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On Friday, November 21, our School will host a lecture by Dr. Architect Luis López Díaz, former Structures professor and a prominent figure in touristic and industrial architecture in the Canary Islands.

Luis López Díaz, who graduated from the School of Architecture of Barcelona, has combined an intense and renowned professional career as an architect with his teaching activity as a professor in the Construction Department of the School of Architecture of Las Palmas.

His professional trajectory, which began in the early 1970s, stands out especially in the field of touristic architecture, with projects such as the Santa Mónica Apartments, the Jardín del Atlántico Apartments, the Gloria Palace San Agustín Hotel and Thalassotherapy Center, the Gloria Palace Amadores Hotel, the Riu Palmeras Hotel, and several hotel developments in Anfi del Mar.

He has also carried out significant projects in the industrial sector, including the Frigo-Canarias Factory (1974) and the Miller Bajo car repair workshop, as well as the design of the social halls of the Club Natación Metropole in Las Palmas.

Some of his works have been published in specialized journals such as Informes de la Construcción, Basa, Star (Structural Architecture), and Cuaderns d’Arquitectura i Urbanisme.

Second- and third-year students of the course Urban Planning, Spatial Planning and Urban Design Projects move their academic activity into the city with an open session in Tenor Stagno Square, in the context of the TAC! Urban Architecture Festival.

On the occasion of Architecture Week 2025, the School of Architecture of ULPGC hosts a program of conferences, presentations, and activities between October 6 and October 10, 2025, with the participation of professionals and entities from the sector.

Downloads

• Final Program (PDF)
• Presentation / Dossier (PDF)

Program Overview

• Monday 10/06/2025
  • 9:00–14:00 · Exhibition of MMFT 2025 competition works
  • 10:30–11:00 · Opening ceremony and exhibition IV Miguel Martín-Fernández de la Torre Award (COAGC)
  • 11:30–12:30 · Lecture «House of Caves. Artenara» · Gloci Arquitectura
  • 12:45–13:45 · «Technology and Heritage. Surveying, recording, and research techniques»
• Tuesday 10/07/2025
  • 9:00–14:00 · Exhibition of new products and MMFT competition works
  • 10:00–11:00 · «Building healthy and sustainable constructions»
  • 11:30–12:30 · «Urban planning as good news»
  • 13:00–14:30 · Round table «Culture as a tool for urban transformation»
• Wednesday 10/08/2025
  • 9:00–14:00 · Exhibition of new products and MMFT competition works
  • 9:00–10:00 · ITC: «Integration of renewable energies in building and urban planning: RESMAC Project»
  • 10:00–11:00 · Technical demonstration: «Reality capture and 3D point clouds»
  • 11:30–12:30 · Presentation «Gabinete. Teaching Manual 2024–2025 EA_ULPGC»
  • 12:45–13:45 · «Large-scale interventions: El Risco–Agaete Road»
• Thursday 10/09/2025
  • 9:00–14:00 · Exhibition of new products and MMFT competition works
  • 9:00–11:00 · Technical presentations (Onduline, La Escandella, Marazzi, Emac, JUNG, CORTIZO, ISOVER)
  • 10:00–11:00 · «A common language in sustainable architecture»
  • 11:30–12:30 · «Crisis of the spatial model of architecture and the city: new archetypes»
  • 12:45–13:45 · «Documenting the design and construction process» · SCALAE
• Friday 10/10/2025
  • 9:00–14:00 · Exhibition of new products and MMFT competition works
  • 9:00–10:00 · «IS_LAB/GDR: Islands as laboratories of the Anthropocene. Gáldar»
  • 10:00–11:00 · «Development of the Tafira Campus facilities (ULPGC)»
  • 11:30–12:30 · «From Bedrock» · Winning Pavilion TAC Fundación Arquia
  • 12:45–14:00 · Closing at EA_ULPGC headquarters with music (DJ)

Location

School of Architecture · University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC).

The School of Architecture at the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC) announces the application periods for the compensatory examination corresponding to the Bachelor’s Degree in Architecture for the 2025-2026 academic year.

• Special call: from December 3 to December 15, 2025.
• Ordinary call: from February 2 to February 12, 2026.
• Extraordinary call: from July 20 to July 30, 2026.

Applications must be submitted through the ULPGC electronic headquarters within the established deadlines.