The university specialization diploma in New educational spaces: creation, organization and management aims to accompany the transformation of schools by rethinking the interior and exterior spaces (classroom space inside and outside) adapting them to new educational needs by co-creating the spaces with the same users of the centers and from all the agents involved in the educational community.

The tools and resources that will transform the educational space inside and outside the classroom will be given. We will analyze, reflect on and design them, understanding the renewal and transformation of learning spaces from the point of view of the continent and content and bearing in mind the space as an educational element and generator of learning.

In this postgraduate training, architecture, interior design and pedagogy dialogue around the updated spaces in the new educational systems and the implementation of new technologies.

Teachers, professors, educators, trainers, teachers, school directors and / or managers, psychologists, architects, interior designers, designers, landscapers and other professionals in the world of education, learning, design, the environment and sustainability .

The design of new educational spaces allows the realization of projects renovating and transforming existing spaces taking into account the design focused on people and intervening from all the agents of the educational community. We will co-create spaces under sustainability criteria. Projects such as those shown at the Voramar school are the work of Genís Planelles Architecture, awarded for their intervention.

It is a methodology developed by professionals who are experts in new learning systems, an educational system based on innovation for change based on the theoretical and practical study of analysis and research shared from anywhere in the world 24 hours a day. the day.

The program is divided into intensive blocks that will be done with hybrid methodology: online training and face-to-face classes or live follow-up. Each block includes live lectures, learning videos, new methodologies, continuous assessment practices, personalized tutorials, shared discussion space, and active face-to-face and streaming workshops at the URL.

The benefits of online studies:

Your home is the university

University certification

Time flexibility

Improves quality of life

Move forward and position yourself professionally

Collaborative experience: do not study alone

Online information sessions

It is a methodology developed by professionals who are experts in new learning systems, an educational system based on innovation for change based on the theoretical and practical study of analysis and research shared from anywhere in the world 24 hours a day. the day.

The program is divided into intensive blocks that will be done with hybrid methodology: online training and face-to-face classes or live follow-up. Each block includes live lectures, learning videos, new methodologies, continuous assessment practices, personalized tutorials, shared discussion space, and active face-to-face and streaming workshops at the URL.

The benefits of online studies:

- Your home is the university- University certification- Time flexibility- Improves the quality of life- Advance and position yourself professionally- Collaborative experience: do not study alone- Online information sessions

Module 1. Analysis of the current reality of the school. Methodologies, transformation and innovation in spaces (6 ECTS)

• Background and key references for understanding the present of the school
• Current situation: what's going on at school Real cases in schools
• Educational methodologies related to spaces and good practices
• The big challenges for the future: neuroscience, innovation and new technologies
• And the teachers ... what should we do now?

Module 2. Fundamentals of school architecture: space as an educational element. Space analysis and creation. Classroom space inside and out (6 ECTS)

• A brief tour of the history of architecture and school methodologies
• Functional program of needs, educational methodologies and user profile. Work field
• Analysis and relation of the spaces in the school: interiors and exteriors (direction, orientation, areas, routes and zoning). Flexible, modular, mountable and removable spaces
• Space definers: materials, textures and furniture
• When lighting, color and sound enter spaces and classrooms

Module 3. The circular methodology. Materials and furniture for use and disuse and their application in educational spaces (6 ECTS)

• Circular economy from learning
• Sustainability in educational spaces. Health for our students and teachers
• Types of materials: traditional materials & sustainable materials
• Useful furniture & reused furniture
• Case studies. Practical application

Module 4. Anthropometry and ergonomics of space. Indoor, intermediate and outdoor spaces (6 ECTS)

• Anthropometry and ergonomics. Diversity in the classroom. Percentile analysis
• Approach and valuation of space according to human dimensions
• Regulations for schools. Accessibility and architectural barriers.
• Outdoor spaces and schoolyards as an educational classroom
• Intermediate spaces, extension of learning

Module 5. We create educational spaces and schools through innovation (6 ECTS)

• Space design methodologies: design thinking, collaborative design and co-creation
• Analysis of the needs of the school, students, teachers and PAS
• Experience design: models of spaces and classrooms. Practices and real cases.
• We put our knowledge into practice
• Development, tutoring and presentation of the final diploma internship

Throughout the modules, there will be practices of analysis and application of the contents of each of the sections with the aim of generating useful material for the final work of Module 5.

• ​Transformation and redesign of learning spaces
• Design and management of projects in the field of education
• ​Development of collaborative work for new schools
• ​Carrying out learning-space projects related to sustainability
• Coordination and management of the spaces of the centers
• Organization of indoor and outdoor educational spaces
• Organization and management of management teams for kindergartens, schools, institutes and adult centers
• Professional specialization for teachers, professors, educators and teachers
• Professional specialization for architects, interior designers, designers and landscapers
• Creation of activities related to space design and learning

Coordination

Elena Boadas Mir (FPCEE Blanquerna-URL) [email protected]

Núria Nofrarias Espadamala (Multidisciplinary Design) [email protected]

Teaching staff

Marta Cabré Cunill (FPCEE Blanquerna-URL).

Núria Nofrarias Espadamala (Multidisciplinary Design).

Dr. Antoni Fonseca Casas (UPC - Multidisciplinary Design).

Dra. Annabel Fontanet (FPCEE Blanquerna-URL).

Dra. Amaya Martínez Marcos (UPC- Laces of Architecture and Urban Laces).

Maria Antònia Miret Ferrer (FPCEE Blanquerna-URL).

Bàrbara Vich Arrom (EASD Deià - FLEXOarchitecture).

Dr. Miquel Àngel Prats Fernandez (FPCEE Blanquerna-URL).

Aina Santasusana Suñé (Sínia Spaces. Internacional Montessori).

Noèlia Sanchez Lahuerta (m.e.s.t.r.e.s - Educació infantil. URL).

The admission process for the school's own degree studies is developed in 3 stages:

1. Pre-enrollment
2. Admission
3. Enrollment

For any doubts or queries about the pre-enrollment or enrollment process, please contact the School's Student Information and Orientation Service
[email protected]