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Project GridaDIGtion at UPM Investiga 2026

23 de March de 2026
The R&D&I project Construction system for laminar lattice structures based on new high-performance timber products and digital manufacturing technology – Gridadigtion, funded by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation and led by professors from our department Almudena Majano (PI), Antonio Lara and Carlos Martínez, was showcased at the UPM…
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Project GridaDIGtion at UPM Investiga 2026

Lecture “Vibraciones en estructuras de edificación”

23 de January de 2026
This Friday, January 30th, at 7:30 p.m. in classroom 1N1 of the E.T.S. of Architecture at UPM, the lecture “Vibraciones en estructuras de edificación” will be held by Civil Engineer Mr. Alfredo Arnedo. Part of the Master’s Degree in Building Structures, this session focuses on a key topic for design,…
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New UPM–Avintia Group University-Business Chair

5 de December de 2025
The agreement has been signed for the creation of the UPM-Avintia Group University-Business Chair, which will be led by Professor David Mencías Carrizosa from our department. This Chair has been designed around three key pillars: the dissemination and generation of knowledge, the promotion of research and innovation (R&D&I), and technical…
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New UPM–Avintia Group University-Business Chair

Publication of the “Guía de aplicación del Código Estructural a la edificación. Hormigón armado”

4 de June de 2025
The “Guía de aplicación del Código Estructural a la edificación. Hormigón armado” written by the professor of our department Alejandro Calle García, along with engineer Juan Carlos Arroyo Portero and former professor, has just been published. Another of our professors, Luis Vega Catalán, from the Dirección General de Agenda Urbana…
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Publication of the “Guía de aplicación del Código Estructural a la edificación. Hormigón armado”

Master Class in Structures 1 “Estructuras: equilibrio, resistencia, rigidez y estabilidad”

3 de February de 2025
Next Thursday, February 6th at 10:30 AM in the Aula Magna of the E.T.S. of Architecture at UPM, there will be a Master Class titled “Estructuras: equilibrio, resistencia, rigidez y estabilidad” given by Mr. Ricardo Aroca, Professor Emeritus at UPM.
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Master Class in Structures 1 “Estructuras: equilibrio, resistencia, rigidez y estabilidad”

Seminar “Modelado BIM de estructuras con TEKLA”

31 de January de 2025
On Thursday, February 7th, from 5:30 PM to 9:00 PM, the seminar “Modelado BIM de estructuras con TEKLA” will take place in classroom 1N1 at the E.T.S. of Architecture of UPM. Places are limited, and registration must be done by emailing jorge.conde@upm.es.
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Seminar “Modelado BIM de estructuras con TEKLA”

Lecture “Introducción al carbono embebido en estructuras de edificación”

30 de January de 2025
This Thursday, January 30th at 7:00 PM in classroom 1N1 of the E.T.S. of Architecture at UPM, there will be a lecture titled “Introducción al carbono embebido en estructuras de edificación” presented by Mr. Jorge Azor, Senior Architect at the Arup group. The conference will be streamed via Zoom through…
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Lecture “Introducción al carbono embebido en estructuras de edificación”

Publication of the book “Fundamentals of Structural Theories and Their Numerical Analysis”

28 de January de 2025
The book “Fundamentals of Structural Theories and Their Numerical Analysis” by the emeritus professor of our department, Mr. Jaime Cervera Bravo, is now available. It has been published in open access in the UPM Digital Archive and can be downloaded in both English and Spanish versions. This volume seeks to…
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Publication of the book “Fundamentals of Structural Theories and Their Numerical Analysis”

Publication of the book “Proyecto de Estructuras: la estructura en el proyecto arquitectónico”

15 de January de 2025
The book “Proyecto de Estructuras: la estructura en el proyecto arquitectónico” by our department’s professor Mrs. María Belén Orta Rial is now available, published by UPM-Press. Due to the impossibility of applying the proportional rules of historical structures to contemporary ones, a set of alternative knowledge emerges to support structural…
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Publication of the book “Proyecto de Estructuras: la estructura en el proyecto arquitectónico”

Presentation of the book “Comprender las estructuras”

2 de December de 2024
Next Wednesday, December 4th at 12:00 PM in the Conference Room of the E.T.S. of Architecture at UPM, there will be the presentation of the book “Comprender las estructuras” by Mr. Ricardo Aroca, Professor Emeritus at UPM, published by Ediciones Asimétricas.
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Presentation of the book “Comprender las estructuras”

Our research areas

In the Department of Building Structures and Physics at UPM, we conduct research in a wide variety of areas related to architecture, structural engineering, geotechnical engineering, transportation engineering, and physics.

Our teaching

In the Degree in Foundations of the Architecture

We offer 42 ECTS of core and compulsory courses for the degree, in addition to 5 experimental workshops and other elective courses.

We also supervise Final Degree Projects on topics related to our teaching and research.

Master’s Degree in Building Structures

The Master’s Degree in Building Structures at UPM is an established official master’s program with professional orientation and recognition, accredited with the international quality label EUR-ACE for professional requirements in Engineering and Architecture 2023. This master’s program can be completed either in person at the School of Architecture or online, and includes 12 credits of external academic internships in companies within the sector.

In the Master’s Degree in Architecture

We teach the Structures Workshop of the Master’s Degree in Architecture, as well as elective courses in structural analysis and architectural acoustics.