Universitat Internacional de Catalunya
Architectural Composition II
Other languages of instruction: Spanish
Teaching staff
Assistance to the subject Architectural composition 2
Assistance to students is always given when it is required, throughout the scheduled class schedule, both theoretical and practical. On the other hand, a specific schedule of personalized, individual attention is also established, which is set every Tuesday between 14:45 h. and 15:45 h. Without detriment to the choice of another time that can be arranged by appointment:
Prof. DDr. Yomna K. Abdallah - yomnaabdallah@uic.es
Prof. DDr. Alberto T. Estévez - estevez@uic.es
Introduction
“You can learn from the past but you can't continue to be in the past; history is not a substitute for imagination.”
Frank Gehry
"And the Modern Movement is the past, it is history, which now, in the third decade of the 21st century, is more than 100 years old."
Alberto T. Estévez
Within the “Project” Module (“Architectural Design Module”) of the Degree in Architecture, the Matter “Composition” (poorly translated as "History and Theory of Architecture") has 24 ECTS (European credits). These are distributed uniformly in 4 parts, in the respective 4 semesters of the second to third year: specifically, Composition 1, 2, 3 and 4. Also having an “Introduction” specific subject in the first year. As also have an “Introduction” specific subject in the first year for example the Matters of “Projects” and of “Construction”. The five subjects (Composition 1, 2, 3, 4 and this “Introduction”) should then be aligned in coherence with each other, updated and coordinated, as happens with the rest of the subjects and Matters of the Degree in Architecture. In the same way that a certain presence of this Matter should be considered in the TFG (Final Degree Work), as it also happens in the rest of the Matters.Well, teaching and studying “Composition”, in the third decade of the XXI century as we are, is very different from teaching and studying it as it was done 50 years ago. It would be forgetting or not understanding everything that has happened in the last half century: a great evolution of ideas and an enormous enrichment of understandings that have existed until now about architecture around the world. Something that the current architecture student deserves to know and cannot be hidden from him due to ignorance or prejudice.
Thus, for example, today it must be asserted that architecture is not language: an idea that became especially fashionable many decades ago. Architecture is architecture, although it seems obvious to say so, which is what will be explained now in the subjects of Composition. Since every time it is said that architecture is language, poetry, “frozen music”, or any other assertion, what you do is establish a metaphor. And therefore, as in any metaphor, there is part of the truth and part of the lie. And “believing” it entirely, and building a single understanding around it, dogmatically clings, discriminates against other understandings, limits the horizon and impoverishes it.
In the same way that it is impoverished to think that the Matter of “Composition” tries to teach the history of art and architecture. Again, one must go to what is apparently obvious: in Composition, "Composition" is taught and studied, which is part of the “Project” Module. Module where one must also learn to project, to design, and to compose. And to project, and to design, and to compose, for our time, which is different from the last century. It is also in Composition where must be taught and studied to be an architect, not a historian. An architect of our time. In any case, it then tries more to teach to transcend history, to learn to “create objects”, which does not simply try to “listen to objects”, which is again a metaphor. And however erudite the quotations may seem to support certain understandings, they too become obsolete over time, and must be critically assumed. Thus, for example, today it is no longer understood that “architecture history is made because the meaning of current architecture is sought”, as Tafuri said more than half a century ago, but there are more ontological and experiential arguments behind it. Nor should it be generalized about "the anguish of the present" that he also said, to solve it by projecting. Concept more typical of a Eurocentric and existentialist world, of the last century, than of the global, multicultural and biodiverse world in which we are today. Etc.
In short, the Matter and subjects of Composition must try to help students to form a correct and rigorous understanding of what Architecture really is, without the misunderstandings and prejudices accumulated over the decades, even by prestigious architects and recognized professors, and incidentally also understand what Art really is. All this assumed without myopia or shortsightedness, with the freedom that such terms deserve.
Pre-course requirements
Overlaps with other subjects in the same schedule are not accepted. The main language is English as marked in the descriptions of this School for this subject. The use of Spanish or Catalan will be optional for practical classes by groups and/or personal corrections.
