Universitat Internacional de Catalunya - BarcelonaFinal Degree Project
Main language of instruction: Spanish
Other languages of instruction: Catalan, English
Head instructor
Dr. Josep LLUÍS - jlluis@uic.es
Office hours
Office hours
Classes will be held weekly, with individual attention for each student.
For meetings outside class hours, please arrange an appointment.
Enrolment on the Final Degree Project course.
The contents of this subject reflect the objectives described above in order to develop the required competences (34-T, 35-T, 36-T, 37, 38-T, 39-T, 40, 41-T, 42, 43-T, 44-T, 45-T, 46, 47-T, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 60, 61 and 62):
- Basic and execution architectural projects, sketches and blueprints.
- Urban projects.
- Aspects that affect the site management of architectural projects.
- Drawing up functional programmes for buildings and urban spaces.
- The intervention in, conservation, restoration and rehabilitation of heritage buildings from a planning point of view.
- Architectural barriers.
- Architectural criticism within the project
- Passive environmental conditioning, thermal and acoustic insulation, climate control, energy performance and natural lighting in architectural projects.
- Cataloguing of buildings and urban heritage and planning their protection from a project-based perspective.
- Plans for security, evacuation and protection in buildings.
- Civil works projects.
- Urban roads and urban development projects, gardening and landscaping.
- Urban planning ordinances and standards.
- Environmental and landscaping surveys and plans to correct environmental impacts.
- General theories of form, composition and architectural typologies and their use in architectural projects.
- The influence of the general history of architecture on planning.
- Symbolization, practical functions and ergonomics in architectural projects.
- Social needs, quality of life, habitability and basic housing programmes.
- The environment, sustainability and the principles of conserving energy and environmental resources in architectural projects.
- Architectural, urban planning and landscaping traditions in Western culture: their technical, climatic, economic, social and ideological foundations in terms of architectural projects.
- The impact on architectural projects of aesthetics and the theory and history of Fine Arts and Applied Arts.
- The relationship between cultural patterns and the social responsibilities of the architect in architectural projects.
- Vernacular architecture and architectural projects.
- The architectural project and urban sociology, theory, economy and history.
- The architectural project from the perspective of the methodological foundation of urban planning and metropolitan and regional development.
- Civil, administrative, urban planning, building and industrial regulations with regard to professional practice.
- Feasibility analysis, supervision and coordination of integrated projects.
- Property valuation.
These 28 sections are, in turn, the learning outcomes that will be expected of students when evaluating their competences.
The qualification system is defined in accordance with current legislation, as described in Article 5 of ROYAL DECREE 1125/2003, of 5 September 2003, on a numerical scale of 0 to 10, with one decimal point, to which the corresponding qualitative grade can be added:
0-4.9: Fail (SS).
5.0-6.9: Pass (AP).
7.0-8.9: Pass - good (NT).
9.0-10: Pass - excellent (SB).