Everyday life at the Institute for advanced architecture of Catalonia
Friday January 26th, MAI students presented the Bootcamp Barcelona- Valldaura Project that they have been developing during the 1st term. The project has been directed by Alfonso Borragán, with the help of Guillem Camprodón and Cristian Bettini. To see the projects click here
Today at IAAC, in the context of the Advanced Architecture Theory Course leaded by Manel Gausa, we had a theoretical duet about the current role of the architect in the current situation. The architects Eduard Bru and Eduard Sancho dialogued about the main aspects of the architecture profession after a brief individual exposition of each [...]
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Tonight the critic and architecture curator Lucy Bullivant gave us a lecture questioning the role of the concept of “master plan” in the current urban developments. During the lecture, Lucy explained us that we need to achieve cross-scalar, social-ecological resilience through adaptive systems in order to achieve a relational urbanism that matches the way we conceive [...]
Tonight at IAAC Hernan Diaz Alonso gave us a lecture questioning the role of the architecture in the current context. Hernan is principal and founder of the LA based design practice Xefirotarch. Considered one of the most influential voices of his generation, before becoming the Graduate Programs Chair at SCI-Arc, he has served for several years as [...]