Monthly Archives: October 2011

IC.4 Digital Tools: Rhino class – 2nd session

The Digital tools class is oriented to facilitate the students with the knowledge of contemporary design tools in order to enable 3D and 2D strategies for design and representation. This seminar class is tutored by Luis Fraguada with the assistance of  Amay Uday Gurkar .

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Inauguration MAA – Opening Lecture Thom Mayne

Above image, Antoni Vives and Marta Malé-Alemany  Last Friday IAAC inaugurated the Master in Advanced Architecture 2011/12. The inauguration started with a welcome speech from the Rector of UPC Antoni Giró , the president of IAAC Javier Niéto and Antoni Vives the Deputy Mayor of the urban Habitat of Barcelona at the Barcelona City Hall. [...]

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Introductory Studio Lecture – Salvador Rueda

Salvador Rueda , is the director of the ¨Ecologia Urbana¨since 2000. Sarvador Rueda is a biology scientist that holds as well a diploma in Energy management, a diploma in Environmental Engineering and has a licence of Psycology. Salvador Rueda had a lecture about the structure of the city plan of Barcelona and the reasons for [...]

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MAA Inauguration – Opening Lecture Thom Mayne

IAAC today opens its doors to the public for the inauguration of the Master in Advanced Architecture 2011-12. The inauguration of the Master will start with special short speeches from the invited participants: Antoni Giró, Rector, Politechnic University of Catalunya, UPC Antoni Vives, Deputy Mayor of Barcelona, Barcelona City Hall Javier Nieto, President, IAAC Board [...]

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MAA_Introductory Studio

The MAA students started working in groups for the introductory studio class. The  studio ¨Barcelona Superblocks Many Slow Cities into a Smart City¨ focuses on the city of Barcelona and the challenges that it faces in terms of information, sustainability, ecology,fabrication.The students are working  on ideas of inclusive urban experience towards models  of coexistence,  of  [...]

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MAA_Digital Fabrication Seminar Intro.

Digital Fabrication Seminar Introductory class. The seminar Digital Fabrication is tutored by Marta Malé-Alemany ( IAAC acting Director) ,Jose Pedro Sousa (OPO´Lab/Porto) and Edouard Cabay (Cloud9/Barcelona) with the assistance of  Jordi Portell and Miquel LLoveras. The digital Fabrication course is intended to initiate students in the use of advanced digital design methods and fabrication processes. [...]

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MAA 2011/12 – Students Welcome

IAAC welcomed the passed week students from 29 countries in the ¨students welcome¨ of the MAA, Master in Advanced Architecture and its 11th editition. The president of IAAC :  Javier Nieto, the director of IAAC : Marta Malé Alemany, the director of the master :  Areti Markopoulou as well as the founders of IAAC :  [...]

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