Monthly Archives: May 2011

Digital Tectonics Midterm Reviews

By iaac | Published: May 31, 2011

In Final Phases of the Masters in Advanced Architecture program students attend one of three Research Studios: Self-Sufficient Buildings, Digital Tectonics or Emergent Territories. At the end of Phase II MAA Students presented their initial proposals. Throughout Phase III they will refine this research for their final presentations. On Tuesday, the Digital Tectonics studio presented [...]

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Development Studios Midterm Reviews

By iaac | Published: May 30, 2011

In Final Phases of the Masters in Advanced Architecture program students attend one of three Research Studios: Self-Sufficient Buildings, Digital Tectonics or Emergent Territories. At the end of Phase II MAA Students presented their initial proposals. Throughout Phase III they will refine this research for their final presentations. Last week, MAA Students in the Emergent [...]

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IAAC Students in Smart Urban Stage

By iaac | Published: May 26, 2011

(Above: IAAC MAA Students at the Smart Urban Stage exhibition opening on 19 May) The Smart Urban Stage exhibition in Barcelona (open until 13 June) features the work of IAAC MAA Students. The projects featured are the work of two groups: “Sustainable Tourism in Barcelona” by Laura Molina Arauju (Dominican Rebulic), Harshad Sutar (India), Gamze [...]

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Seminar Project Presentations: Material Systems

By iaac | Published: May 25, 2011

This week, for the final review of the Material Systems seminar MAA students presented their projects to the Seminar instructors and IAAC staff and external jury (Eduard Cabay, Cloud 9). The Material Systems seminar investigated the relationship between material, materiality and material systems in the realm of architecture, the seminar was discussed further in a [...]

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DHUB FAB at Nits dels Museus

By iaac | Published: May 23, 2011

Nits dels Museus is a one night event in which all museums of Barcelona are open until 1am for free, during the second weekend of May. During this night the DHUB FAB, located at the exhibition Fabrication Laboratory (Curated by Marta Male-Alemany and produced by IAAC), offered the open lab sessions, an opportunity for anyone [...]

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IAAC Students at Construmat 2011

By iaac | Published: May 20, 2011

(Above: Javier Peña explaining to students how to use a solar collector like a new façade) This week MAA students in the Self Sufficient Buildings Development Studio took a trip to Construmat 2011 with studio instructor, Javier Peña. Construmat is an annual trade show for the construction industry held in Barcelona. This year over 1,300 [...]

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Seminar Project: Material Systems

By iaac | Published: May 19, 2011

MAA Student Martin Firera Allessandri (Italy) is working on his project for the Material Systems Seminar final which will be next week. Led by Claudia Pasquero and Marco Poleto (EcoLogicStudio), the Material Systems seminar is investigating the relationship between material, materiality and material systems in the realm of architecture. To learn more about the Material [...]

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