Monthly Archives: January 2013

Vote! “Building of the Year 2012″ Archdaily nominations: Endesa Pavilion

Archdaily, the most visited architecture blog in the world, for the 4th consecutive year, presents the Building of the Year Awards naming Endesa Pavilion amongst the nominates. Vote for it by clicking on the Nominate button here

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IAAC LECTURE SERIES: LUCY BULLIVANT

Tonight the critic and architecture curator Lucy Bullivant gave us a lecture questioning the role of the concept of “master plan” in the current urban developments. During the lecture, Lucy explained us that we need to achieve cross-scalar, social-ecological resilience through adaptive systems in order to achieve a relational urbanism that matches the way we conceive [...]

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IAAC LECTURE SERIES: HERNAN DIAZ ALONSO

Tonight at IAAC Hernan Diaz Alonso gave us a lecture questioning the role of the architecture in the current context. Hernan is principal and founder of the LA based design practice Xefirotarch. Considered one of the most influential voices of his generation, before becoming the Graduate Programs Chair at SCI-Arc, he has served for several years as [...]

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Theory Master Class by Manel Gausa

Today at IAAC Manel Gausa gave us a Theory Master Class exploring the figure of the architect through the history of architecture. The role of the architect have been changing since the first architecture exercise, merging with the socio-political context of each history period. Gausa explained this evolution through concepts as “representation”, “tool” or “construction”, [...]

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RS1 Workshop Peter Trummer & Hernan Diaz Alonso

The Emergent Territories Studio conducted an intensive weekend seminar directed by Peter Trummer and Herman Diaz Alonso. The term started with an introduction by Willy Muller and Maite Bravo, explaining the studio research agenda, evolution, future expectations, and this year’s new collaboration with SCIARC. A detailed lecture by Joaquim Calafi from Barcelona Regional introduced the [...]

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City Sense Book Release

“City Sense: Shaping our Environment with Real-Time Data” This publication compiles the winning and the finalist entries of the City Sense competition, organized by the Institute of Advanced Architecture. The competition was open to architects, engineers, planners, designers and artists who wanted to contribute to progress in making the world more habitable by developing proposals [...]

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IAAC LECTURE SERIES WINTER PROGRAM

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