Objectives
Regarding the contents of this "Composition" Matter, the objectives of the Degree that especially affect it are:
1. Ability to create architectural projects that satisfy both aesthetic and technical demands.
2. Adequate knowledge of the history and theories of architecture, as well as related arts, technology and human sciences.
3. Knowledge of the fine arts as a factor that can influence the quality of the architectural conception.
Thus, the contents of this Matter are arranged in line with these objectives, in order to develop the corresponding competences
(03, 04, 34-T, 35-T, 40, 48, 49, 50, 51, 53, 54, 55, 56 y 57, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 73, 74, 77):
- Composition, theory and history of urban and architectural projects.
- Architectural criticism.
- General theories of form, composition and architectural types.
- General history of architecture.
- Symbolization processes, practical functions and ergonomics from composition, theory and history.
- Social needs, quality of life, habitability and basic housing programs from the composition, theory and history.
- Architectural, urban and landscape traditions of Western culture. Its technical, climatic, economic, social and ideological foundations.
- Esthetic. Theory and history of fine arts and applied arts.
- Relationship between cultural patterns and social responsibilities of the architect.
- Bases of vernacular architecture.
- Urban sociology, theory, economics and history.
These 11 sections are in turn the learning outcomes to be required of students for the assessment of skills.
Competences/Learning outcomes of the degree programme
- 03 - To acquire adequate knowledge of spatial representation systems applied to architecture and urbanism .
- 04 - To acquire knowledge and apply it to the analysis and theory of form and the laws of visual perception in architecture and urbainism.
- 34-T - Ability to design, practice and develop basic and execution projects, sketches and blueprints.
- 35-T - Ability to conceive, put into practice and develop urban projects
- 40 - Ability to express architectural criticism.
- 48 - To acquire adequate knowledge of the general theories of form, composition and architectural typologies
- 49 - To acquire adequate knowledge of the history of architecture.
- 50 - To acquire adequate knowledge of the study methods for the processes of symbolization, practical functions and ergonomics.
- 51 - To acquire adequate knowledge of the study methods of social needs, quality of life, habitability and basic housing programmes
- 53 - To acquire adequate knowledge of architectural, urban development and landscaping traditions of Western culture, as well as their technical, climate, economic, social and ideological foundations
- 54 - To acquire adequate knowledge of the aesthetics, theory and history of Fine Arts and Applied Arts.
- 55 - To acquire adequate knowledge of the relationship between cultural patterns and the social responsibilities of the architect
- 56 - To acquire adequate knowledge of the principles of vernacular architecture
- 57 - To acquire adequate knowledge of urban sociology, theory, economy and history.
- 63 - Ability to conceive, put into practice and develop architectural and urban planning projects adapting with new times.
- 64 - Ability to conceive, put into practice and develop architectural and urban culture.
- 65 - Ability to recognise contemporary characteristics and freedom in the understanding of architecture.
- 66 - Ability to internalise architectural form.
- 67 - Ability to understand and analyse architecture and the city in relation to philosophical and societal systems.
- 68 - Ability to apply the aesthetics, theory and history of Fine Arts to architecture and urban planning.
- 69 - Ability to discover the critical-cultural dimension of the role of the architect
- 73 - To acquire adequate knowledge of research, experimentation and innovation in architecture.
- 74 - To acquire adequate knowledge of new architectural concepts and practices.
- 77 - To acquire adequate knowledge of the analysis and theory of form and laws of visual perception.
Learning outcomes of the subject
See the next.
Syllabus
Architectural composition 2
Contemporary architecture: architectural composition of the 21st century architecture
Prof. DDr. Yomna K. Abdallah + Prof. DDr. Alberto T. Estévez
Program and work plan (agenda), 6 ECTS (x 25-30 h./ECTS = 150-180 h. Dedication 15 weeks, 10-12 h./sem.)
WEEK 1 (Tuesday, January 21, 2025, 10:15 h. to 14:15 h.)
