The 13 students of Master's Degree in design Architectural (MDA) of the University of Navarra received their graduation diplomas last Tuesday, December 20, in a ceremony presided over by the School's director , Miguel Ángel Alonso del Val.

The academic ceremony took place at the classroom Magna de la School of Architecture and started with the intervention of Juan José Tenorio, representative of the students, who addressed a few words of thanks to the professors and classmates.

Afterwards, José Manuel Pozo (director of the MDA), congratulated the graduates and thanked them for the trust placed in the School to study the MDA and have the opportunity to get close to some of the figures core topic of the international architecture scene. After the official diploma ceremony submission , Miguel Ángel Alonso thanked those responsible for the program for their effort and dedication, and encouraged the recent graduates to strive for excellence in all projects entrusted to them, whether large or small. The event concluded with a lecture in which Professor Juan Miguel Otxotorena gave a review of his recent work.

Final project critiques

The 13 students, from Peru, Argentina, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico and Spain, had their final critiques of the project courses given by Tony Fretton, José Morales and Francisco Mangado on December 15 and 16. The students who worked under the direction of Tony Fretton developed the project of a skyscraper apartment tower in the London neighborhood of Canary Wharf, those of José Morales worked on a hybrid mixed-use building in the second extension of Pamplona, and the students of Francisco Mangado, for their part, developed a 5-star hotel in the historic center of Seville.