Everyday life at the Institute for advanced architecture of Catalonia
Today were the final presentations for the Bifurcation seminar led by Mark Burry, Senior Architect of the Sagrada Familia. Inspired by Gaudi´s columns in Sagrada familia, the workshop explored firstly the possibilities linked to the description and representation of columns and the creation of a potentially underlying geometrical guide, and secondly, how to branch columns and [...]
Tonight our guest lecturer Oscar Tomico, invited as part of the spring Lecture Series 2015, discussed innovation in the form of the combination of soft materials with high technology with us, and which has led to the development of so-called Smart Textiles. These are of strategic importance for the European textile industry to sustain their [...]
As part of the IAAC Spring Lecture Series 2015 we had the pleasure of hosting Laura Andreini, member of Archea Associati, one of the 5 finalists for the Mies van der Rohe European contemporary architecture awards for 2015. Laura presented 3 works of Archea Associati, the CANTINE ANTINORI (Mies EU finalist project), YANQING GRAPE EXPO, and [...]