- 10:15 h. Introduction (Opening class: Justification - Objectives - Competences - Contents - Methodology - Bibliography - Evaluation - Attention - Documents).
- 11:15 h. Theoretical class: Evolution of architecture after World War II: The humanization of architecture (Critical Regionalism and Organicism, 1950s to 21st century).
- 12:15 h. Theoretical-practical class: Architectural composition in the third decade of the 21st century: Introduction to BioDigital Architecture.
WEEK 2 (Tuesday, January 28 2025, 10:15 h. to 14:15 h.)
10:15 h. Theoretical-Practical Class: Review of Design Elements and Principals as An Introduction to Architectural Composition in The Third Decade of the 21st Century.
11:15 h. Introduction to Algorithmic Design (Procedural Design).
12:15 h. Practical Exercise 1: Composition of Abstract and Architectural Designs From: Points and Line.
WEEK 3 (Tuesday, February 4, 2025, 10:15 h. to 14:15 h.)
10:15 h. Introduction to the Practical Exercise: Architectural composition in the third decade of the 21st century.
11:15 h. Practical Exercise 2: From Analogue to Digital on The Shape Grammar of Composition of Abstract and Architectural Design from Points and Curves (Rhino3D+Grasshopper).
WEEK 4 (Tuesday, February 11, 2025, 10:15 h. to 14:15 h.)
10:15 h. Introduction to the Practical Exercise: Architectural composition in the third decade of the 21st century.
11:15 h. Practical Exercise 3: Composition of Abstract and Architectural Designs From: Shapes and Grids.
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WEEK 5 (Tuesday, February 18, 2025, 10:15 h. to 14:15 h.)
10:15 h. Introduction to the Practical Exercise: Architectural composition in the third decade of the 21st century.
11:15 h. Practical Exercise 4: From Analogue to Digital on The Shape Grammar of Composition of Abstract and Architectural Design from Shapes & Grids (Rhino3D+Grasshopper).
WEEK 6 (Tuesday, February 25, 2025, 10:15 h. to 14:15 h.)
10:15 h. Introduction to the Practical Exercise: Architectural composition in the third decade of the 21st century.
11:15 h. Practical Exercise 5: Composition of Abstract and Architectural Designs from Hybrids & Nature-Based Grids.
WEEK 7 (Tuesday, March 4, 2025, 10:15 h. to 14:15 h.)
10:15 h. Introduction to the Practical Exercise: Architectural composition in the third decade of the 21st century.
11:15 h. Practical Exercise 6: From Analogue to Digital on The Shape Grammar of Composition of Abstract and Architectural Design from Hybrids & Nature-Based Grids (Rhino3D+Grasshopper).
WEEK 8 (Tuesday, March 11, 2025, 10:15 h. to 14:15 h.)
10:15 h. Revision, Completion and Resubmission of Previous Exercises to Improve.
WEEK 9 (Tuesday, March 18, 2025, 10:15 h. to 14:15 h.)
10:15 h. Introduction to the Practical Exercise: Architectural composition in the third decade of the 21st century.
11:15 h. Practical Exercise 7: Composition of Abstract and Architectural Designs From 3D Geometries & Objects (2D & 3D).
WEEK 10 (Tuesday, March 25, 2025, 10:15 h. to 14:15 h.)
10:15 h. Introduction to the Practical Exercise: Architectural composition in the third decade of the 21st century.
11:15 h. Practical Exercise 8: From Analogue to Digital on The Shape Grammar of Composition of Abstract and Architectural Design from 3D Geometries & Objects (Rhino3D+Grasshopper).
WEEK 11 (Tuesday, April 1, 2025, 10:15 h. to 14:15 h.)
10:15 h. Introduction to the Digital Fabrication.
11:15 h. Additive Manufacturing: Preparing Files for 3D printing.
12:15 h. 3D printing of digital designs (group work). (Rhinoceros 3D + Grasshopper- Cura 3D slicer).
WEEK 12 (Tuesday, April 8, 2025, 10:15 h. to 14:15 h.)
