Everyday life at the Institute for advanced architecture of Catalonia
For the last three days, Research Studio II students have been taking lectures and discussing their projects on the workshop with Ignasi Pérez Arnal -Ignasi Pérez Arnal profile -faculty Willy Muller and assistant Maite Bravo.Lectures taken included ; design as critical factor for efficiency & sustainable tourism, energy, water and material solutions, ecoproducts and waste. [...]
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 [...]
After a four day workshop designing and fabricating parts of the Solar house participants (project directors, researchers, Fab Labbers and students) of the seminar were off to Collserola Park – Cerdanyoa de Valles- where the House of Can Vallaura is located. Here is a place where experimentations like green architecture, nature, sustainability, energy and social activitis such as Green Fab [...]
Students have been working intensively on their Self-Sufficient agenda where they are now going further into their structures. Concept, site, function, efficiency, sustainability, environment, culture, tourism, citizen,…. all these are discussed with faculty Willy Muller and assistant Maite Bravo. They will be developing further more, with the upcoming self-sufficient workshop to be held during the [...]
Students have been trying to put their ideas of internet 0 into practice.They are now working on their physical prototypes for their future computational works. With faculty Victor Viña different ideas are explored and debated with different student groups. These include; monitoring and visualizing energy consumption and generation, adaptive facades to control air flow, sun radiation [...]
Students have been working in groups on their master plan for their chosen sites which include the Bollywood area, the Port and the Centers of Mumbai. They are now in the details of their capsules where they are working on their site, environment and energy source. Faculty Willy Muller and assistant Maite Bravo were consulting [...]
Geometry As the city is located in an arid climate, conditions in the surface can be really strong. In order to avoit that, the city is created underground, so that a fresh microclimate can be created. Desalinating sea water and filtrating solar exposure, food production can be guaranteed. The geometry of the city is created [...]