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 [...]
With the idea of producing multiple versions of a single result, students progressed on their projects having to choose their site, create the program and giving it context. Within this realm , they consulted with Jordi Pagès i Ramon and Lluis Viu on how their designs could possibly be adopted, as well as multiplied in [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Miguel Rodríguez Casellas holds a Master’s Degree in Architecture from Princeton University and a Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Design form the University of Puerto Rico. His master’s thesis in 1991 already showed a concern for large-scale projects next to other interests in art criticism and cultural theory. In the early nineties, Rodríguez Casellas worked [...]
Self-Sufficient City Contest – Award ceremony, exhibition and book release The Self-Sufficient City Contest – Award Ceremony, Debate, exhibition and book release IaaC Director Vicente Guallart, winner Sergio Castillo Tello, Faculty Lucas Cappelli,winner Rychiee Espinosa, HP sponsors Merce Barcons – HP EMEA, Willy Muller and Michel Rojkind Debate on the Self-Sufficient City IaaC Director Vicente Guallart [...]
FabAcademy student Benito Juarez working on his open energy network With their final projects approaching at the beginning of July, students of the FabAcademy had discussions with Prof. Neil Greshenfeld ng.cba.mit.edu at Fablab central on the polycom to progress with their projects, He gave them pointers on how to go ahead on the programming and technical parts [...]