10:15 h. Introduction to the Artificial Intelligence- Aided Design.
11:15 h. Practical Exercise 9: Composition of Abstract and Architectural Designs from Analogue Diffusion (collage-manual).
HOLY WEEK (Tuesday, April 15, 2025)
- NO CLASSES: HOLIDAYS.
WEEK 13 (Tuesday, April 22, 2025, 10:15 h. to 14:15 h.)
10:15 h. Introduction to the Practical Exercise: Architectural composition in the third decade of the 21st century.
11:15 h. Practical Exercise 10: From Analogue to AI-Aided Design on The Composition of Abstract and Architectural Design by AI-Diffusion models (Midjourney or similar).
WEEK 14 (Tuesday, April 29, 2025, 10:15 h. to 14:15 h.)
10:15 h. Introduction to the Practical Exercise: Architectural composition in the third decade of the 21st century.
11:15 h. Practical Exercise 11: 3D AI-Aided Design on The Composition of Abstract and Architectural Design by AI-Transformer models (Luma AI or similar).
WEEK 15 (Tuesday, May 6, 2025, 10:15 h. to 14:15 h.)
- 10:15 h. Revision, Completion and Resubmission of Previous Exercises to Improve.
EXAM WEEK (Wednesday, May 21, 2025, 09:00 h.) REVIEW WEEK (Thursday, June 5, 2025, 18:00 h.)
- 09:00 h. Final deliveries. - 18:00 h. Review by appointment.
EXAM WEEK 2nd CALL (Monday, June 16, 2025, 15:00 h.) REVIEW WEEK (Friday, July 4, 2025, 17:00 h.)
- 15:00 h. Final deliveries 2nd call. - 17:00 h. Review by appointment.
Teaching and learning activities
In person
Methodology of the subject Architectural composition 2
Contemporary architecture: architectural composition of the 21st century architecture
Prof. DDr. Yomna K. Abdallah + Prof. DDr. Alberto T. Estévez
Some of the words that will now appear in this paragraph were already written years ago: “The course program does not announce a polar teaching method where the teacher gives lessons that students could attend, but rather indicates an interactive teaching method through integrating relevant practical work of the students throughout the course. Thus, it is not a program of shows to be offered to a passive audience that ‘takes notes’, but rather an interactive program, articulated in four levels: readings, practices or exercises, lessons and visits”.[1]
Well, the readings have no secret. They are there, waiting for each student for years, decades, marked in the bibliography as “the course books”, and “the five books of the subject”, and others, general or specific according to topics. For some of these readings, the hours after the classes are reserved, thus helping to enrich and theoretically support what was developed in the classes. And on the other hand, the individual writing of a synthesis of the “course books” will help to undrestand the aforementioned book.
The exercises will make it possible to specify objectives, apply theory, stimulate teaching-learning interaction, accelerate the acquisition of aptitudes, knowledge and capacities for today's architect, etc. Specifically, the exercises will be those that take their title from the same name in this area and in this subject, exercises in “architectural composition”, corresponding to the time in which we live, the third decade of the 21st century: “Der Zeit Ihre Kunst”, each age corresponds to its art and architecture and in architectural composition subjects, as is explicit in its name, one must learn to compose architecturally.
The lessons (theoretical classes) necessarily offer to the student objective distillation of the concepts that are considered key for each program, in an operation that, in fact, the student himself will have to carry out, to pass the level of each subject. Where the emphasis of such teaching is rather on advising of the distillation criteria, and not on a dry enumeration of concepts. It is more explicit “why it is important”, and not a mere landing of “everything that is important”. Likewise, such a synthesis is supported by bringing out a selection of projects and texts before the student, where –again– it will teach them to calibrate why one is chosen and not the other, given the current chaos of information.
The visits to be made will give the students the most direct opportunity to relive within themselves the fascination for which the protagonists of the evolution of art, architecture and design lived. Visits that necessarily change from course to course, also adapting to the offer of the exhibitions of each moment and of each place where each student passes (naturally voluntary). The most common will be visits to exhibitions offered by Barcelona institutions related to course content, which will be notified and discussed. Understanding that the theoretical-practical classes are part of the teaching content of the subject, whose comments must be reflected in the work of each student.
