Everyday life at the Institute for advanced architecture of Catalonia
With its events happening in hundreds of cities around the world, inspiring creatives worldwide, PechaKucha Night (a japanese term for the sound of “chit chat” night) in Barcelona which was on the 18th of june has been presented by IaaC co-director Marta Malé-Alemany, where she presented the the IaaC Masters studio FabBots and the exhibition at [...]
FabLab house has won the Peoples Choice Awards at the Solar Decathlon Europe Competition in Madrid. A pioneer in a different approach to design and technology, The FabLab house has incorporated different systems of social spaces, where self-sufficient habitats are able to produce energy, food and other goods. It is developed on a network of [...]
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 [...]
Aerial view of the FabLab house in Madrid The fablab house in Madrid: A preview of the future of how design can be manipulated and used according to the technology and know how that has provided us with limitless possibilities. The interior of the house is composed of a social space, a bedroom, kitchen, a small FabLab, [...]
With the last class of Masters Thesis I – the eco-machinic experiments are continuing, with only four days left for presentations, students are now working on their booklet, videos and panels where they present the series of works through out their project period. With Marco Poletto and Claudia Pasquero as tutors of the course, they [...]
Preparing for their finals , the MPIII class is progressing with each student consulting with Jordi Pagès i Ramon and Lluis Viu. Every outline for every project is different, some present with out renders, some do, some present variations, some present systems, and others processes. Students will have their last consult on the 28th which will mark the [...]
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 [...]