Everyday life at the Institute for advanced architecture of Catalonia
Today, day 2 of the Global Summer School, began the Analysis phase of the GSSBCN where building physicist and solar simulation expert Spyros Stravodavris got in depth with tools for simulating the energy potential of built structures.
In the coming days, participants will understand how to use these tools to calculate the energy potential for building sites and entire territories.
The 2014 Global Summer School on the Next City kicked off today. The morning session in Barcelona was opened with a tour of the Fab Lab Barcelona with Luis Fraguada, showing the diverse machines,and explaining and demonstrating how they function.
We then moved to the Auditorium where the St Petersburg location joined us in streaming for the IAAC Dean Manuel Gausa’s welcome words, as well as an introductory lecture by Luis, discussing what Advanced Architecture is, and what are its potentials towards the Next City. All the students and staff then presented themselves in a few short words.
After lunch, the group went to tour the Next City site in Torre Baró, where the workshop project will be implemented.
The first edition of RESHAPE | digital craft competition, winning projects and wards ceremony at Fab10!
The competition involves several partners: IaaC (Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia), Fablab Barcelona, Solido3d and the Mediterranean Fablab, with the media partnership of Archello, Cityvision, e-architect and 3d-dreaming.
The competition has selected various innovative ideas in the field of design and digital fabrication. The selected projects, and the related manufacturing processes will now be inserted into our online platform and proposed on the market through a specific e-commerce website.
Fabrication is fun, Fab Kids Day 3! Stay tuned for more pics.
For those interested, Fab kids will be at #FabFestival on the 5th and 6th of July, so don’t miss out on your chance to make your life funner with Digital Fabrication! Read More »