[1] QUETGLAS, Josep, Pasado a limpio II, p. 153, Editorial Pre-textos – Col.legi d’Arquitectes de Catalunya, Demarcació de Girona, Girona, 1999.
| TRAINING ACTIVITY | COMPETENCES | ECTS CREDITS |
| Class exhibition | 03 04 34-T 35-T 40 48 49 50 51 53 54 55 56 57 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 73 74 77 | 0,75 |
| Class participation | 03 04 34-T 35-T 40 48 49 50 51 53 54 55 56 57 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 73 74 77 | 0,75 |
| Clase practice | 03 04 34-T 35-T 40 48 49 50 51 53 54 55 56 57 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 73 74 77 | 0,75 |
| Tutorials | 03 04 34-T 35-T 40 48 49 50 51 53 54 55 56 57 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 73 74 77 | 0,75 |
| Individual or group study | 03 04 34-T 35-T 40 48 49 50 51 53 54 55 56 57 63 64 65 67 68 69 73 74 77 | 3 |
Evaluation systems and criteria
In person
Assessment of the subject Architectural composition 2
Continuous evaluation, “every week counts” the attendance and participation in class, the exercises... The evaluation criteria will prioritize creativity and critical depth, intelligence, effeciency, capacity for analysis and synthesis, as well as scientificity and professionalism (erudition, precision, diligence, punctuality, presentation, typographical, spelling and syntactic correction). Active participation in class will also be encouraged during the course, which will be especially valued. And, of course, the attendance and interest of the students will be considered.
Percentages… As seen in the program and work plan (agenda), this course consists of 15 weeks. Each of the exercises to be carried out throughout that time will correspond to their respective percentage of the final grade for the course, adding up to a total of 90% of the grade.
The face-to-face monitoring of the subject will in turn count for 10% of the final grade. And since this face-to-face follow-up of the subject is mandatory, because it appears in the academic curriculum of each one, the subject cannot be passed if there are absences in the face-to-face follow-up of more than 20%.
Bibliography and resources
Bibliography of the subject Architectural composition 2
Contemporary architecture: architectural composition of the 21st century architecture
Prof. DDr.Yomna K. Abdallah + Prof. DDr. Alberto T. Estévez
“The course books”
TEDESCHI, A., AAD Algorithms-Aided Design: Parametric Strategies using Grasshopper. Le Penseur, 2014
RASMUSSEN, S. E., La experiencia de la arquitectura, Labor, Barcelona, 1974
“The five books of the subject” (minimum bibliography)
ESTÉVEZ, A. T., Biodigital Architecture & Genetics, ESARQ (UIC), Barcelona, 2015
ESTÉVEZ, A. T., Biodigital Architecture & Genetic: writings 2 / escritos II, iBAG (UIC), Barcelona, 2021
ESTÉVEZ, A. T. (ed.), Genetic Architectures / Arquitecturas Genéticas, ESARQ (UIC), Barcelona, 2003
ESTÉVEZ, A. T. (ed.), Genetic Architectures II / Arquitecturas Genéticas II, ESARQ (UIC), Barcelona, 2005
ESTÉVEZ, A. T. (ed.), Genetic Architectures III / Arquitecturas Genéticas III, ESARQ (UIC), Barcelona, 2009
General bibliography
ESTÉVEZ, A. T. (ed.), International Conference of Biodigital Architecture & Genetics, ESARQ (UIC), Barcelona, 2011
ESTÉVEZ, A. T. (ed.), 2nd International Conference of Biodigital Architecture & Genetics, ESARQ (UIC), Barcelona, 2014
ESTÉVEZ, A. T. (ed.), 3rd International Conference of Biodigital Architecture & Genetics, ESARQ (UIC), Barcelona, 2017
ESTÉVEZ, A. T. (ed.), 4th International Conference of Biodigital Architecture & Genetics, iBAG (UIC), Barcelona, 2020
ESTÉVEZ, A. T. (ed.), 5th International Conference of Biodigital Architecture & Genetics, iBAG (UIC), Barcelona, 2023
ABDALLAH, Y.K., ESTÉVEZ, A.T. “Biomaterials Research-Driven Design Visualized by AI Text-Prompt-Generated Images”. Designs, 7(2), p. 48, 2023
doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/designs7020048.
