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Master Project Theme IV: Contextualizing Digital fabrication_Final Presentations

By iaac | Published: July 5, 2010

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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IaaC at the Pecha Kucha Barcelona

By iaac | Published: June 29, 2010

With its events happening in hundreds of cities around the world, inspiring creatives worldwide, PechaKucha Night (a japanese term for the sound of “chit chat”  night)  in Barcelona which was on the 18th of june has been presented by IaaC co-director Marta Malé-Alemany, where she presented the the IaaC Masters studio FabBots  and the exhibition at [...]

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Master Project Theme IV: Contextualizing Digital fabrication

By iaac | Published: June 20, 2010

Masters project in digital fabrication methods, devices and emergent material formations is continuing with its research. Taking the concepts from their previous projects (fab bots) some students are transforming these into different situations where their machines can be used in other fabrication methods. With team Olaf gipser and faculty Marta Malé–Alemany there was an individual [...]

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Master Project-Theme III

By iaac | Published: June 2, 2010

With the idea of producing multiple versions of a single result, students progressed on their projects having to choose their site, create the program and giving it context. Within this realm , they consulted with Jordi Pagès i Ramon and Lluis Viu on how their designs could possibly be adopted, as well as multiplied in [...]

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Master Project Theme 1V: Contextualizing Digital fabrication

By iaac | Published: June 1, 2010

Students have been working on their (FaB)BOTS Digital Tectonics Research Studio, now they will contextualize it and instrumentalize the fabrication wokr on two levels- Critically reflect on it from within theoretical notions of architectural and cultural discourse, and actualize it within concrete geographical, social, political, and economic environments. On saturday with the first class with [...]

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D-HUB Modules

By iaac | Published: May 26, 2010

Working prototypes The various prototypes for the D-HUB exposition www.dhub-bcn.cat are being fabricated at the FabLab cut with 3-axis milling machine. Using Alucobond 5mm, which provides lightness as well as stiffness, these prototypes can be attached to multiple forms of organization providing ample flexibility for the space. After being cut they are then manually folded and [...]

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RSIII. Digital Tectonics (FAB)BOTS

By iaac | Published: April 24, 2010

With finals coming up soon student groups are currently working on their Fabbots, to achieve their aspired research avenue. Swarm robots, weaving machines, Sand casting and molding, Solar driven fabrication techniques are a few of the types currently being developed. Students have been working and consulting with faculty Marta Malé-Alemany , Victor Viña and assistant [...]

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