Everyday life at the Institute for advanced architecture of Catalonia
The concept behind the DUNEhouse project is to create a flexible tool* more than a design where the client has the possibility to define his own house. Mainly, the idea is based on a system composed by different volumes where each of them represents a program or a cluster of it (bedroom and bathroom, kitchen, [...]
Faculty Luis Fraguada and Professor Javier Caricatto introducing the courses IaaC summer school has started on the 19th of June 2010, With previous projects like the HyperHabitat (www.hyperhabitat.net), the FabLab House (www.fablabhouse.com) which were part of the XI Venice Biennale Architecture and The Solar Decathlon Europe respectively, This year the theme is ” FAB LABS [...]
Emil Burulyanov The project concluded with a clear proposal for a series of ramps, creating a fluid pathway around the existing pier, easing access from lower and providing additional access from the upper alley level. Through programmatic, volumetric and spacial studies, each of the ramps was manually manipulated to extend or contract providing each of [...]
Iaac community during graduation ceremony IaaC Academic year has come to an end. The Masters class has finished, students have finished the nine months full of intense classes, workshops and courses, the Fablab House research and Fab Academy have also finished.With a lot of events and happenings in the school this year – FabLab House, [...]
Multiple Results – Derived as process-based designs by using the tools provided by the new means of technology and know how, students presented their work With Jordi Pagès i Ramon and Lluis Viu and guest critics Faculty Marta Malé-Alemany, faculty Areti Markopoulou, faculty Olaf Gipser and guests Eduardo Gutierrez from On-a architects www.on-a.es and Denis [...]
Master Project Theme IV has finished off with students presenting their works to Tutors Olaf Gipser, Marta Malé-Alemany and guest critics Dana Cuff from UCLA www.spa.ucla.edu/dept.faculty, Claudia Pasquero and Marco Poletto from Ecologic Studio www.ecologicstudio.com. Opening up different aspects of conversations while presentations were taking place, Students works were various topics with different approaches. The FabBots [...]
The Eco-Machinic Apparatus- a systematic thinking which provides the cultural subsratum for an understanding of the relation ship between cause and effect, Making operational insturements for the organization of complex systems. The Master Project I has finished off with students presenting this apparatus along with a series of experiments and videos they have done. Discussions [...]