The Master in Advanced Ecological Buildings and Biocities (MAEBB01) postgraduate program is an 11-month immersive academic program focused on learning how to design and build a new generation of buildings and cities to respond to the planet’s emerging climate challenges.

The program is carried out in Valldaura Labs, in Barcelona, a 135 hectare property located in the Collserola forest. Here, students will live and work surrounded  by nature while using the most advanced technologies and design techniques in the pursuit of what is also IAAC’s long term initiative, to create self-sufficient and ecological environments.

During the first six months in the program, students are comprehensively trained in the principles of design and construction of advanced ecological buildings through a series of focused and intense modules, which include material production, thermal and metabolic building systems, ecological structures and façade systems and much more.

After developing the necessary skills and a holistic understanding of advanced and ecological design, students collectively draft and build a full scale ecological building prototype.

The MAEBB02 is a 6-month extension program allowing students to carry out personal research on issues related to the self-sufficiency of human habitats, with the support and guidance of the Valldaura team along with external experts.

Applications are currently open for the 2021/22 editions of both the MAEBB01 and MAEBB02, for more information please visit: