Everyday life at the Institute for advanced architecture of Catalonia
On Friday, 29 April, IAAC welcomed Or Ettlinger for its most recent installment in the 2010/2011 Open Lecture Series. Dr. Or Ettlinger is an Assistant Professor and senior researcher of virtual architecture and media theory at the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Ljubljana. His exploration of virtual architecture and virtual space has spanned [...]
(Above: Shigeru Ban at IAAC) Last Friday, 18 March, IAAC welcomed Shigeru Ban for our Open Lecture Series. Despite the difficult circumstances after the terrible earthquake in Japan the previous weekend, Mr. Ban presented ¨ Works and Humanitarian Activities ¨. In his presentation, Mr. Ban shared with the audience projects like, the Paper House, the Nomadic Museum, [...]
Juan Herreros, PhD architect and Senior professor at the School of Architecture of Madrid, spoke about his recent projects. Since 2006 his firm, Herreros Arquitectos, has developed projects in Spain, Uruguay, Mexico, Panama and The Netherlands.
This past IAAC open lecture took place at COAC (Collegi d´Arquitectes de Catalunya) with the introduction (pictured above) made by Willy Müller (Co-Director MAA). Michel Rojkind talked about the importance of collaborating, discussion and feedback between architects; also the ways you can fabricate the digital design, using technology available or the hand work found locally.
IAAC had the pleasure to welcome one of the ‘ New York Five’. Peter Eisenman came back to Barcelona after 15 years with a lecture at IAAC . Peter Eisenman and “Whither Achitecture?” Wither, as Mr. Eisenman explained, means to dry/to die, whither with “h” on the other hand has another significance: what of …Therefore “what [...]
Nader Tehrani introduced several projects designed by officdA (a Boston-based architecture and design firm led by Mr. Tehrani and his principal partner, Monica Ponce de Leon) with the focus on the spatial relationship between floor and ceiling , in terms of design concepts and tectonic processes, that they have used in their works.