Everyday life at the Institute for advanced architecture of Catalonia
On the 4th of December we are going to open a new research center of IAAC, situated in the countryside campus of Valldaura. On this day we will celebrate the 852nd anniversary of the first settlement in Valldaura, when a group of Cistercian monks built an ancient Monastery, and to remember this event IAAC Community is going to create [...]
Tonight at IAAC Gonzalo Delacámara, expert on Economic Ambiental Science, gave us a lecture challenging the current dogmas about the energy and economic crisis. During the first part of the lecture Gonzalo Delacámara analysed some of the economical main aspects that are related to the future of our energy, specially in terms of people and goods [...]
Today the MAA students presented the work of the 2nd Digital Fabrication exercise. The aim of this project was to explore 3 dimensional manufacturing processes by the use of the CNC milling machine, and the development of molds for casting pieces. The work has been focused in the design of a construction brick module, the [...]
Tonight Neil Leach gave us a lecture challenging the negative attitude towards technology and computation in general and digital fabrication in particular – an attitude that is still prevalent in certain architectural circles-, and argued instead for a more receptive approach based on the ideas of Gilles Deleuze. The lecture went on to look at [...]
Today IAAC hold the OTF Midterm review, and the professors Luis Fraguada, Javier Peña and Areti Markopoulou commented the research that all the students are developping. The final presentation of all the prototypes will take place on 19 december at IAAC.
Today Neil Leach gave us a Theory Concept class on the MAA program in IAAC, exploring in two different parts the issues of the New Materialism and the Digital Tectonics, which are two of the main concepts in the relationship between the contemporary architecture and phylosophy. During the first part of the class, Neil provided [...]
IAAC Master students and Faculty visited the 25.000 sqm of the Arsenale international venue at the 13th Venice Biennale of architecture, under the Common Ground theme curated by David Chipperfield. The Arsenale is the largest pre-industrial production centre of the world. Today is hosting one of the most important forum for the architectural thought.