ABDALLAH, Y.K., ESTÉVEZ, A. T., “Methodology of Implementing Transformative Bioactive Hybrids in Built Environment to Achieve Sustainability”, chap. pp. 953-961, in Natalia Builes Escobar, David A. Torreblanca-Díaz (eds.), Conference Proceedings, SIGraDi 2020 / Transformative Design, Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, Medellín, 2020
NEUFERT, E., NEUFERT, P., KISTER, J., STURGE, D., LUHMAN, N.J., Architects’ Data, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., Hoboken, NJ, Chichester, West Sussex, 2019
RUSKIN, J., The Seven Lamps of Architecture, Belford, Clarke & Company, Chicago, 1849
Additional general and / or specific bibliography of interest (see also UIC Barcelona Library, Section “Biodigital Architecture”)
ESTÉVEZ, A.T.,“De Gaudí a Calatrava: sobre el bando perdedor (entre dos fines de siglo)”, D’Art, n.22, pp.281-295,Dep. Hist.Arte,Univ.de Barcelona,Barcelona,1996
ESTÉVEZ, A. T., “Arquitecturas genéticas: el nuevo proyectar cibernético-digital y el nuevo proyectar ecológico-medioambiental”, vol. II, chap. pp. 406-409, in VV.AA., Memorias, Conferencia Iberoamericana en Sistemas, Cibernética e Informática, CISCI, Orlando, 2002
ESTÉVEZ, A. T., “Arquitecturas Genéticas”, chap. pp. 21-28, in VV.AA., Apuntes de Arquitectura, GEKA / NOBUKO, Buenos Aires, 2005
ESTÉVEZ, A. T., “Arquitectura biodigital”, chap. pp. 484-487, in VV.AA., Memorias SIGraDi 2008, SIGraDi / CUJAE, La Habana, 2008
ESTÉVEZ, A. T., “Biodigital Architecture”, chap. pp. 681-686, in VV.AA., Computation: The new realm of architectural design, eCAADe / Istanbul Technical University-Faculty of Architecture / Yildiz Technical University - Faculty of Architecture, Istanbul, 2009
ESTÉVEZ, A. T., “Application of Life information in Architecture: Biodigital Architecture and Genetics”, chap. pp. 168-173, in Aaron Sprecher, Shai Yeshayahu, Pablo Lorenzo-Eiroa (eds.), LIFE in:formation / On Responsive Information and Variations in Architecture ACADIA 2010, ACADIA, New York, 2010
ESTÉVEZ, A. T., “Universos biológicos y metaversos digitales: arte y arquitectura biodigital y genética (Gencity project) / Biological universes and digital metaverses: biodigital art and architecture and genetics (Gencity project)”, chap. pp. 51-60, 163-169, in VV.AA., Universos y metaversos: aplicaciones artísticas de los nuevos medios, Ed. AASD - Publicaciones y Ediciones Universidad de Barcelona, Barcelona, 2011
ESTÉVEZ, A. T., “No models, no moulds!”, chap. pp. 211-214, in Paulo Jorge Bártolo et alt. (ed.), Innovative Developments in Virtual and Physical Prototyping, Ed. CRC Press / Taylor & Francis Group / A Balkema Book, London / Leiden, 2012
ESTÉVEZ, A. T., “Barcelona Genetic Project”, chap. pp. 68-69, “Kindergarten”, chap. pp. 70-71, “Biodigital Chair”, chap. pp. 120-121, in William Myers (ed.), Biodesign: Nature+Science+Creativity (The Convergence of Science, Technology and Creativity), Ed. Thames & Hudson - MOMA N.Y., London - New York, 2012
ESTÉVEZ, A. T., “Interacciones entre arte, arquitectura y ciencia en la era biotecnológica”, chap. pp. 133-140 / 267-273, in VV.AA., Innovaciones artísticas y nuevos medios: conservación, redes y tecnociencia, Ed. AASD - Publicaciones y Ediciones Universidad de Barcelona, Barcelona, 2013
