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RSII. Self Sufficient Buildings

By iaac | Published: May 21, 2010

The Reasearch Studio for Self-Sufficient Building ended with Students presenting their work for invited jury Professor Trilochan Chhaya( Dean of   BSSA, Mumbai),Ignasi Pérez Arnal global ecoforum/IgnasiPerezArnal, JOSEPH BOHIGAS Architect, M.Arch (Columbia), Professor at Escola de Disseny Elisav a (Pompeu Fabra), Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, lUniversidad de Salamanca and Cátedra Mies de la Escola Técnica Superior [...]

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Internet 0

By iaac | Published: May 5, 2010

The final presentations of students in Internet 0 included prototypes which react according to movement, sound, vibration and light. Students presented their projects with a technical description of their system, its behavior and its architectural application. There have also been an On-Site demonstrations of their systems working. With Faculty Victor Viña and invited guest jury [...]

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Barbeque at Valldaura

By iaac | Published: April 28, 2010

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 [...]

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IaaC Lecture Series_Apr 23 < Joseph Cory

By iaac | Published: April 24, 2010

“The Future is (Self) Sufficient” Architect Dr. Joseph Cory Founder of GEOTECTURA www.geotectura.com Specializing in innovative design, and committed to sustainability, Dr. Cory is the founder of GEOTECTURA office that provides creative and practical architectural solutions to social and environmental challenges, using multidisciplinary research methods and open source design. Dr. Cory received his diploma from [...]

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RSII. Self Sufficient Buildings

By iaac | Published: April 24, 2010

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 [...]

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RSIII. Digital Tectonics (FAB)BOTS

By iaac | Published: April 24, 2010

With finals coming up soon student groups are currently working on their Fabbots, to achieve their aspired research avenue. Swarm robots, weaving machines, Sand casting and molding, Solar driven fabrication techniques are a few of the types currently being developed. Students have been working and consulting with faculty Marta Malé-Alemany , Victor Viña and assistant [...]

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The Future of Suburbs – analysis (2)

By | Published: April 13, 2010

This project asks to design a system for a city for 10,000 people in 30 hectares. Even though we are not dealing with a specific site, there is a relationship that is established between the proposed site, the existing Downtown and the country. The goal of 10,000 people will be met within the specified area, [...]

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