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RSIII Digital Matter – Intelligent Constructions // FINAL PRESENTATIONS

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Have a look at the Master in Advanced Architecture Digital Matter // Intelligent Constructions Research line Final presentations!

Photos by: Francesc Piñol Ortigues & Mathilde Marengo

Tutor:

Areti Markopoulou

Assistants:

Alexandre Dubor

Moritz Begle

In Collaboration with:

Mette Ramsgaard Thompsen, CITA Director – Copenhagen

International Jury Board:

David Stasiuk, CITA Copenhagen

Daniel Ibañez, Margen Lab – Harvard GSD

Lluís Viu Rebés, Max de Cusa Arquitectes

Miguel Rodriguez, xmade

Valérie Bergeron, Materfad

Luis Fraguada, IAAC Computational Expert

Maite Bravo, IAAC Faculty

Pepe Ballesteros, ETSAM – Pasajes Arquitectura

Edouard Cabay, APPAREIL

Students:

Dimitrios Aidonis

Giombattista Areddia

Efstathia Eleni Baseta

Stephanie Bashir

Carlos Bausá Martínez

Maria Cerda

Alejandro Garcia

Mardet Gebreyesus

Chung-kai Hsieh

Miguel Juarez

Hristo Kovachev

Luis Leon Lopez

Sviatlana Matushko

Elena Mitrofanova

Apostolos Marios Mouzakopoulos

Dhwani Patel

Akanksha Rathee

Pongtida Santayanon

Ramin Shambayati

Mamta Srinivas

Meral Ece Tankal

IaaC Summer School_Fab Labs and Informalism

iaac — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 11:18:07 +0000

Faculty Luis Fraguada and Professor Javier Caricatto introducing the courses

IaaC summer school has started on the 19th of June 2010, With previous projects like the HyperHabitat (www.hyperhabitat.net), the FabLab House (www.fablabhouse.com) which were part of the XI Venice Biennale Architecture and The Solar Decathlon Europe respectively, This year the theme is ” FAB LABS AND INFORMALISM – High tech vs. Low Tech, Self Fabrication 2.0” where the study focuses on informal phenomena and possible connections with digital fabrication and associative design.It is a collaboration of IaaC, FabLab BCN and FAU-UCV (Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism, University Central of Venezuela).

IaaC Co-Director Willy Muller giving presentations

So far students have had presentations and lectures by IaaC Co-Director Willy Muller, Professors Javier Caricatto and Cristina Von der Heyde from Unit OO (FAU-UCV) and Various lectures and tutorials on Digital Fabrication and principles by Faculty Luis Fraguada and FabLabBcn Project Manager Tomas Diez. Students will produce 1:1 scale prototypes of habitable spaces while working on projects previously developed by students of the Unit OO of the FAU-UCV, linking informal modes of production and personal digital fabrication.

IAAC Masters Alumini wins FuturArc Prize

iaac — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 18:59:26 +0000

Yick Ho Alvin Kung (Hongkong) an IaaC Maters Alumini (thesis in Digital Tectonics) recently won an international competition for sustainable architecture from a Singaporean magazine. His competition entry for the FuturArc Prize is his thesis project, advised by Professor Marc Aurel. More information about the competition could be found at http://www.futurarc.com/index.cfm and his entry at http://www.futurarc.com/prize_winners/2010_students/FAP_Student_Winner/1st.cfm. Alvin’s vision is to achieve sustainable and performative solutions through parametric design thinking and method.

FabLab House in Solar Decathlon Europe Competition

iaac — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 17:43:05 +0000

FabLab House team in Madrid

After endless nights of hard work the fablab House has been constructed in Madrid. With its theme ‘Form follows energy’, the house is now using the resources of its environment – the sun, water and wind to create a microclimate that will improve the basic conditions of habitability. The fablab house is also now serving as a workshop space where digital fabrication,innovation and creativity is encouraged. This sunday more than 5o children have realized drawings of their ideal solar house. They were supported by the fablab house team to win a fablab house cap with their names digitally imprinted on it.The competition for the next week till the 27th of june, more on the fablab house news can be found atwww.fablabhouse.com.

FabLab House in Madrid

Interiors of the FabLab House

Fablab House being presented by journalists

More than 5,000 visitors at the fablab house

Fab workshop with children

Realizing a drawing of a Solar House

Master Project Theme IV: Contextualizing Digital fabrication

iaac — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:30:40 +0000

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 review with each student to push their projects in terms of computation, mechanism, concept and theory.

FabLab House In Madrid

iaac — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 22:33:34 +0000

The FabLab House in Madrid construction site

The FabLab House is in Madrid Construction site, ready for the Solar Decathlon Europe 2010 Competition. IaaC Faculty, FabLab House researchers, FabLab team, IaaC students and collaborators are all in Madrid. The competition will stay from the 17th of June till the 27th of the same month. Presentations will also be held on the 22nd. More of the FabLab House construction process can be found at picasa.fablabhouse and www.fablabhouse.com

Disseny Hub Barcelona-Opening of works

iaac — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 12:32:21 +0000

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 and conferences. The permanent Exhibition – Curated by IaaC co-director Marta Malé–Alemany, shows different applications of 3D printing technologies in the world of medicine, food and buildings.Students from School of Architecture at the Architectural Association (AA) together with IaaC students have also exhibited their projects under guidance by Marta Malé–Alemany, Jeroen Van Ameijde (London) and faculty Victor Vina (Iaac-Barcelona).
The Dhub Fab an extension of the fab Lab is also placed at the museum where one can manufacture his/her own projects there in real time. Fablab team will assist these manufacturing processes.
This Exhibition will continue through out the year till May 2011. For more information on the exhibition go to dhub-bcn.

Fab Lab House-Construction In Madrid

iaac — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 22:58:42 +0000

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 in Madrid. All pieces are there and now being fit together; despite the pouring rain the Solar house team, directed by Daniel Ibañez and Rodrigo Rubio, is working hard to have the house on time for the competition.

Fab-Solar House Presentation in IaaC

iaac — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 23:53:56 +0000

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 members of institutions like the Mies Van Der Rohe foundation had all been present to see the house under construction. Presented by Iaac Director Vicente Guallart there have been discussions on why and how the fab solar house has been aspired to be built, its technicalities and its aims for the future. Fabhouse researchers, students of Iaac & Fabacademy and collaborators have all been present during this event also discussing on their future trip to Madrid which will start at the end of this week.

IaaC Director Vicente Guallart Presenting the house to various journalists

Presentations on details of the Fab solar house
-sponsors, researchers, members of the fab solar house team

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 members of institutions like the Mies Van Der Rohe foundation had all been present to see the house under construction. Presented by Iaac Director Vicente Guallart there have been discussions on why and how the fab solar house has been aspired to be built, its technicalities and its aims for the future. Fabhouse researchers, students of Iaac & Fabacademy and collaborators have all been present during this event also discussing on their future trip to Madrid which will start at the end of this week.

Master Project-Theme III

iaac — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 13:01:39 +0000

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 different scenarios. Their projects are going to be based on Grasshopper where their results could variate according to the parameters given to it.