IAAC and the Fab Lab BCN were recently featured in a story about the future of 3D printing on TV3 Televisió de Catalunya. Tomas Diez, Project Manager in the Fab Lab BCN, and Marta Malé-Alemany, Co-Director of IAAC’s MAA Program, explained the work that went into the current exhibition on display at DHUB Barcelona, Full Print3d.

This exhibition will be on view at DHUB BCN until 22 May.

Students of the 2010/2011 Master in Advanced Architecture Digital Tectonics Studio had their final presentations on Thursday March 31.

In Phase II of the MAA program students attend one of three Research Studios: Self-Sufficient Buildings, Digital Tectonics or Emergent Territories. The Phase II final presentations for the Self Sufficient Buildings and Emergent Territories Research Studios were held on separate days.

The Digital Tectonics Studio is run by Marta Malé-Alemany, MAA co-director, assisted by Victor Viña and Brian Peters. Guest jury for the presentations included: Javier Peña (Xpiral Architecture), Oscar Tomico (TU/Eindhoven), Carlos Ipser (DHUB), Andres de Mesa (ETSAB-UPC).

(Above the guest jury listening to a presentation)

About the Digital Tectonics Research Studio:

Students investigate the work flow between computational design and material production methods, exploring the relationship between design inputs and computer programmable devices that can be used for the production of building structures and/or components. Through parametric design and material production linked with design programming and machinic behavior, Digital Tectonics challenges the traditional norms of linear file-to-factory production processes.

Marta Malé-Alemany on: (FAB)BOTS: Fabrication/Design experiments with customized robotic devices

(FAB)BOTS presents a collection of 10 student projects from the Architectural Association (AA) School of Architecture and the Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IAAC), developed in two design studios tutored by Marta Malé-Alemany, in collaboration with Jeroen van Ameijde (in London) and Victor Viña (in Barcelona). The 10 projects investigate the work flow between computational design and material production methods, exploring the relationship between design inputs and computer programmable devices that can be used for the production of building structures and/or components. Challenging the traditional norms of linear file-to-factory production processes, they examine scenarios in which parametric design and material production are developed simultaneously, exploring the potentials of linking design programming and mechanic behaviour in real time.

Victor Vina
From Bricolage to Jugaad: DIY in Context

How do sustainable, creative strategies found in informal economies relate to contemporary new media practices? The lecture, through research case studies and academic projects developed in emergent countries, will identify local design principles relevant to global design practices.

Bjarke Ingels and YES IS MORE.

Bjarke Ingles and the Danish Pavilion at Shanghai.

Bjarke Ingels and Vicente Guallart (IAAC Director).

Bjarke Ingels, Willy Müller (co-director MAA), Marta Malé -Alemany (co-director MAA),  Nota Tsekoura ( MAA Academic Coordinator)

The Master in Advanced Architecture students visited the exhibition Fabrication Laboratory at DHUB Barcelona. An exhibition designed by IAAC and curated by Marta Male-Alemany. Areti Markopoulou, Nota Tsekoura and Carlos Ipser explained them the exhibition step by step and familiarized them with the technology of digital fabrication, the experimental tendencies and its possible future, while having the chance to see firsthand works of important profesionals in the field.