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IAAC LECTURE SERIES: ACHIM MENGES

Material Computation in Architecture Computation, in its most basic meaning, refers to the processing of information. In this way, both machinic processes operating in the binary realm of the digital, as well as material processes operating in the complex domain of the physical can be considered computational. The lecture will introduce Achim Menges’ work on [...]

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ACHIM MENGES lecturing at IAAC on the 3rd of June

Achim Menges at IaaC Lecture “Material Computation in Architecture” 3rd of June // 19:30 // IAAC Auditorium // C/Pujades 102 BARCELONA Achim Menges, born 1975, is a registered architect and professor at University of Stuttgart where he is the founding director of the Institute for Computational Design (since 2008).  In addition, he has been Visiting Professor in Architecture at Harvard University’s Graduate [...]

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IAAC LECTURE SERIES: ENRICO DINI

  Tonight at IAAC, Enrico Dini, an italian civil engineer, gave us a lecture explaining how he developed his idea of printing houses. Enrico showed some images about his first attemps, and then he explained how he figured out the whole process. Finally a debate took place and several students could ask and comment some [...]

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Enrico Dini lecturing at IAAC on Thursday 30th at 19:30

Enrico Dini at IaaC Lecture: “D-Shape: petrified algorythms” 30th of May // 19:30 // IAAC Auditorium // C/Pujades 102 BARCELONA Enrico Dini is an Italian civil engineer who spent most of his career in automation and robotics for the footwear industry. Since the late 90′s Enrico came into contact with rapid prototyping techniques used to facilitate [...]

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MAA visiting iGuzzini España HQ

Today a group of MAA students visited iGuzzini España Headquarters in Barcelona, by Josep Miàs – MiAS ARCHITECTS. The offices of the Italian lightening company are located in a spherical glass structure, wrapped in a special fabric solar protector and hanged from a complex central pillar, whereas the showroom and storage area is contained in [...]

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IAAC LECTURES SERIES: STEFANO BOERI

Tonight at IAAC, Stefano Boeri gave us a lecture explaining his way of producing architecture and specially the relation that this field has with politics. Stefano focused on two projects, one related to the harbour architecture, and the other one related with how can we use vegetation as a main element to produce a tower. [...]

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Stefano Boeri lecturing at IAAC on Thursday 23rd at 19:30

Stefano Boeri at IaaC Lecture: “Mar Adentro” 23rd of May // 19:30 // IAAC Auditorium // C/Pujades 102 BARCELONA Stefano Boeri, born in 1956, is a Milan-based architect and founder of “Stefano Boeri Architetti”. From 2004 to 2007 he was editor in chief of Domus international magazine. From 2007 to 2011 he was editor in chief of [...]

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