Category Archives: Summer School 2010. Fab Labs and Informalism

IaaC Summer School Final Presentation- Intersticial Spaces and Rancho Digital projects

By iaac | Published: August 13, 2010

Final Presentation
Rancho Digital and the Intersticial spaces are projects developed at Fab Labs and Informalism Workshop of the IaaC Summer School 2010, which took place at IaaC and Fab Lab Bcn in August 2010.
The Final Presentation took place on August 11th with the visit of the Dean of the Universidad Central de Venezuela, Cicilia Arocha, IaaC Director Vicente Guallart, IaaC Co-Director Willy Muller, and local and international visitors. 40 students, professors and professionals joined together to make this projects possible in 2 weeks of design, fabrication and assembly.

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IaaC Summer School – 1:1 Construction Phase

By iaac | Published: August 7, 2010


Parametric Model

The rancho digital is being constructed now in the Fab Lab. Each team is producing one to one prototypes of the different parts of the habitable space, 12 sqmt made out of the scraps from the Fab Lab House project. Ceiling, Structure, Enclosure, Ground Floor, Formwork…all parts are becoming toghether in one prototype. The Informalism Agenda is a research project that brings together the low tech and the high tech, the architecture from the barrio with the advanced architecture, the auto-fabrication with the personal fabrication at Fab Labs. Next August 11th will be the official presentation of the Rancho Digital. Read More »

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IaaC Summer School. Finishing Phase 1

By iaac | Published: August 2, 2010


International team final review

Scaling up prototypes, beach review and project definition. IaaC Summer School enters in phase two, which consists in the parametric design, testing and production of one to one scale prototypes in informal housing and temporary shelters for intersticial spaces in Caracas city. 40 students from Universidad Central de Venezuela in Caracas are developing and fabricating new proposals based on the “barrio” technology and digital fabrication equipment at Fab Lab Barcelona in IaaC. The goal will be accomplish next august 11th, with the final review and exhibition of the prototypes produced.
More at: http://www.fablabbcn.org/informalism

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