Everyday life at the Institute for advanced architecture of Catalonia
Check out the Final Presentations of the Global Summer school 2014 “The Next City” in Barcelona. The presentations were done with video mapping, and prototypes of the proposals were also displayed in function for the jury and public present.
Day 10 of the Global summer School in Barcelona marked the start of the Synthesis phase, then continued through day 11. The idea is not to create scaled models representing concepts, but rather take forward certain parts of the team projects to prototype as proofs of concepts. Documentation of this work is being done through [...]
Day 9 of the Global Summer School in Barcelona started with a Digital Design Tools tutorial run by IAAC Global School Coordinator and Computational Expert Luis Fraguada. The groups then had the opportunity to work on their project proposals and initial prototypes, which were then later presented in the Mid-Presentation of the GSS.
The Global Sumer School day 8 in Barcelona continued with IAAC Physical Computing expert Guillem Camprodon, developing a practical approach for designing, testing and pro typing energy generation systems. In the evening, some of the IAAC Alumni presented the works they developed during the Masters in Advanced Architecture.
Day 7 of the Global Sumer School in Barcelona was kicked off with a Digital Design Tools Tutorial as well as an Introduction to Physical Computing (Arduino) with Guillem Camprodon, IAAC Physical Computing Expert. In the afternoon the students joined Jaume Barnada, the Deputy Chief Architect of the City Council of Barcelona, for a guided tour [...]
Over the weekend, on days 5 and 6 of the GSS2014, the Barcelona group were introduced to Digital Design Tools for Architecture and Urbanism. Both mornings the students had a Digital Design Tools Tutorial with Luis E. Fraguada, and then in the afternoon worked on their Digital Designs in groups.
Today, day 4 of the Global Summer School, the Analysis phase of the GSSBCN continued with Spyros Stravodavris, further developing the site specific feasibility study. In the afternoon, the GSS2014 BCN group headed off to the Sagrada Familia, where they were given and explanation on the development of the project, as well as a technical [...]