Everyday life at the Institute for advanced architecture of Catalonia
IAAC had the pleasure to welcome one of the ‘ New York Five’. Peter Eisenman came back to Barcelona after 15 years with a lecture at IAAC . Peter Eisenman and “Whither Achitecture?” Wither, as Mr. Eisenman explained, means to dry/to die, whither with “h” on the other hand has another significance: what of …Therefore “what [...]
IAAC launched its first volunteer program at IAAC Can Valldaura forest camp last weekend. 24 students of MAA 2010/11 attended the program collaborating actively in tasks such as opening paths, collecting existing bricks, removing wall layers in an effort of discovering the history of the place and bring back its lost value. During the volunteer [...]
Nader Tehrani introduced several projects designed by officdA (a Boston-based architecture and design firm led by Mr. Tehrani and his principal partner, Monica Ponce de Leon) with the focus on the spatial relationship between floor and ceiling , in terms of design concepts and tectonic processes, that they have used in their works.
Presentation of the devices developed by students during the Arduino workshop, conducted by Victor Vina. Students of RS3 also had a discussion about their final projects with Marta Male-Alemany.
Marta Malé-Alemany on: (FAB)BOTS: Fabrication/Design experiments with customized robotic devices (FAB)BOTS presents a collection of 10 student projects from the Architectural Association (AA) School of Architecture and the Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IAAC), developed in two design studios tutored by Marta Malé-Alemany, in collaboration with Jeroen van Ameijde (in London) and Victor Viña [...]