Everyday life at the Institute for advanced architecture of Catalonia
On Saturday, July 2, the Master in Advanced Architecture class of 2010/2011 graduated from IAAC. This year’s graduating MAA class was made up of 56 students from over 25 countries. It was a day to celebrate after all of the hard work put in by the MAA students this year. In the final weeks of [...]
(Above- RS3 at the Olympic Stadium in Munich. IAAC Tweet “RS3 studio @ Frei Otto’s Stadium, 2h tour on the canopy, walking + jumping on the 70000 m2 of cable net roof! Unforgetable experience!”) Students in the Masters in Advanced Architecture Program are split into three Research Studios (RS1: Emergent Territories, RS2: Self Sufficient Buildings, [...]
(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 [...]
(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 [...]
(Self Sufficient Buildings- Dubai and Abu Dhabi, Above- Masdar City) The Masters in Advanced Architecture program will be traveling the world! Each year the MAA program takes its research out of Barcelona and explores a different region of the world. Past trips include India, Romania, Taiwan, Slovenia-Croatia, and Brazil. This year, the three Research Studios [...]
Following last’s year Smart Geometry conference, hosted in Barcelona, IAAC faculty Luis Fraguada and Tomas Diez and alumni Felipe Pecegueiro are leading the Urban Feeds cluster (assisted by MAA student Morten Bulow) at the Smart Geometry Workshops and Conferences 2011, which is taking place in Copenhagen from March 28th to 31st. Urban Feeds cluster aims to [...]
Phase 2 (second term) is almost over and Research Studio Final Presentations are around the corner, so everyone is busy working on their projects. Phase 2 of the Masters in Advanced Architecture program is an Open Education Structure where students attend a Research Studio and 1 Seminar related to this studio plus 2 elective Seminars [...]