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Cápsulas Espacio Público – Fin del Plazo de Presentación

Today the Elective Seminar Public Space Capsules led by José Ballesteros and Rodrigo Rubio presented their final works. The seminar aimed to build self-sufficient and interactive prototypes, that were light-weight, temporary and fragile, and able to host one or two people, amid the contemporary urban public space. The prototypes were to be rapidly developed, simple and manageable, as well as capable of confronting themselves with real conditions and the controversies linked to the use of public space.

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II Seminario Internacional Sobre Teoría y Paisaje: Paisaje y emoción. El resurgir de Las Geografías Emocionales.

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Taller con Ronen Kadushin: Tu Diseño – Tu Camino

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An amazing workshop was held this weekend at IAAC with the designer Ronen Kadushin about Open Design:

“As makers convincingly push on to become a cultural movement, they create a new breed of products that is free from traditional product design discipline, and the need to be perfect. These products are an authentic expression of the person or collaboration that created them, and with the practice of openness, successful products are quickly copied and modified. But to reach bigger audiences and have an impact on the way products come into the world, a maker has to consider the aesthetic qualities of hers or his creation, and the manner and content that is communicated through it. This workshop aimed to elaborate authentic expression by introducing a design process based on storytelling. A guided storytelling design process sets a creative environment for generating ideas and concepts, understanding their potential, and developing them into objects that reflect your character and unique way of expression. The workshop was a learning experience where the participants, their qualities, skills, creativity and energy were the focus.”
Ronen Kadushin – Open Design

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IAAC @ BCN LLUM – Data net, Sensing real time behavior

Data net – Sensing real time behaviour is an installation that IAAC was invited design by the Barcelona City Council to within the BCN LLUM festival during the Santa Eulàlia cellebration.

In the courtyard of the museum Marés DATA NET is born, another tree next to the existing ones.This new tree, though, is forming an interactive mesh covering the patio of the museum.
You see the installation illuminated but you also find yourselves, as visitors, participating in the project.
The intensity of the lighting of the installation reacts to the location and the density of the visitors through a series of sensors thatracks people´s movement.
This way, visitors are not only observers of a space but participants in its creation, definition and variation.
DATA NET is reflecting a living organism that moves and evolves according to the data generated by the public.

Authors: IAAC
Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia; Rodrigo Aguirre, Silvia Brandi, Guillem Camprodon, Alexander Dubor, Luis Fraguada, Areti Markopoulou, Anastasia Pistofidou.

Lighthig expert: Pablo Martinez.

3d Scanning: Henrik Leander Evers (CITA Copenhague)

Fabric manipulation: Claudio Marza.

Collaboradors: Moritz Begle, Karen Beyens, Alejandra Diaz de Leon, Blanca Duarte, Robert Garita, Anna Popova, Chirag Rangholia, Aldo Sollazzo, Angeliki Terezaki, Sebastian Varela.

Photo Credits: Filippo Poli

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IAAC WINGS 2014 – Materializing Data through Landscape

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IAAC WINGS 2014 – Workshop in Intensive Networking Games Strategies

Materializing Data through Landscape

100STUDENTS
from over 45 countries

3INSTITUTES
IAAC – Barcelona
UNIGE – Genova
CIEE – United States

2DAYS
17—18 January 2014

2LOCATIONS
IAAC 22@
Valldaura Self Sufficent Labs

1GAME…

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IAAC ROUND TABLE: “BEYOND GREEN” Sustainable 21st Century Global Cities

This evening IAAC had the pleasure of hosting the IAAC Round Table BEYOND GREEN Sustainable 21st Century Global Cities, with the Participation of Ron Beit (Newark Real Estate Board member – RBH Group, USA), Ignacio Jiménez de Laiglesia (Real Estate developer – “Valencia Litoral”, Spain), Mario Chang (Strategic Advisor, USA), Russel De La Rosa (Derosa group architects, Project architect for Four Corners Millenium, part of SOMA Village, USA), and moderated by: Gonzalo Delacámara.

Gonzalo kicked off the debate with some reflections on the future of cities in the 21st Century. How do we find solutions to the problematics posed by these cities?

Beyond green is a reflection on the future of sustainable habitats, sustainability being something that is complex in nature, not unidimentional. Can the answer be in the buildings themselves? Or are we facing a more complex situation?

Dense cities seem to provide a more efficient solution with regards to energy consumption, for example Detroit is much less efficient that a city like Munich.

With reference to the Project of Newark, then presented by Ron Beit, it seems that the city aims to become more global in order to finally enrich its local experience. How can one connect the city of Newark to the world? What makes this city so special?

Also, in the context of finacial vs economic profitability, how can we make compatible development programs and economic profit? and how does this relate to the current macro economic context? Read More »

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Monday 21st of October: IAAC ROUND TABLE: “BEYOND GREEN” Sustainable 21st Century Global Cities

IAAC ROUND TABLE "BEYONG GREEN"
Monday 21st of October 2013
IAAC Round Table: Beyond Green – Sustainable 21st Century Global Cities
@ 19.30, IAAC Auditorium
Open to the Public

 

With the participation of:

Ron Beit (Newark Real Estate Board member – RBH Group, USA)

Ignacio Jiménez de Laiglesia (Real Estate developer – “Valencia Litoral”, Spain)

Mario Chang (Strategic Advisor, USA)

Christian Benedetto (Hopkins, Sampson & Brown Real Estate Advisory Services, USA)

 

Debate moderated by:

Gonzalo Delacámara (Environmental Economist – IMDEA Water Foundation, Spain)

 

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