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Master Project Theme IV: Contextualizing Digital fabrication_Final Presentations

By iaac | Published: July 5, 2010

Master Project Theme IV has finished off with students presenting their works to Tutors Olaf Gipser, Marta Malé-Alemany and guest critics Dana Cuff  from  UCLA  www.spa.ucla.edu/dept.faculty, Claudia Pasquero and Marco Poletto from Ecologic Studio www.ecologicstudio.com. Opening up different aspects of conversations while presentations were taking place, Students works were various topics with different approaches. The FabBots [...]

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IaaC at the Pecha Kucha Barcelona

By iaac | Published: June 29, 2010

With its events happening in hundreds of cities around the world, inspiring creatives worldwide, PechaKucha Night (a japanese term for the sound of “chit chat”  night)  in Barcelona which was on the 18th of june has been presented by IaaC co-director Marta Malé-Alemany, where she presented the the IaaC Masters studio FabBots  and the exhibition at [...]

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Master Project Theme IV: Contextualizing Digital fabrication

By iaac | Published: June 20, 2010

Masters project in digital fabrication methods, devices and emergent material formations is continuing with its research. Taking the concepts from their previous projects (fab bots) some students are transforming these into different situations where their machines can be used in other fabrication methods. With team Olaf gipser and faculty Marta Malé–Alemany there was an individual [...]

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Disseny Hub Barcelona-Opening of works

By iaac | Published: June 16, 2010

Opening day at the Design Hub Barcelona The Design Hub Barcelona is now exhibiting works of famous artists and designers in the world of digital fabrication, Manufacturing Laboratory as a theme – is an exhibition With a variety of works ranging from permanent exhibitions, to a laboratory where one can participate and manufacture real time, and includes workshops [...]

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Master Project Theme IV: Contextualizing Digital fabrication

By iaac | Published: June 8, 2010

Each student can further their fab-bots in a certain way, now there are variations in the robots, some students are developing their projects through computation and potential outcomes, while others are researching on the fabrication techniques and how to add systems to have it fabricating different prototypes. There are also others with Vernacular research interests where their robots [...]

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Master Project Theme 1V: Contextualizing Digital fabrication

By iaac | Published: June 1, 2010

Students have been working on their (FaB)BOTS Digital Tectonics Research Studio, now they will contextualize it and instrumentalize the fabrication wokr on two levels- Critically reflect on it from within theoretical notions of architectural and cultural discourse, and actualize it within concrete geographical, social, political, and economic environments. On saturday with the first class with [...]

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Solar House Construction at IaaC

By iaac | Published: May 21, 2010

As the time for the Solar Decathlon competition is approaching, IaaC is filled with energy of students (both IaaC and FabAcademy), Solar house researchers, faculty and participants finishing its assembly which is  composed of over 1500 pieces milled from 2.5mx12m LVL (Laminated Veneer Lumber) panels. The construction of every part requiring different techniques. They have been designed and fabricated [...]

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