Digital Matter // Intelligent Constructions

Wednesday, 18th of June 2014 // 10h00 – 18h00, IaaC Auditorium

Tutor:

Areti Markopoulou

Assistants:

Alexandre Dubor

Moritz Begle

In Collaboration with:

Mette Ramsgaard Thompsen, CITA Director – Copenhagen

International Jury Board:

David Stasiuk, CITA Copenhagen

Daniel Ibañez, Margen Lab – Harvard GSD

Lluís Viu Rebés, Max de Cusa Arquitectes

Miguel Rodriguez, xmade

Valérie Bergeron, Materfad

Luis Fraguada, IAAC Computational Expert

Maite Bravo, IAAC Faculty

Pepe Ballesteros, ETSAM – Pasajes Arquitectura

Edouard Cabay, APPAREIL

Advanced Interaction

Tuesday, 17th of June 2014 // 18h00 – 20h00, IaaC Auditorium

Tutor:

Carlos Gómez

Xavi González

International Jury Board:

Ethel Baraona, dpr-barcelona

Jordi Pagés, Max de Cusa Arquitectes

Philippe Bertrand, Be another lab

Daniel González Franco, Be another lab

Christian Cherene, Patchblocks

Luis Fraguada, IAAC Computational Expert

Tomas Diez, IAAC|Fab Lab Barcelona Director

Guillem Camprodon, IAAC Physical Computation Expert

Anastasia Pistofidou, IAAC|Fab Lab Barcelona Coordinator

DEMO-Day @ DHUB

22nd of March

The Auditorium of DHUB will be dedicated to the elaboration and discussion of new perspectives, the relationship between user and object and new productive scenarios regarding the themes ofGLOBAL – DATA – EDITION – PROCESS – MATERIAL – HIGH vs LOW.

4pm -5.30pm // MATERIAL

IaaC will be featured in the MATERIAL section of the Day during which Masters Director Areti Markopoulou will give a talk regarding the potentials, research and investigation of 3D Printing applied to the architectural field.

IaaC will be feature along side MaterFad and HYBRIDaSCP.

We hope to see you there!

For more information on DEMO-Day, please visit:

demo.adifad.org 

(Above: Digital Team by MAA Student Mani Khosrovani (Iran) from RS3: Digital Tectonics-Switzerland, Germany. Taken at the Weissenhof Museum in “Le Corbusier” House. Winner of the exhibition photo contest.)

On the evening of 6 May 2011, IAAC held a special exhibition chronicling the 2011 MAA Research Trips. The exhibition featured research, videos and photos created by the students in the Master in Advanced Architecture program. The exhibition was held at the Corretger5 gallery in Barcelona.

Each year the MAA program takes its research out of Barcelona. Past trips include India, Romania, Taiwan, Slovenia-Croatia, and Brazil. This April each MAA Research Studio explored a different part of the world: RS1 Emergent Territories (Hong Kong), RS2 Self Sufficient Buildings (Dubai, Abu Dhabi) and RS3 Digital Tectonics (Germany, Switzerland).

Student videos featured in the exhibition

You can find other videos from the Research Trips on the IAAC YouTube Channel.

Follow the interactive timeline of the 2011 MAA Research Trips

IAAC staff from each Research Studio group kept us updated during their travels on Twitter, Facebook, and through the IAAC Blog. See the complete recap of where IAAC went and what the students learned each step of the way.

MAA Student: Luz Michelle Lavayen (Panama)

Research Studio: Self- Sufficient Buildings

Studio Instructor: Vicente Guallart, IAAC Director

Project Goal: Create a self-sufficient urban block for 22@, Barcelona.

Student’s Summary:

“The main concepts for developing a self-sufficient city block  were to free the ground level, create an underground patio and use it as a public green space in order to connect and give back interactive spaces to the city. Analyzing the structure of a tree and its growth I can relate thesis process to the project. Organizing the different programs according to better location for those activities and also connecting them. The inverted topography of the building will work as structure, vertical circulation and fluid system for sustainable elements, it also becomes the skin of the building. This metabolic structure will serve to harvest water to produce energy, clean grey water for farming and public green areas, waste management, geothermal system, wind power from turbines located in the top patios and solar photovoltaic panels on south side of the block where it can take advantage of the most of radiation.”

