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Investigación Viajes MAA2013 / 14 // Emergentes Territorios en LA

admin — Tue, 08 Apr 2014 15:34:47 +0000

This week the Research Studios are all off on Research Trips around the world.

Emergent Territories is in L.A. this week, with the objective of discovering the opportunities of a territory in a context of unprecedented urban growth with high density and congestion.

Visiting one of the most iconic cities worldwide, and located along the coastline of California, Los Angeles is one of the most distinctive areas in the world.

The Research trip is an educational one, aiming to understand what can be learnt from the situation in cities and the process of formulating proposals within these constraints. Students are able to investigate the particular conditions prevailing within the realms of the Emergent Territories Research Line established by the studio project at all scales.

The IAAC group has so far had the opportunity to visit some of the more important architectural works in L.A., a visit to SCI-Arc, where they have been working for the past 2 days in the development of a Workshop regarding Render Animation and Robotics.

MAA in LA – Day 4,5,6 – Visit to Architectural Projects

admin — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 09:40:56 +0000

The MAA Research Trip to Los Angeles of the Emergent Territories Studio culminated with visits to some of the most important architectural projects in LA.

The students had the opportunity to visit important projects, such as the Eames House (Ray & Charles Eames), the Binocular Building, Indiana Avenue Houses and Walt Disney Concert Hall (Frank Gehry), Stahl House (Pierre Koening), Shindler House (Rudolf M. Schindler), Caltrans District 7 Headquarters (Morphosis), Getty Center (Richard Meier & Partners Architects), The Blue Whale or Pacific Design Center (Cesar Pelli), Lacma Museum, etc.

IAAC MAA in LA-Day 3-Master Class by Hernan Diaz Alonso

admin — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 20:25:35 +0000

The MAA Emergent Territories Studio workshop finalized with an Master Class titled “Monstrous Forms” delivered by Hernan Diaz Alonso at the C-HUB in Sciarc Kappe library. The lecture provided the framework for this studio, that “will explore the predominant effect of ‘isomorphism’ being the aggregation of diverse forms of design intelligence into an almost universal condition of image production”, expecting “a full development of bridges, drawings, models, and animations.”

The Emergent Territories Studio will continue this collaboration with Sciarc during the development of the projects in Term 3 of the Master Program.

IAAC in LA – Day 2-Emergent Territories Studio – Workshop in SCIARC.

admin — Sun, 31 Mar 2013 06:56:42 +0000

The Emergent Territory Students continue their Research Trip to Los Angeles, actively participating in several activities hosted by Sciarc faculty throughout the day:

+ Andrew Atwood introduced the team, activities, research and equipment available at the Robot House.

+ A live presentation of the synchronized robots was directed by Brandon Kruysman and John Proto.

+ The students had also the chance to interact with some robots, leaded by the technical robotic team instructor Nazareth Ekmekjian.

+ Ivan Bernal, provided a comprehensive overview of MAYA modelling, rendering and animation techniques.

+ Afterwards the students participated in studio presentations at Sciarc.

+ Finally, they attended a lecture by Todd Gannon: Prelude to the Confederacy at the W.M. Keck Lecture Hall, with an Intro by Eric Owen Moss.

MAA in LA- Day1 – Visit to Eric Owen Moss Architects

admin — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 11:08:38 +0000

IaaC MAA Emergent Territories Studio visits LA, where they visited the Eric Owen Moss Architects Studio.
The students had the opportunity to visit the design studio and look at some of the projects under development.
Afterwards, the students had an inspiring roundtable discussion with Eric Owen Moss.
To finish the visit, Dolan Daggett (EOM Project Director) offered a detailed tour of some of the seminal projects of the firm located in the Culvert City area of LA.

MAA in LA- Day 1-IAAC STUDENTS PRESENTING AT SCI ARC

admin — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 18:05:14 +0000

IaaC Emergent Territories Studio students presenting their projects at Sci Arc during the research trip to Los Angeles, California, with IAAC faculty Willy Muller, Areti Markopoulou, Lucas Cappelli, and Maite Bravo.

The jury was composed of Sciarc Faculty, who provided valuable feedback for each of the studio projects developed during Term 2 at the Master Program.

The Emergent Territories Studio is developing a collaboration between Hernan Diaz Alonso (Sciac), Peter Trummer (Sciarc), and directed by Willy Muller and Maite Bravo.