Everyday life at the Institute for advanced architecture of Catalonia
“That’s thirty minutes away, I’ll be there in ten” Pulp fiction The concept of the workshop was to develop 6 fields of play directed by 6 teams so as to produce a reflection around and on the new lines of thought in contemporary architecture and the contemporary position of the architect in this socio-cultural scenario. [...]
Today’s theory duet focused on the re-postioning of architecture and architecture theory in the contemporary society, in particular through the editorial experiences of Axel Sowa (Candide) and Ricardo Devesa (DC Papers).
Tomorrow (14th of May) at 18.30 there will be a Duet lecture with Axel Sowa (Candide, http://www.candidejournal.net/) and Ricardo Devesa (DC Papers, http://upcommons.upc.edu/revistes/handle/2099/1800). Candide and DC Papers are both online journals revolving around the concept of questioning and communicating architectural knowledge.
Today Enrique Walker presented a Lecture on his theory research project the Dictionary of Received Ideas. Enrique conceives his teaching space as a testing ground, generating evidence through the work of his students during studio. He then starts writing… The Dictionary of Received Ideas wishes to investigate both Practice and Ideas, or Theory and Design, [...]
Enrique Walker at the IaaC Lecture “The Dictionary of Received Ideas“ 30th of April // 19:30 // IAAC Auditorium // C/Pujades 102 BARCELONA Enrique Walker is an architect and Associate Professor at the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, Columbia University, where he also directs the Master of Science program in Advanced Architectural Design. His publications include, Tschumi [...]
After the duet theory lecture from last week, the reflection on the contemporary architect’s figure and the new professional roles of the mediating architect continues today, with-in the Advanced Architecture Theory Course lead by Manuel Gausa, Ricardo Devesa and Amadeu Santacana. With some seemingly innocent questions on the Architect Mediator we aimed to establish a [...]
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 [...]