About the MAA Final Projects

In Final Phases of the Masters in Advanced Architecture program students attend one of three Research Studios: Self-Sufficient Buildings, Digital Tectonics or Emergent Territories. At the end of Phase II MAA Students presented their initial proposals. Throughout Phase III they will refine this research for their final presentations.

In the time leading up to the week of presentations we will give a preview of each project on the blog.

This year final presentations will be held the week of June 27. All presentations are open to the public. We invite you to come to see the students present. More information will be provided closer to the week of presentations.

MAA Student: Hugo Carvallo (Peru)

Research Studio: Self- Sufficient Buildings

Studio Instructor: Vicente Guallart, IAAC Director

Project Goal: Create a self-sufficient urban block for 22@, Barcelona.

Student’s Summary:

“The metabolism of the building/block [project] for the Self-Sufficient Building Studio is based on water.

Water as a natural element not only provides life to the animals and plants of the planet, but it also is an important part of many systems and cycles. The proposed design looks to balance human beings lives and the nature of the world with its chaotic and problematic social issues, and economical conditions.

To start, I took three main references that helped me to develop this project.  As natural reference, I am taking under consideration the water cycling; and under historical reference, I am taking under consideration the farm terrace that many ancient cultures used, such as the Inca.  I would like to make a special emphasis on learning about ancient ways of living because they were very sustainable and self-sufficient.  And last but not least, I considered current technology, which will improve the idea of recycling the ‘water cycling’ and therefore provide energy within it.

Under the natural consideration, it is been known that water cycles naturally through an infinite process.  This similar process, using current technology, will imitate the benefit to the inhabitants of the block.

The farm terrace will work perfectly in the sense that water will follow a determinate path where water cycling will be appreciated and noticeable through the metabolism of the building.  Through this, remains from the farms will be collected and processed thereafter to provide energy throughout the building.”

About the MAA Final Projects

In Final Phases of the Masters in Advanced Architecture program students attend one of three Research Studios: Self-Sufficient Buildings, Digital Tectonics or Emergent Territories. At the end of Phase II MAA Students presented their initial proposals. Throughout Phase III they will refine this research for their final presentations.

In the time leading up to the week of presentations we will give a preview of each project on the blog.

This year final presentations will be held the week of June 27. All presentations are open to the public. We invite you to come to see the students present. More information will be provided closer to the week of presentations.

(Above- RS2 at Yas Marina F1 Circuit, Abu Dhabi. IAAC Tweet: “RS2 at Formula 1 Karts! The group had amazing loop times…”)

Students in the Masters in Advanced Architecture Program are split into three Research Studios (RS1: Emergent Territories, RS2: Self Sufficient Buildings, RS3 Digital Tectonics). This past week each explored a different part of the world. Each trip was related to the focus of each Research and Development Studio.

Looking back on the trips each research group spent time learning about architecture and technology through visits to various race tracks, stadiums, and automobile engineering facilities. They explored the many ways that automobiles and racing influence architecture and urban planning and development.

(Above- RS1 at Happy Valley, Kong Kong. IAAC Tweet: “RS1 Impressive the Race in HK!”)

(Above- RS2 at Meydan City, Dubai. IAAC Tweet: “Meydan City-a new concept of urban development based on horse races as the attractor”)

(Above- 2 images, RS2 at Yas Hotel, Abu Dhabi. IAAC Tweet: “RS2 at Asymptote Yas Hotel in Yas Island/huge infrastructures related with Formula 1 industry”)

(Above-IAAC Check-in: “RS3 studio @ BMW World by CoopHimmelblau”)

(Above- IAAC Check in: RS3 Studio @ Mercedes Benz Museum by UN Studio!)

IAAC Everywhere:

Staff members from each Research Studio group chronicled their travels on Twitter.  You can also follow all of IAAC’s future stops around the world on Foursquare.

