19 December 2017

La Salle-URL presents its Summer School courses focused on architecture, robotics, animation and management

Next summer La Salle Campus Barcelona-URL organizes the Summer School Barcelona 2018 with offers in four areas: architecture, robotics, animation and business for the future. Aimed at young people from all over the world from 15 to 18 years old and entirely in English, it will take place from July 1 to 13 on the Campus. In addition to accommodation on the Campus, they also include a whole set of activities scheduled in the free time and weekend.

The course of Animation, Discover Animation and VFX, offers the possibility of learning techniques of modeling, animation, lighting and visual effects that are used for the production of series, application of digital visual effects, and audiovisual content and video games. During the course students will create their own 3D character, such as those that appear in cartoons, 3D movies or video games.

In architecture, Be an Architect in Barcelona will be a practical experience getting into the architecture of the city of Barcelona. It is specially designed for high school students who are considering studying Architecture or Design. The content of the course is based on a practical exercise that will be the focus of the entire program: re-imagine the famous Barcelona Pavilion by Mies van der Rohe. Classes will provide students with the opportunity to learn more about space design, practical skills such as dimensioning and modeling, and basic history and theory that will serve as the foundation for any pre-university student interested in architecture and design.

 

How can I make a social robot? How can I make him feel emotions? How can I feed it with information through the connection with social networks? In this engineering course focused on robotics, the challenge will be to identify an unresolved or poorly solved problem in our society, see how it is solved in nature, and design a robot that solves it. For this, a robotic prototype will be designed using Design Thinking techniques and following the requirements of Human Factors Engineering. The first concept prototype using resources and rapid prototyping materials.

In management, the pre-university course of Business for Young Leaders is specially designed for high school students interested in the areas of business management, innovation, new technologies, digitalization, sport management, entrepreneurship ... who are considering studying and developing their professional career in a of these areas. Students will learn the techniques of leadership, innovation, entrepreneurship, digital marketing, etc. applying new technologies in the business world, to be prepared for the challenges of the future.

It is possible to consult all the information here