Everyday life at the Institute for advanced architecture of Catalonia
We identified our site as one of the main boulevards and promenades along the coastline of Mumbai. It is the Marina Drive – a 3 km long 6 lane boulevard and a pedestrian promenade along the sea front, that is part of the most attractive residential and catering facilities. There seemed to be a gap [...]
As the time for the Solar Decathlon competition is approaching, IaaC is filled with energy of students (both IaaC and FabAcademy), Solar house researchers, faculty and participants finishing its assembly which is composed of over 1500 pieces milled from 2.5mx12m LVL (Laminated Veneer Lumber) panels. The construction of every part requiring different techniques. They have been designed and fabricated [...]
The Reasearch Studio for Self-Sufficient Building ended with Students presenting their work for invited jury Professor Trilochan Chhaya( Dean of BSSA, Mumbai),Ignasi Pérez Arnal global ecoforum/IgnasiPerezArnal, JOSEPH BOHIGAS Architect, M.Arch (Columbia), Professor at Escola de Disseny Elisav a (Pompeu Fabra), Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, lUniversidad de Salamanca and Cátedra Mies de la Escola Técnica Superior [...]
The intervention area of our group is the coastal zone of the Colada slum, within the Back Bay Reclamation Gulf. The main characteristic of this zone is the disconnection between the slum and the sea, which is being prevented by an intermediate mangrove belt. This has resulted to the ‘isolation’ of the slum inhabitants from the sea, [...]
BSSA-IAAC JOINT WORSHOP Sea Sand Structures, the workshop emphasizes the transition in topography and program as two crucial interrelated aspects at ´fringe´conditions. By focussing on this way of reading the site, the workshop will encourage ‘invention’ of new programs as a process of urban development as opposed to the techniques of working extremely with context [...]