Everyday life at the Institute for advanced architecture of Catalonia
The 2nd Term Presentations for the Research Studios will be taking place next week in IaaC. Each Studio will present to a select international jury on the following dates: 01.04.2014 // ADVANCED INTERACTION 02.04.2014 // SELF SUFFICIENT BUILDINGS 03.04.2014 // EMERGENT TERRITORIES – INTELLIGENT CITIES 04.04.2014 // DIGITAL MATTER – INTELLIGENT CONSTRUCTIONS For more information, [...]
Thursday 27th of March 2014 Francis Soler Lecture: The Art of the Opposition. @ 19.30, IAAC Auditorium Open to the Public FRANCIS SOLER Francis Soler set up his private practice in 1985. Its activities are extremely varied: from facilities to housing and from studies to urban development. The office takes part in major competitions for [...]
Today the Elective Seminar Public Space Capsules led by José Ballesteros and Rodrigo Rubio presented their final works. The seminar aimed to build self-sufficient and interactive prototypes, that were light-weight, temporary and fragile, and able to host one or two people, amid the contemporary urban public space. The prototypes were to be rapidly developed, simple and [...]
This weekend the Experimental Structures Seminar participated in a workshop with Manja Van de Worp, Silvia Brandi and Alexandre Dubor. The workshop was centred around the development of a stair system, through both the creation of a physical model, as well as the generation of a virtual model using Karamba for virtual structural testing. Once [...]