Everyday life at the Institute for advanced architecture of Catalonia
(Above: IAAC MAA Students at the Smart Urban Stage exhibition opening on 19 May) The Smart Urban Stage exhibition in Barcelona (open until 13 June) features the work of IAAC MAA Students. The projects featured are the work of two groups: “Sustainable Tourism in Barcelona” by Laura Molina Arauju (Dominican Rebulic), Harshad Sutar (India), Gamze [...]
This week, for the final review of the Material Systems seminar MAA students presented their projects to the Seminar instructors and IAAC staff and external jury (Eduard Cabay, Cloud 9). The Material Systems seminar investigated the relationship between material, materiality and material systems in the realm of architecture, the seminar was discussed further in a [...]
(Above: Javier Peña explaining to students how to use a solar collector like a new façade) This week MAA students in the Self Sufficient Buildings Development Studio took a trip to Construmat 2011 with studio instructor, Javier Peña. Construmat is an annual trade show for the construction industry held in Barcelona. This year over 1,300 [...]
MAA Student Martin Firera Allessandri (Italy) is working on his project for the Material Systems Seminar final which will be next week. Led by Claudia Pasquero and Marco Poleto (EcoLogicStudio), the Material Systems seminar is investigating the relationship between material, materiality and material systems in the realm of architecture. To learn more about the Material [...]
Seminar: Multidisciplinar Optimization Faculty: Santiago Marin (Vortica) In Phase III of the Masters in Advanced Architecture students will continue to work on their final projects in their Development Studios and they will also attend three seminars that cover a wide variety of topics. The Multidisciplinar Optimization seminar will be divided into three different sessions. During [...]
On Friday, the 13th of May, IAAC welcomed Farshid Moussavi who gave a lecture titled “Form and Ornament”. Farshid Moussavi is an architect, educator and co-founder of Foreign Office Architects (FOA). She is Professor in Practice of Architecture at Harvard University. She has published two books based on her work at Harvard, The Function of Forms and The Function [...]