Everyday life at the Institute for advanced architecture of Catalonia
IAAC Fall Lecture Series 2014 Tuesday 18th of November 2014 Jan Knippers Lecture: Biological Design Strategies for Integrative Structures @ 19.30, IAAC Auditorium Open to the Public JAN KNIPPERS Jan Knippers specialises in complex parametrical generated structures for roofs and façades, as well as the use of innovative materials such as glass-fibre reinforced polymers. Since [...]
Tonight was the second lecture of the IAAC Fall Lecture Series 2014, and we had the pleasure of hosting a lecture by Yael Reisner and Manuel Jimenez Garcia. The Lecturers discussed how design is an optimist driver for using life in a better way or living better the used of life, in particular through the [...]
IAAC Fall Lecture Series 2014 Tuesday 11th of November 2014 Yael Reisner + Manuel Jimenez Garcia Lecture: Computing, Making, Sensing; A Fresh Take on Beauty @ 19.30, IAAC Auditorium Open to the Public YAEL REISNER Architectural designer, academic, researcher, writer and curator. She has a PhD in architecture from RMIT Melbourne, a Diploma from [...]
IaaC’s Pavilion developed, with Anupama Kundoo, for BCN Re.Set installation, organized by the Fundació Enric Miralles in collaboration with Àlex Ollé, as well as the other BCN Re.Set pavilions are currently on display in Berlin at the Aedes Architektur Forum! The Barcelona Re.Set Exhibition runs from the 18th of October to the 27th of November. The [...]
IAAC Lecture Series 2014/15 Tuesday 4th of November 2014 OPENING LECTURE Winy Maas – MVRDV Lecture: What’s Next? @ 18.30, IAAC Auditorium Open to the Public 18.30 // Opening 18.40 // Welcome – Manuel Gausa, IAAC Dean 18.50 // Welcome – Areti Markopoulou, IAAC Academic Director 19.00 // Lecture – Winy Maas, MVRDV [...]
Opening Ceremony Master in Advanced Architecture 2014/15 & 2014/16 Wednesday 1st of October The ceremony kicked off with a warm welcome to all the new students on behalf of the IAAC Academic coordinator Silvia Brandi. She then passed the word to the IAAC Dean, Manuel Gausa, who gave the students some insight around the founding [...]
The Global Sumer School day 8 in Barcelona continued with IAAC Physical Computing expert Guillem Camprodon, developing a practical approach for designing, testing and pro typing energy generation systems. In the evening, some of the IAAC Alumni presented the works they developed during the Masters in Advanced Architecture.