Monthly Archives: November 2012

IAAC Masters at VENICE BIENNALE

IAAC Master students and Faculty are visiting this weekend the  13th International  Venice Biennale Architecture Exhibition titled Common Ground, directed by David Chipperfield. With this year’s theme, Common Ground, we go back to talking about architecture to help architects emerge from the crisis of identity they are going through, and at the same time offering [...]

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Smart City Panel

In the context of the Smart City Exhibition that this year took place in Barcelona, IAAC invited Fabien Girardin and Josep Perelló, both leading researchers related to the relationships between cities and technologies. During one of the IAAC courses, they participated in a round table with the MAA and MAI students, exploring the principles and consequences of [...]

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IAAC LECTURE SERIES: FABIAN SCHEURER

Tonight IAAC welcomed the german architect and computer technician Fabian Scheurer, who gave a lecture about the  RELATION BETWEEN DESIGN AND PRODUCTION. Digital technology has widely expanded the solution space for architectural design. Powerful software tools allow the exploration of non-standard forms with intuitive user interfaces, and computer-controlled fabrication equipment create customized building components at almost [...]

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Oficial launch of City Protocol Society_Smart City Expo 2012

On Tuesday, November 13, within the Smart City Expo World Congress 2012 Barcelona City Council presented the City Protocol Society, the Global Alliance that was created with the support of more than 50 cities, companies, universities and research centers from around the world to define a global, cooperative framework among cities, industries and institutions with the goal to address [...]

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VISUALIZING GLOBAL MARATHON at IAAC

IAAC as academic partner of Visualising.org was this past weekend the Barcelona Hub of 2012 Visualizing Global Marathon.  IAAC hosted over 100 participants from ICFO – The Institute of Photonic Sciences; Universitat Pompeu Fabra; Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya; Escola Tècnica Superior d’Enginyers de Camins, Canals i Ports de Barcelona; Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona; Elisava; IED; Bau [...]

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IAAC LECTURE SERIES: METTE RAMSGARD THOMSEN

Tonight Mette Ramsgard Thomsen gave us a lecture questioning the role of digital in architecture: How can new ways of understanding the digital lead to new ways of understanding the material? Often digital and material are seen as different domains in architectural thinking. By questioning the role of the digital, her talk pointed to new ways [...]

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Desk Crit by METTE RAMSGARD THOMSEN on Open Thesis Fabrication Programme

Today at Open Thesis Fabrication Programme, Mette Ramsgard Thomsen, Professor at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, had a desk crit with students, checking the development of their projects.

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