Everyday life at the Institute for advanced architecture of Catalonia
The FabSolar house under construction in Madrid Team Working through out the night to mount the pieces together FabSolar house in Madrid Few of the last pieces of panels being mounted from IaaC to the truck After travelling all the way from Barcelona (IaaC), to Madrid (Construction site), The FabSolar House is now under construction [...]
Students are experimenting on how to proceed with their projects, they are in the current stage where they are proposing their design ideas and also the possibilities which might emerge from these. Jordi Pagès i Ramon and Lluis Viu helped students to develop and fulfill their projects through different approaches. Students should go to digital [...]
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 [...]
The eco-Machinic Apparatus is developing, each student presented their starting ideas to Marco Poletto and Claudia Pasquero from the ecoLogic Studio. They discussed natural systems, how students could interpret and develop their work through out the next month. Material properties, natural systems , light and sound systems of various types were explored. There will be [...]
“Structure as Diagram: From Typology to Topology in Structural Design” Toni Kotnik Principal of Kotnik.architects Toni Kotnik Toni Kotnik studied architecture and mathematics at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich, the University of Tübingen, and the University of Utah and received his doctoral degree from the University of Zurich. He was research fellow [...]
Fab Solar House presentation in IaaC Before attending the Solar Decathlon competition in Madrid, Fab Solar house has been opened to the public on the 4th of june, 2010 at IaaC. The partners and members of the Fab Solar house – Schnieder Electric, Endesa and Visoren amongst others – ,sponsors of the project, politicians and [...]
FabLabBCN team – Students Bereketnesh Girma, Asheshim Tilahun, FablabDirector Vicente Guallart, students Susanna Tesconi, victor freundt,Benito juarez, Fablab project manager Tomas Diez and student Melat Assefa student Victor Freundt presenting his work via polycom FabAcademy class has ended with students presenting their machines via polycom to all Fablabs around the world. Their projects have gone [...]