Monthly Archives: April 2011

MAA Research Trips: Off To the Races

(Above- RS2 at Yas Marina F1 Circuit, Abu Dhabi. IAAC Tweet: “RS2 at Formula 1 Karts! The group had amazing loop times…”) Students in the Masters in Advanced Architecture Program are split into three Research Studios (RS1: Emergent Territories, RS2: Self Sufficient Buildings, RS3 Digital Tectonics). This past week each explored a different part of [...]

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MAA Research Trips: The Hong Kong Project

Students in the Masters in Advanced Architecture Program are split into three Research Studios (RS1: Emergent Territories, RS2: Self Sufficient Buildings, RS3 Digital Tectonics). This week each will be exploring a different part of the world. Each trip is related to the focus of each Research and Development Studio. It is Friday and the groups [...]

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MAA Research Trips: Munich Stadiums, Abu Dhabi Museums, Hong Kong Housing

(Above- RS3 at the Olympic Stadium in Munich. IAAC Tweet “RS3 studio @ Frei Otto’s Stadium, 2h tour on the canopy, walking + jumping on the 70000 m2 of cable net roof! Unforgetable experience!”) Students in the Masters in Advanced Architecture Program are split into three Research Studios (RS1: Emergent Territories, RS2: Self Sufficient Buildings, [...]

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Urban Feeds at Smart Geometry 2011

Urban Feeds Team: Olivier Gras, Elsa Wifstrand, Federico Giacomarra, Scott Leinwebe, Bernadette Luger, Dimitris Papadopoulous, Woo Jae Sung, Felipe Pecegueiro, Morten, Bulow, Luis Fraguada, Tomas Diez Smart Geometry 2011 just finished last Saturday, after an intense week of workshops, talks and conferences, all orbiting around the mean of Data, its uses and applications into architecture [...]

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MAA Research Trips: Following the MAA Curriculum Around the World

(RS2 Self Sufficient Buildings: Students discuss sustainable urban planning in Masdar City) Students in the Masters in Advanced Architecture Program are split into three Research Studios (RS1: Emergent Territories, RS2: Self Sufficient Buildings, RS3 Digital Tectonics). This week each will be exploring a different part of the world. As we have mentioned, each trip is [...]

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MAA Research Trips: Digital Fabrication in Zurich, Masdar City, Macau

(RS3 Checking in outside ETH, the group on foam furniture fabricated by robots) Students in the Masters in Advanced Architecture Program are split into three Research Studios (RS1: Emergent Territories, RS2: Self Sufficient Buildings, RS3 Digital Tectonics). This week each will be exploring a different part of the world. Each trip is related to the [...]

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Fab Academy Update: 1st Half Complete

Every week since the beginning of January, Barcelona Fab Academy students have been working on a different assignment learning about digital fabrication tools and techniques. On this second edition, the Fab Academy has more than 50 participants from all over the world learning and sharing knowledge together through the Fab Lab Network. The students are [...]

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