ESTÉVEZ, A. T., “The Future of Architecture: Biodigital Architecture and Genetics”, Architecture Research, vol. 4, n. 1B, pp. 13-20, Rosemead-California, 2014
ESTÉVEZ, A. T., “Learning from Nature: Architecture & design in the first biodigital age”, chap. pp. 10-23, in Alberto T. Estévez (ed.), 2nd International Conference of Biodigital Architecture & Genetics, ESARQ (UIC), Barcelona, 2014
ESTÉVEZ, A. T., “Breeds of buildings: (‘In inverted commas and in brackets’)”, chap. pp. 146-169, in VV.AA., Interactive Geographies: productive landscapes in the metropolitan area of Barcelona, ESARQ (UIC), Barcelona, 2014
ESTÉVEZ, A. T., “Biodiversity & Archidiversity: Horizons of Architecture and Nature”, chap. pp. 122-127, in VV.AA., Cutting-Edge Landscapes: New Opportunities for Peri-urban Scenarios in Barcelona, Barcelona, ESARQ (UIC), Barcelona, 2015
ESTÉVEZ, A. T., et alt., “Del microscopio electrónico a la estrategia digital en arquitectura”, Blucher Design Proceedings, vol. 3, n. 1, pp. 734-742, São Paulo, 2016
ESTÉVEZ, A. T., “Towards genetic posthuman frontiers in architecture & design”, chap. pp. 450-459, in VV.AA., ACADIA 2016. Posthuman Frontiers: Data, Designers, and Cognitive Machines. (Proceedings of the 36th Annual Conference of the Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture), ACADIA - University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 2016
ESTÉVEZ, A. T., “End of degree course, end of cycle”, chap. pp. 138-143, in VV.AA., R_Urban Hubs: Questioning the Boundaries of 21st-Century Barcelona, ESARQ (UIC), Barcelona, 2016
ESTÉVEZ, A.T.,“From Alberto to Alberti,‘and I roll because it's my turn’”, pp.24-31, inVV.AA.,FullContact:Barcelona-LlobregatCity,ESARQ (UIC),Barcelona,2017
ESTÉVEZ, A. T., et alt., “Biomanufacturing the Future: Biodigital Architecture & Genetics”,Procedia Manufacturing,vol.12,pp.7-16,Elsevier Science Publishing,2017
ESTÉVEZ, A.T.,“Biodigital”,chap.pp.104-107,in VV.AA.,Becoming-La Biennale diVenezia2018, Gobierno deEspaña-Minist. Fomento/FundaciónArquia,Madrid,2018
ESTÉVEZ, A. T., “Digital tools for architectural conception”, chap. pp. 1087-1097, in VV.AA., Graphic Imprint: The influence of Representation and Ideation Tools in Architecture, Springer International Publishing AG / Springer Nature, Cham, 2019
ESTÉVEZ, A. T., “La naturaleza es la solución”, Cuadernos del Centro de Estudios de Diseño y Comunicación, n. 105, pp. 165-193, Universidad de Palermo - Carnegie Mellon University, Buenos Aires, 2020
ESTÉVEZ, A. T., “Sustainable Living? Biodigital Future!”, chap. pp. 137-162, in Jacqueline A. Stagner, David S-K. Ting (eds.), Sustaining Resources for Tomorrow, Green Energy and Technology, Springer Nature Switzerland AG, Cham, 2020
ESTÉVEZ, A. T., “The fifth element: biodigital & genetics”, chap. pp. 195-212, in Ahmad Vasel-Be-Hagh, David S-K. Ting (eds.), Environmental Management of Air, Water, Agriculture, and Energy, CRC Press / Taylor & Francis Group, Boca Raton, 2020
