Everyday life at the Institute for advanced architecture of Catalonia
Final reviews of Selfsufficient Studio RS2, tutored by Javier Peña and Rodrigo Rubio, took place on tuesday 26, closing the studio presentations. After a first approach to the research, by the means of abstract environmental physical prototyping, and after a first test-bed performed at PobleNou’s 22@, students applied their experimental lines on Torre Baró neighborhood, [...]
In response to the main topic of the Studio: ‘provide material processes for building with additive manufacturing techniques on site, using highly available/local materials’, the results of this year’s Digital Tectonics Research Studio show a wide range of solutions that go beyond the obvious and open up new paths for architecture and design. A diverse and highly qualified jury [...]
MAA 2011-12 started yesterday the final week of the Master with the presentations of Emergent Territories studio, tutored by Willy Müller and Maite Bravo. Exploring the Port of Barcelona and the ways that an already constructed city could adapt to new realities, offering at the same time to the citizens a flexible and responsive to their needs environment, the students [...]
To mark the closure of the Master in Advanced Architecture 2011-2012, IAAC organized a roundtable of experts and projected Yona Friedman´s interview by Willy Müller and Marta Malé-Alemany at his studio in Paris. After the screening of the interview containing the statements and views of one of the most influential theorists of architecture and urban [...]
Nikos A. Salingaros is a mathematician and polymath known for his work on urban, architectural, complexity and design philosophy and theory. Salingaros has a harsh critical analysis of conventional modern architecture. He began to explore the deep connection between science and architecture and writing papers looking at architectural problems in a scientific way making important [...]
Katrin Bohn in her lecture: ¨WHAT ABOUT URBAN AGRICULTURE? Designing productive urban landscapes for sustainable cities¨, yesterday at IAAC, talked about landscape ¨gestures¨ in the cities, landscape networks and agricultural opportunities given to the citizens of metropolitan cities. A package of ¨know how¨ and ¨try out¨ is offered to the citizens by projects that share [...]