Everyday life at the Institute for advanced architecture of Catalonia
Nader Tehrani introduced several projects designed by officdA (a Boston-based architecture and design firm led by Mr. Tehrani and his principal partner, Monica Ponce de Leon) with the focus on the spatial relationship between floor and ceiling , in terms of design concepts and tectonic processes, that they have used in their works.
Presentation of the devices developed by students during the Arduino workshop, conducted by Victor Vina. Students of RS3 also had a discussion about their final projects with Marta Male-Alemany.
Marta Malé-Alemany on: (FAB)BOTS: Fabrication/Design experiments with customized robotic devices (FAB)BOTS presents a collection of 10 student projects from the Architectural Association (AA) School of Architecture and the Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IAAC), developed in two design studios tutored by Marta Malé-Alemany, in collaboration with Jeroen van Ameijde (in London) and Victor Viña [...]
Desk critics Emergent territories All of the projects discussed in the Critics Desk of Emergent Territories, deal with Barcelona in the future, and strive to develop alternative proposals for improving quality of life and urban mobility.Each Group analyze the urban area in order to assess the potential of the project site in relationship to its [...]
Enric Ruiz, Director of Cloud 9 studio since 1997, introduced the ICT Media building located in 22@ district of Barcelona. The building is conceived as the public forum for communication and meetings between companies and institutions in the world of information technology and communication in Barcelona.
Zero Emission City held in the Emergent territories studio by Maite Bravo It was an exciting lecture on sustainable cities from around the world which explored the progression from the human habitat of the nature to the creation of an informal city structure and finally to the utopia, and how they all lead us toward today’s sustainable [...]