Monthly Archives: March 2012

Term II Final Reviews / RS1 – Emergent Territories

The Rs1- Emergent Territories Studio speculates on the concept that architecture should assume a protagonist role in the way cities are conceived, updated and projected, going beyond the scale of a singular building. The concept  of city scale buildings has been present in the architectural discourse of the last century. This topic reappears with diverse [...]

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Term II Final Reviews / RS3 – Digital Tectonics

The jury of the RS3 Final presentations of  MAA Term II consisted of: MAGÍ GALINDO / IQS / LEITAT, SANTIAGO MARTIN GONZALEZ / Univ. Of Oviedo, JORDI TRUCO / ELISABA / HybridA, LUIS FRAGUADA / IAAC / BAD, MAITE BRAVO / IAAC, EDOUARD CABAY/IAAC+ OHAD MEHUYAS (RS3 Alumni) RS3 studio investigates the workflow between computational design and material production methods, exploring the [...]

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Pierre Belanger – Lecture at IAAC

Pierre Bélanger closed his week at IAAC with an Open Lecture after the workshop´s final presentations. Pierre Bélanger is Landscape Architect and Associate Professor at the Hardvard University Graduate School of Design. He is also editor of the Landscape Infraestructures DVD and his most recent publication include Regionalization, Redefining Infraestructure and Landscape as Infraestructure. During the [...]

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S4 – Landscape Infrastructure

S4_Landscape Infrastructure seminar: taught by Harvard professor Pierre Bélanger with the assistance of Margherita Neri. It was an intensive week for both students and tutors. Lectures, round tables discussions and teamwork were the main activities. Students have carried out mapping work in different areas and at different scales within the field of landscape infraestructure. From the national to the international scale, covering topics as diverse as waste treatment, energy, water, mobility or Internet connections.

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EcoLogicStudio_Open Lecture

After the end of the Seminar with the MAA students Ecologic Studio, Claudia Pasquero and Marco Polleto (Through video connection from London) presented their work as it is being developed at their office and in other schools were they teach. They presented their latest project : H.O.R.T.U.S. A prototype of urban gardening that establishes a [...]

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#4_S7 MATTER, MATERIALITY AND MATERIAL ORGANIZATION IN ARCHITECTURE v2.0

The final structure will stay at IAAC for the following months while the students will continue interacting with it.

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Q Valldaura Workshop Land 2012

In recent years, IAAC has developed different workshops in the natural environment in order to experience the relationship between architecture and nature. Can Valldaura will become IAAC’s second campus and is located in Collserola Park, the centre of the metropolitan area. The second campus will be a large park for innovation that will feature the [...]

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