Monthly Archives: November 2014

Monday 1st of December // Aaron Betsky // The Architecture of Hunting and Gathering

IAAC Fall Lecture Series 2014 Monday 1st of December 2014 Aaron Betsky Lecture: The Architecture of Hunting and Gathering   @ 19.30, IAAC Auditorium Open to the Public   AARON BETSKY Aaron Betsky is a critic, curator, educator, lecturer, and writer on architecture and design, who, from 2006 to January 2014, was the director of [...]

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Built by Associative Data // BAD Bits

Tonight we had the pleasure of hosting BAD – Built by Associative Data, presented by Ali Basbous and Luis Fraguada, both IAAC Alumni, as part of the 2014 Fall Lecture Series. Through the presentation of a series of their projects, Ali and Luis showed how with each project BAD strives to give a simple answer [...]

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GreenARCH EU Project // 2nd Meeting in Prague

Partners and FOAT met for the second time on the 9th and 10th of October 2014 in Prague, hosted by CCEA. During the first day, after a short wrap up of the previous meeting, partners start discussing contexts in which competition programming develop. During the discussion, the partnership achieved three important shared definitions: YOUNG = [...]

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GreenARCH EU Project // 2nd Newsletter

The second number of the newsletter of the GreenARCH project is on line. Read about the new European Directive related to public procurement and the seven definitions of competition. Click here to read the newsletter!

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IS.1 G1/ Torre Baró – Energy District // MID TERM PRESENTATIONS

Today we had the Introductory Studio G1 Mid Term Presentations. The Studio led by Claudia Pasquero and Carmelo Zappulla investigates how to turn a landscape into a productive one. How do water, solar energy, wind or biological processes affect sustainable design cycles for structures and landscape? The Studio site is that of Torre Baró, developed [...]

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IS.2 G2/ Torre Baró – Energy District // MID TERM PRESENTATIONS

Today we had the Introductory Studio G2 Mid Term Presentations. The Studio led by Edouard Cabay, assisted by Rodrigo Aguirre, investigates form finding as a tool to develop landscape into a productive one. How can form follow energy and production? The Studio site is that of Torre Baró, developed in the framework of a competition, [...]

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Tuesday 25th of November // Built by Associative Data // BAD Bits

IAAC Fall Lecture Series 2014 Tuesday 25th of November 2014 Built by Assoiciative Data – Ali Basbous + Luis Fraguada Lecture: BAD Bits   @ 19.30, IAAC Auditorium Open to the Public   ALI BASBOUS - IAAC Alumni Ali Basbous (Beirut, 1973) is the Founder and Director of BAD; A Canadian, Lebanese Architect living between Barcelona and [...]

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