Monthly Archives: April 2011

Visiting Students: UNIBE

This week IAAC is hosting undergraduate architecture students from Universidad Iberoamericana in the Dominican Republic. The students, led by IAAC Alum Bianny Poueriet Galarza, have been taking a 4-day (express) Digital Fabrication class using CNC cutting techniques in the Fab Lab BCN with Tomas Diez, Fab Lab Barcelona Project Manager..

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Phase III Seminar Preview: Material Systems

Seminar: Material, Materiality and Material Systems Faculty: Claudia Pasquero, Marco Poleto (EcoLogicStudio) In Phase III of the Masters in Advanced Architecture students will continue to work on their final projects in their Research Studios and they will also attend three seminars that cover a wide variety of topics. The Material Systems seminar will investigate the [...]

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MAA Final Projects: Inverted Topography and Public Space Below

MAA Student: Luz Michelle Lavayen (Panama) Research Studio: Self- Sufficient Buildings Studio Instructor: Vicente Guallart, IAAC Director Project Goal: Create a self-sufficient urban block for 22@, Barcelona. Student’s Summary: “The main concepts for developing a self-sufficient city block  were to free the ground level, create an underground patio and use it as a public green space in [...]

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MAA Final Projects: Following the Sun in Eixample

MAA Student: Javier Gonzalez (Spain) Research Studio: Self-Sufficient Buildings Studio Instructor: Vicente Guallart, IAAC Director Project Goal: Create a self-sufficient urban block for 22@, Barcelona. Student Summary: Trying to look to the past by adapting the proposal to Ildefons Cerdá’s urban structure to keep the character of the city (not only adjusting the façades to [...]

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MAA Final Projects: Ancient Inspiration on Water Cycling

MAA Student: Hugo Carvallo (Peru) Research Studio: Self- Sufficient Buildings Studio Instructor: Vicente Guallart, IAAC Director Project Goal: Create a self-sufficient urban block for 22@, Barcelona. Student’s Summary: “The metabolism of the building/block [project] for the Self-Sufficient Building Studio is based on water. Water as a natural element not only provides life to the animals [...]

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A Royal Reception for IAAC in Tel Aviv

(Above- IAAC Staff Areti Markopoulou and Luis Fraguada (left) introduce Parameter: Digital Collaborative Design to Felipe de Borbon y Grecia and Letizia Ortiz Rocasolano) On April 10, 2011, in the presence of Their Royal Heighnesses Felipe de Borbon y Grecia and Letizia Ortiz Rocasolano of Spain, IAAC Global School Director Areti Markopoulou and IAAC Digital [...]

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Regenerar Barcelona: The Xavier Trias project for the city

(Above- Xavier Trias, candidate for Mayor of Barcelona, introducing the plan to Regenerate Barcelona) Earlier today, IAAC hosted a collaborative event with Xavier Trias, candidate for Mayor of Barcelona. IAAC Director, Vicente Guallart presented a plan Regenerate Barcelona and to make it a world leader in energy efficiency. The plan presented today explored how to [...]

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