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OTF_Visit to CRICURSA

Today the IaaC OTF Researchers visited CRICURSA. CRICURSA was founded in 1928 with the intention of bringing form, material and processing into high technology glass bending, in order to explore the possibilities of bent glass as a decorative element. After more than 8o years of experience, now offers architectural glass, curved and flat interior and [...]

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OTF_Opening Presentation

Today we hosted the Opening Presentation of Open Thesis Fabrication (OTF), a 16 week program with an agenda that translates research into technology, working hand in hand with the industry, and seeking to develop innovative solutions in a wide range of fields. This year the researchers will follow one of three research lines: 3D printing [...]

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IAAC Green Dictionary Research Project

Today we started the research for the Green Dictionary Project!!! Ten years after the appearance of the Metapolis Dictionary of Advanced Architecture IAAC boosts The Green Dictionary, an ambitious multi-format project (print and digital) focused on sustainable development issues, energy self-sufficiency , creative management of resources, innovation and interaction with the environment, recycling and urban [...]

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Master Project Theme IV: Contextualizing Digital fabrication_Final Presentations

Master Project Theme IV has finished off with students presenting their works to Tutors Olaf Gipser, Marta Malé-Alemany and guest critics Dana Cuff  from  UCLA  www.spa.ucla.edu/dept.faculty, Claudia Pasquero and Marco Poletto from Ecologic Studio www.ecologicstudio.com. Opening up different aspects of conversations while presentations were taking place, Students works were various topics with different approaches. The FabBots [...]

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The Eco-Urban Apparatus

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RSII. Self Sufficient Buildings

The Reasearch Studio for Self-Sufficient Building ended with Students presenting their work for invited jury Professor Trilochan Chhaya( Dean of   BSSA, Mumbai),Ignasi Pérez Arnal global ecoforum/IgnasiPerezArnal, JOSEPH BOHIGAS Architect, M.Arch (Columbia), Professor at Escola de Disseny Elisav a (Pompeu Fabra), Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, lUniversidad de Salamanca and Cátedra Mies de la Escola Técnica Superior [...]

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FabLab Barcelona

The Fab Lab program is part of the MIT’s Center for Bits and Atoms (CBA) which broadly explores how the content of information relates to its physical representation, fab.cba.mit.edu. FabLab Barcelona is part of the FabLab central where students from Peru, Ethiopia, Italy and Spain are learning. With the future FabLabs under formation in both Ethiopia [...]

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