Everyday life at the Institute for advanced architecture of Catalonia
Fab Solar house construction in IaaC premises Flipping and separating one of the panels Three more days to go for the Fab Solar house to be transported to Madrid, the house is on the process of being finished, electrical installations have been set up, interior furniture is fabricated and ready to be inside, the exterior [...]
The workers house – fabhouse team having lunch at iaac Organized by the Iaac fabhouse team, all who are working at the Solar Fabhouse construction at IaaC had lunch at the IaaC premises. There are more than 45 people working on the solar house fabrication, local carpenters from Barcelona, and students from 20 countries are involved in [...]
The prototype for the self-sufficient solar house for the Solar Decathlon ‘FabLabHouse’ Europe, is being constructed entirely in the IaaC premises. With its completion aheading on the 18th-28th of June, Students who are doing their Masters Project in this theme, Fabhouse researchers, FabAcademy team, faculty and participants are working on every part of the pieces [...]
With the Team of Jordi Pagès i Ramon and Lluis Viu the Theme of ‘Multiple Results or the exuberant world of possibilities’ has started. In the current paradigm of architectural design, scripting and parametric control,the idea of multiplicity takes a new momentum.A bigger importance is given to the projects “solution” rather than to the resulting formal [...]
The last class of reasearch studio II ended with students working on the structure of their buildings. Invited structural engineer Reventós Manuel Rovira www.ereventos.comand faculty Willy Muller and assistant Maite Bravo consulted students on these structures, Students are currently preparing for their final presentations.
This assignment examines the design with Ecotect utilizing thermal and natural ventilation strategies for a small size fitness centre located in the city of Wellington, New Zealand. Wellington is located next to Cook Strait, which forms a narrow gap between the mountain ranges of the North and South Islands of New Zealand resulting the wind accelerate [...]
The classes in Environmental Performance Modelling continued with a detailed lecture on thermal analysis and what the back ground concept lays up on. This software not only takes data visually but also analytically, so students have to learn how to apply their basic knowledge of Heat and ventilation systems, and how they work. They also [...]