Contemporary Project

The Contemporary Project

The MBArch The Contemporary Project is a postgraduate program that investigates the role of architecture in shaping contemporary forms of coexistence. It examines how spatial design engages with the social, cultural, and environmental dynamics of collective life, from the domestic scale to the urban and territorial, and explores the complex relationships between architectural production, shared ways of living, and the broader ecological and cultural systems that constitute our environment.

The program is a full-time course of advanced studies that welcomes international students and is organized around design studios, seminars, and workshops. In addition, students complete a Final Master’s Thesis, developing a theoretical-critical and propositional dissertation independently, with the guidance of the program’s supervising professors.

By studying the MBArch Contemporary Project - Architectures of Collective Living, the master’s degree program explores the possibility of understanding the architectural project as the design for the materialization of an idea of coexistence spaces. It proposes the complementarity of architectural projects and theoretical speculation as a foundation for conception, reinvention of new forms, and replication of existing proposals.