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IAAC LECTURE SERIES: BENJAMIN BALL

Tonight, according to the program of Lecture Series, IAAC welcomed the american architect and designer Benjamin Ball, principal of Ball-Nogues Studio, and in a very inspiring  lecture presented some of his latest projects.  Ball-Nogues Studio is an integrated design and fabrication practice operating in a territory between architecture, art, and industrial design.  Their work is informed [...]

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“Energy Trilema”:Mariano Marzo Lecture

On Monday IAAC welcomed Prof: Mariano Marzo, full professor of Stratigraphy at the Faculty of Geology of the University of Barcelona where he teaches Petroleum Geology and Energy Resources. Mr Marzo’s research interests focus on the application of clastic sedimentology, sequence stratigraphy, reservoir modeling and basin analysis to the exploration and production of hydrocarbons. During a [...]

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MAA OPENING LECTURE WITH JOHN PALMESINO AND HERNAN DIAZ ALONSO

Last night, for the MAA OPENING LECTURE, IAAC welcomed John Palmesino and Hernan Diaz Alonso. John Palmesino is a swiss architect and urbanist, he has lead the researches at ETH Studio Basel–Contemporary City Institute between 2003 and 2007. He has also co-founded Multiplicity, an international research network involved in contemporary architecture, urbanism, arts and general culture. [...]

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Peter Cook- Closing Lecture of the 2010/2011 Series

Last night, for the MAA CLOSING LECTURE, IAAC welcomed Sir Peter Cook, a part of Architectural history. One of the six revolutionist of 60′s, when Archigram created history with their futuristic architectural  magazines.  When Peter Cook, Greene and Webb met in 1961, the first Archigram magazine was issued. After that Peter Cook, David Greene, Mike [...]

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IAAC Open Lecture: Fernando de Porras-Isla

On Friday, IAAC welcomed Fernando de Porras-Isla for an open lecture in the IAAC Auditorium. Porras-Isla discussed the “River Manzanares Project” which is a big scale project for the people of Madrid which increases the quality of everyday life by connecting natural landscape with the urban environment. Fernando de Porras-Isla graduated from the Escuela Tecnica Superior [...]

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IAAC Open Lecture Series 2010/2011: Farshid Moussavi

On Friday, the 13th of May, IAAC welcomed Farshid Moussavi who gave a lecture titled “Form and Ornament”. Farshid Moussavi is an architect, educator and co-founder of Foreign Office Architects (FOA). She is Professor in Practice of Architecture at Harvard University. She has published two books based on her work at Harvard, The Function of Forms and The Function [...]

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Open Lecture Series 2010/2011: Ignasi Cubiñá

Cradle to Cradle: Beyond Beautifiers Ignasi Cubiñá is CEO and Co-founder Eco Intelligent Growth (EIG). He has a BS in Biological Sciences and 15 years experience in the food and pharmaceutical industries. Since 2006 he has worked as an advisor on Cradle to Cradle implementation for business development with institutions and private companies at EIG. [...]

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