Next week each of the three Research Studios will present their findings to the entire MAA class. We will post notes from these presentations so you can see in greater detail what the students learned on their trips

Students in the Masters in Advanced Architecture Program are split into three Research Studios (RS1: Emergent Territories, RS2: Self Sufficient Buildings, RS3 Digital Tectonics). This week each will be exploring a different part of the world. Each trip is related to the focus of each Research and Development Studio.

It is Friday and the groups are wrapping up their trips from around the world. While RS2 is returning from Dubai, RS3 will spend the weekend in Basel and Geneva.

RS1 is spending the final two days in Hong Kong conducting research projects around the city. In these projects, students will be exploring the city through five different tours which will examine: ports, waterfront development, parks, transportation systems and information networks. The goal of the research is to study urban zones with in relation to how they impact the culture of the city. Each group will create 3-5 minute video documentations of onsite information supported by graphical representation.

(Above- IAAC Check-in: RS 1 at Bank of China Tower. The final two days the trip will consist of a research project exploring and documenting Hong Kong.)

(Above- IAAC Tweet: “RS1 team at Bank of China. I.M.Pei”)

IAAC Everywhere:

Staff members from each Research Studio group are chronicling their travels on Twitter.  You can also follow all of IAAC’s stops around the world on Foursquare.

Next week each of the three Research Studios will present their findings to the entire MAA class. We will post notes from these presentations so you can see in greater detail what the students learned on their trips

(RS2 Self Sufficient Buildings: Students discuss sustainable urban planning in Masdar City)

Students in the Masters in Advanced Architecture Program are split into three Research Studios (RS1: Emergent Territories, RS2: Self Sufficient Buildings, RS3 Digital Tectonics). This week each will be exploring a different part of the world.

As we have mentioned, each trip is related to the focus of each Research and Development Studio. Their goal is to discover advanced architecture in action around the world and apply and expand upon these ideas in their work when they return for the final Phase of their Masters program. In this post you will see a few of the things a couple of the Studios have seen in their travels that relate to their MAA curriculum at IAAC.

(RS1 Self Sufficient Buildings- Electric cars in Masdar City)

(RS3 Digital Tectonics- The longest 5axis CNC machine, used to fabricate free-form timber structures at Blumer-Lehmann in Erlenhof)

(RS2 Self Sufficient Buildings: Masdar Library by Norman Foster, created from low carbon materials)

(Video from Research Studio 1: Emergent Territories at the Hong Kong Housing Authority. Urban interactive.)

IAAC Everywhere:

Staff members from each Research Studio group are chronicling their travels on Twitter.  You can also follow all of IAAC’s stops around the world on Foursquare.

(RS3 Checking in outside ETH, the group on foam furniture fabricated by robots)

Students in the Masters in Advanced Architecture Program are split into three Research Studios (RS1: Emergent Territories, RS2: Self Sufficient Buildings, RS3 Digital Tectonics). This week each will be exploring a different part of the world. Each trip is related to the focus of each Research and Development Studio.

RS 1:Emergent Territories is in Hong Kong and after a walking tour of the city yesterday they headed by boat to Macau. Tomorrow they will be visit Hong Kong University for a tour of the campus.

(RS1 Checking in from Flower Market Road, Mong Kok, Hong Kong)

RS2: Self Sufficient Buildings made their trip to Masdar City today. Tomorrow they will tour Ferrari World and the Yas Marina F1 Circuit. (RS2 at Masdar City- IAAC Tweet: “Chris Wan, Masdar City director explaining different strategies of energy generation”)

RS3: Digital Tectonics is currently traveling by bus through Switzerland, Austria, and Germany. They concluded their first day of visits in Zurich at EPFL also included a visit to ETH Zurich Digital Fabrication Lab and a presentation at Design to Production by Fabian Scheurer about use of parametric tools for production of non-standard buildings. Tomorrow they will arrive in Munich and will visit Museum Pinakothek der Moderne, the Olympic Stadium, and BMW World.

(RS3 at EPFL- IAAC Tweet: “RS3 studio visited EPFL Mobile Robotics Group, received by senior researcher Dr. Francesco Mondada”)

IAAC Everywhere:

Staff members from each Research Studio group are chronicling their travels on Twitter.  You can also follow all of IAAC’s stops around the world on Foursquare.