IAAC Blog » analysis phase http://legacy.iaacblog.com Everyday life at the Institute for advanced architecture of Catalonia Wed, 07 Oct 2015 10:24:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 GSS2014 The Next City // day 4 http://legacy.iaacblog.com/blog/2014/gss2014-the-next-city-day-4/ http://legacy.iaacblog.com/blog/2014/gss2014-the-next-city-day-4/#comments Sat, 12 Jul 2014 12:53:55 +0000 admin http://legacy.iaacblog.com/?p=12192
Today, day 4 of the Global Summer School, the Analysis phase of the GSSBCN continued with Spyros Stravodavris, further developing the site specific feasibility study.

In the afternoon, the GSS2014 BCN group headed off to the Sagrada Familia, where they were given and explanation on the development of the project, as well as a technical tour of the construction site.

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Today, day 3 of the Global Summer School, the Analysis phase of the GSSBCN continued with Spyros Stravodavris, using tools to assess the solar potential of the site and identifying the optimum areas for the installation of solar renewables to meet energy demands, through the development of a feasibility study.

In the evening, we were joined by Vicente Guallart, Chief architect of the City Council of Barcelona and one of the founders of IAAC, who presented his vision of the Next City, or more accurately the next Barcelona: Barcelona 5.0. The lecture was followed by a discussion with Vicente, the students of the Global Summer School, and IaaC Master Program Director Areti Markopoulou.

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