ESTÉVEZ, A. T., “Arquitectura biodigital y genética: adecuación, relevancia y compromiso”, chap. pp. 103-123, in Iliana Hernández, Raúl Niño, Jaime Hernández (eds.), Paisajes artificiales: virtuales, informales y edificados, Colección estética contemporánea, Departamento de Estética, Facultad de Arquitectura y Diseño, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, 2020
ESTÉVEZ, A. T., URBANO, J., “Back to the basics: return to the origin, Gaudí and Nature”, chap. pp. 273-286, in Jacqueline A. Stagner, David S-K. Ting (eds.), Green Energy and Infrastructure: Securing a Sustainable Future, CRC Press / Taylor & Francis Group, Boca Raton, 2020
ABDALLAH, Y., ESTÉVEZ, A. T., “Bioactive devices as self-sufficient systems for energy production in architecture”, Journal of Green Building, College Publishing, Glen Allen, vol. 16 (2), pp. 3-22, 2021
ESTÉVEZ, A. T., “A pesar de todo, dicho en el vacío es más...”, Cuadernos del Centro de Estudios en Diseño y Comunicación [Ensayos], n. 132, , pp. 181-199, Universidad de Palermo - Carnegie Mellon University, Buenos Aires, 2021
ESTÉVEZ, A. T., “Sustainable Nature-Inspired Architecture”, chap. in David Ting, Jacqueline Stagner (eds.), Sustainable Engineering Technologies and Architectures, AIP Publishing, Melville, 2021
ESTÉVEZ, A. T., “Arquitectura y diseño biodigital, siglo 21: ‘del ADN al planeta’”, Cuadernos del Centro de Estudios en Diseño y Comunicación [Ensayos], n. 158, pp. 97-114, Universidad de Palermo - Carnegie Mellon University, Buenos Aires (Argentina), Abril 2022
Special bibliography about sustainability
- Derek J. Clements-Croome, Designing Buildings for People: Sustainable liveable architecture, The Crowood Press Ltd, Ramsbury-Marlborough, Wiltshire (Gran Bretaña), 2020
- Jacqueline A. Stagner, David S-K. Ting (eds.), Green Energy and Infrastructure: Securing a Sustainable Future, CRC Press / Taylor & Francis Group, Boca Raton (EE.UU.), 2020
- Jacqueline A. Stagner, David S-K. Ting (eds.), Sustaining Resources for Tomorrow, Springer Nature Switzerland AG, Cham (Suiza), 2020
- Ahmad Vasel-Be-Hagh, David S-K. Ting (eds.), Environmental Management of Air, Water, Agriculture, and Energy, CRC Press / Taylor & Francis Group, Boca Ratón (EE.UU.), 2020
- Jacqueline A. Stagner & David S-K. Ting (eds.), Engineering for Sustainable Development and Living, Brown Walker Press / Universal Publishers, Inc., Irvine (EE.UU.), 2021
- David S-K. Ting & Jacqueline A. Stagner (eds.), Sustainable Engineering Technologies and Architectures, AIP Publishing, scitation.org/books, Melville (EE.UU.), 2021
- David S-K. Ting & Jacqueline A. Stagner (eds.), Climate Change Science - Causes, Effects and Solutions for Global Warming, Elsevier, Ámsterdam (Países Bajos) / Oxford (Gran Bretaña) / Cambridge, MA (EE.UU.), 2021
- Jacqueline A. Stagner & David S-K. Ting (eds.), Sustainable Engineering for Life Tomorrow, Lexington Books / The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Londres (Gran Bretaña), 2021
- Jacqueline A. Stagner & David S-K. Ting (eds.), Renewable Energy for Mitigating Climate Change, CRC Press / Taylor & Francis Group, Boca Raton (EE.UU.), 2022
- Jacqueline A. Stagner & David S-K. Ting (eds.), Climate Change and Pragmatic Engineering Mitigation, Jenny Stanford Publishing, Nueva York (EE.UU.), 2022