The Department of History and Theory of Architecture engages in research into areas relating to the history of art and architecture, the history of construction, the composition and theory of architecture, aesthetics and the phenomenology of cities. Many of the Department’s outstanding projects have been carried out in collaboration with public bodies such as the Catalan government’s Ministry of Town and Country Planning and Public Works, the Architects’ Institute of Catalonia (COAC) and Barcelona City Council, through the Centre for Contemporary Culture of Barcelona (CCCB). The Department has taken responsibility for the curatorship of several exhibitions on art, architecture and the city that are promoted by these institutions.