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IS1 Introductory Studio – Torre Baró Energy District G1 // FINAL PRESENTATIONS

This year’s group 1 Introductory Studio was developed around a series of questions, posed in reference to the context of Torre Baró: How can we transform a landscape into a productive one? How does water, solar energy, wind or biological processes affect sustainable design cycles for structures and landscape? Which strategies and which technologies are appropriate for such social and environmental [...]

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Wednesday 17th of December // IS1 Introductory Studio – Torre Baró Energy District G1 // FINAL PRESENTATIONS

 

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Thursday 7th of November: ECOLOGICSTUDIO – ENERGY BEYOND NATURE

Thursday 7th of November 2013 ecoLogic Studio Lecture: Ecology Beyond Nature @ 19.30, IAAC Auditorium Open to the Public ECOLOGIC STUDIO Claudia Pasquero and Marco Poletto are co-founders of ecoLogicStudio an architectural and urban design studio involved in digital design and architecture research for the definition of a new ecology of space and behavior. Located [...]

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OTF Desk Crit with George Jeronimidis

Today the IAAC OTF researchers had the pleasure of a desk crit with Prof. Jeronimidis, checking the development of their projects and helping them with his critics. During the presentations, the researchers discussed their proposals and how these could be further elaborated.

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GEORGE JERONIMIDIS LECTURE – Biomimetics and Bioinspiration

Tonight we had the pleasure of taking part in the Fall Lecture Series 2013 George Jeronimidis Lecture on Biomimetics and Bioinspiration. We were invited to think about architecture in relation to biology, for example: plants share many of the same characteristics as buildings, they are fixed in their context, they must accept what nature and [...]

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Tuesday 22nd of October: GEORGE JERONIMIDIS LECTURE – Biomimetics and Bioinspiration

Tuesday 22nd of October 2013 George Jeronimidis Lecture: Biomimetics and Bioinspiration - Smart solutions for functional architecture @ 19.30, IAAC Auditorium Open to the Public  Professor George Jeronimidis is currently Emeritus Professor of Composite Materials Engineering  and Director of the Centre for Biomimetics in the School of Construction Management at the University of Reading.  In 2009 [...]

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