II): Cities in Transition.
3. SOS Brutalism: Recycling the 20th Century Obsolete Energyscapes (Padova-Barcelona).
4. Updating Urban Utopia: Inhabiting the Walden 7 Building Today.
5. Cultural Landscapes at Work: Rethinking Mining sites and Winescapes.
6. The Future of the Highstreet: Rebranding Commercial Strips Urban Landscapes.
7. Landscape Integration Projects in the Natural Fringe (Andorra).
8. Asbestos Urban Landscapes: Environmental Recovery and Local Urban Heritage.

SPECIALISATION SEMINARS (‘hands-on’ ateliers)
1. Landscape and Telematics: How to use Geographical Information Systems (GIS) in Landscape Planning and Projects.
2. Communication and Branding of Projects: Advanced Graphic Design for Landsca-pe and Heritage Projects.
3. Landscape Management: Advanced Landscape Integration Methods in Diverse Territories.
4. ‘Visualizing Barcelona’ Augmented Reality and Telematics applied to Urban Heritage Management.
5. Urban Transformation, Landscape Change and Heritage Production: An Overview of Mega-Events Landscape Production in Cities Worldwide.

QUALIFICATIONS
Subjects (54 ECTS*) 
Specialisation seminars (6 ECTS*) 
Final Master’s (12 ECTS*)
Project Tot. (72 ECTS*)
*European Credit Transfer System