Everyday life at the Institute for advanced architecture of Catalonia
IAAC today opens its doors to the public for the inauguration of the Master in Advanced Architecture 2011-12. The inauguration of the Master will start with special short speeches from the invited participants: Antoni Giró, Rector, Politechnic University of Catalunya, UPC Antoni Vives, Deputy Mayor of Barcelona, Barcelona City Hall Javier Nieto, President, IAAC Board [...]
The MAA students started working in groups for the introductory studio class. The studio ¨Barcelona Superblocks Many Slow Cities into a Smart City¨ focuses on the city of Barcelona and the challenges that it faces in terms of information, sustainability, ecology,fabrication.The students are working on ideas of inclusive urban experience towards models of coexistence, of [...]
Digital Fabrication Seminar Introductory class. The seminar Digital Fabrication is tutored by Marta Malé-Alemany ( IAAC acting Director) ,Jose Pedro Sousa (OPO´Lab/Porto) and Edouard Cabay (Cloud9/Barcelona) with the assistance of Jordi Portell and Miquel LLoveras. The digital Fabrication course is intended to initiate students in the use of advanced digital design methods and fabrication processes. [...]
IAAC welcomed the passed week students from 29 countries in the ¨students welcome¨ of the MAA, Master in Advanced Architecture and its 11th editition. The president of IAAC : Javier Nieto, the director of IAAC : Marta Malé Alemany, the director of the master : Areti Markopoulou as well as the founders of IAAC : [...]
(Above: OTF Program Director, Marta Malé-Alemany, introducing the 2012 OTF Program) Yesterday, the 2011 Open Thesis Fabrication (OTF) participants gathered for the first time for a presentation by the various industrial partners for this year’s program. The 2011 OTF program has developed a non-profit partnership between IAAC and the following companies: Santa & Cole- Design [...]
Back in August, representatives from IAAC and Fab Lab Barcelona took part in the Fab 7 Conference in Lima, Peru. Fab Lab representatives from all around the world gathered in Lima for a week of sharing ideas and passing along knowledge. Fab 7 is the seventh annual international Fab Lab event hosted by The MIT [...]
(Above: Dreamweaver) The Masters projects by IAAC Alumni from the Digital Tectonics Studio in the 2009/2010 Masters in Advanced Architecture program are currently featured in the current special exhibition (Fab)Bots at Museo San Telmo in San Sebastian. The (Fab)Bots exhibition, created in conjunction with DHUB Barcelona, features these seven IAAC alumni projects: Dreamweaver by Melat [...]