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Open Thesis Fabrication Lectures Series
The first week of the Open Thesis Fabrication introduced to the students the techniques and methods for the manipulation of different materials. Five leading companies,working in different materials each, presented their work, shared their knowledge and their unique results. The materials presented were glass, metal, concrete and wood. At the end the student had a deep perspective of the restrictions as well as the freedoms that each material can offer with an extended understanding of their performances in complex geometries. The companies that participated in the lecture series are : Cricursa / glass experts, Escofet/concrete experts , Imar /metal experts, Fupicsa and Finnforest/wood experts.
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Tel Aviv- IaaC Summer Workshop Final Presentations
Tel Aviv- IaaC Summer Workshop
The IaaC Summer School has continued with Students from the College of Management Academic Studies_Department of Architecture from Tel-Aviv www.colman.ac with their Faculty – Arielle Blonder and Guy austern. This workshop was done by Faculty from IaaC Areti Markopoulou and Luis Fraguada with the support of Jacek Markusiewicz, Ander Gortazar, Jeffrey Clarke, James Brazil and Melat Assefa.
This workshop started from students doing an urban intervention in Tel-Aviv while also projecting these characteristics of their approach of design in some parts of Barcelona. Through the process they also use the machines and tools available at IaaC to test and experiment their work in progress.
IaaC Summer School_Fab Labs and Informalism
Faculty Luis Fraguada and Professor Javier Caricatto introducing the courses
IaaC summer school has started on the 19th of June 2010, With previous projects like the HyperHabitat (www.hyperhabitat.net), the FabLab House (www.fablabhouse.com) which were part of the XI Venice Biennale Architecture and The Solar Decathlon Europe respectively, This year the theme is ” FAB LABS AND INFORMALISM – High tech vs. Low Tech, Self Fabrication 2.0” where the study focuses on informal phenomena and possible connections with digital fabrication and associative design.It is a collaboration of IaaC, FabLab BCN and FAU-UCV (Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism, University Central of Venezuela).
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IaaC GRADUATION CEREMONY YEAR 2009/2010
Iaac community during graduation ceremony
IaaC Academic year has come to an end. The Masters class has finished, students have finished the nine months full of intense classes, workshops and courses, the Fablab House research and Fab Academy have also finished.With a lot of events and happenings in the school this year – FabLab House, Dhub exhibition, Smart Geometry workshop amongst others – IaaC has been an experience for both Faculty and students. The IaaC community had students from more than 28 different countries coming from every continent to participate in these various courses. This provided the opportunity for all to have different experiences in terms of culture and academics.
FabLab House on Life.com
FabLab House has been named one of the very coolest Solar homes on Life.com, a magazine representing the most amazing collection of professional photography on the web. More information about this can be found at life.com/image/102299344/in-gallery/44991/very-cool-solar-homes and more about the FabLab house can be found at www.fablabhouse.com
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