Monthly Archives: March 2012

RS3 Research Trip continues with more visits and presentations!

Rs3 in front of La Defence Offices from, UN studio at Almere, Netherlands RS3 group continues their intensive research trip in Holland and Belgium. Some of their stops included the La defence Offices Building by UN studio and Groninger Museum. RS3 visited TU Delft and the Hyper-Body research team where they presented some of their [...]

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RS1- At Yokohama Port Terminal Japan

Rs1 group today checked in Yokohama International Port Terminal by Foreign Office Architects, a case study for the Rs1 MAA students that are working on the Port of  Barcelona.

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Fab Academy Barcelona 2012 mid term sessions

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The Fab Lab Barcelona is one of the super-nodes of the Fab Academy program worldwide, which supervises the mechanisms, implications and applications of digital fabrication. The Fab Academy is a modular course offered by the Fab Lab Network, with the participation of 19 labs (Amsterdam, Nairobi, Providence, Lima, Jeddah, among others) and more than 70 [...]

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MIT students visit Endesa Pavillion, 22@ area and Forum architecture

MIT students at Endesa Pavillion. Sunday bike architectural tour around 22@ disctrict visiting among others the Ruiz-Geli MediaTIC, Miralles Diagonal Mar Park, Herzog&deMeuron Forum Auditorium and Lapeña&ElíasTorres photovoltaic pergolas.

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MIT & IAAC visit to 22@ office

The workshop started with a lecture on Poble Nou evolution: Discussion emerged afterwards on issues such as urban strategies of retrofitting urban fabrics or densification and scale.

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RS1 Studio in Japan Vs. RS3 Studio in Holland & Belgium

RS1 participants fly to Japan to experience Japanese Architecture and the City, to follow up with Tokyo´s Urban development and it´s interdisciplinary plan, an urban setting that allows  different economic activities to grow, as one of the 3 ¨command centers¨ of the world. The Rs2 MAA students are to experience the diversities of this country by [...]

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Term II Final Reviews /RS2 Self Sufficient Buildings

Javier Peña discussing on 22@ filtrating towers project, with Josep Mias (MIAS Architects), Javier Jimenez Iniesta (Architect) and Jordi Pages i Ramon & Lluís Viu (Max de Cusa Architects) as invited jury. More pics after the read more…

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