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New ABB Robot @ Valldaura!

admin — Wed, 16 Jul 2014 18:16:40 +0000

Say hello to the newest member of our robot family at IAAC, meet the new ABB robot in Valldaura Labs, kindly sponsored by ABB with the partnership of ASCAMM!

Master in Advanced Architecture 2013/14 // GRADUATION!!!

admin — Tue, 15 Jul 2014 16:28:36 +0000

Pics & highlights from the Master in Advanced Architecture 2013/14 Graduation in Valldaura!

PRACTISE FABRICATION // Brick Works Thin-Tile Vault Seminar // BOVEDA

admin — Tue, 24 Jun 2014 14:00:05 +0000

IaaC, in collaboration with Map13 Architects: Marta Domenech, David Lopez, Mariana Palumbo, and BLOCK Research Group, ETH Zurich, have finalized the Parametrized Catalan Vault, fruit of a 2 week-long workshop where a team of 27 Students designed and constructed a thin-tile vault in our forest campus in Valldaura.

Advanced digital tools along with traditional century-old Catalan masonry techniques will be deployed in the process, with students seeking to re-engineer, compute, and eventually construct a Vault in the forest.

IaaC is also furthering this research investigating in the field of advanced robotic fabrication techniques towards the implementation and automization of these complex catalan vault forms.

Special thanks to Areti Markopoulou, Lucas Cappelli and Ioan Pribagu for the final outcome!

Photos by: Filippo Poli

PRACTISE FABRICATION // BRICK WORKS THIN-TILE VAULT // day 4 & 5

admin — Mon, 19 May 2014 20:44:49 +0000

Days four and five of the Brick Works Thin-Tile Vault Seminar – both days on the site at the Valldaura Self Sufficient Labs – kicked off with a collective effort to finish mounting the Laser-cut cardboard pieces that were used as guides for the construction process. These were attached to the wooden formwork. The steel frame and foundations were then set, and the cardboard guides removed, to give way to the beginning of the brick laying phase. Thin bricks are starting to be laid, held in place with the help of the steel rod structure, and fast setting concrete. Once the first layer of bricks is in place, the metal substructure will be removed, and two more layers of bricks will be placed, finally leading to the completion of the structure in question.

PRACTISE FABRICATION // ROBOTIC MICRO CARPENTRY // day 1 & 2

admin — Sun, 18 May 2014 20:00:25 +0000

The Practise Fabrication // Robotic Micro Carpentry Seminar, led by Tom Pawlofsky – ETH – with Alexandre Dubor and Sofoklis Giannakopoulos, explores the KUKA robot as a multi-tool, micro factory.

The aim is to give an introduction to robotic fabrication, focusing on setting up processes and tools to be used with the robot. The students are learning and practicing how to teach and offline program the robot’s movements and tool-paths. In fact the first couple of days of the workshop have been dedicated to the student’s understanding and manipulation (manually moving the robot) of the Kuka Robot.

The ambitious objective of the Seminar is to mass-produce wooden chairs, where the robot will handle all steps, from shaping the elements to applying the connections, with the aim of integrating digital planing and production into traditional craft.

FLY VALLDAURA // OPEN SOURCE DRONE WORKSHOP

admin — Fri, 09 May 2014 17:48:42 +0000

IAAC | Fab Lab Barcelona with Flone present Fly Valldaura, a workshop towards the design and fabrication of Open source Drones.

PROGRAM

Engage in a workshop to build a Flone-Drone from a kit of parts. Learning to solder the components, assemble the frame as well as to program the circuit boards.

The group workshop is an intensive 4 days situated in the 140 hectares at Valldaura Labs. Participants will stay at Valldaura with the option of accommodation, food and drone kit included.

The 4 day workshop will also include drone – fu piloting practise as well as a number of lectures and mapping exercises. Participants will take home their own flone- drone and will receive the mapping data that we generate during the event. Both individuals and Groups welcome.

WORKSHOP CONTENT

- Tour of the site.

- Presentations drones Use / History / Future

- Film involving drones

- Mapping, scanning data sharing

- Open Discussion

PRICES

€550 - FLONE MAKER

FLONE KIT + TUITION + ACCOMMODATION

Add anther team member for €300

€350 - TRAVELLER

FLONE KIT + TUITION

Add another team member for €100

SCHEDULE

Saturday 31 _ 05 _2014

Tuesday 03 _ 06 _ 2014

Day 1 - CONSTRUCTION KIT

Day 2 - ELECTRONICS

Day 3 - PILOTING CLASSES

Day 4 - WHAT IF DRONES … ?

CONTACT

info@fablabbcn.org

jonathan@fablabbcn.org

REGISTER

valldaura-events.fikket.com

PRACTISE FABRICATION // BRICK WORKS THIN-TILE VAULT // day 2

admin — Wed, 07 May 2014 13:04:11 +0000

Day 2 of the Brick Works Thin-Tile Vault Seminar was and intense and productive day at the Valldaura Self-Sufficient Labs.

The day started out with recycling wood for the formwork necessary to accomplish the structure, that was later assembled. The group of students and tutors also dug the soil for the foundations, then laying out the plastic protection for the soil.

Construction will start on Day 3, so stay tuned for the next steps.

PRACTISE FABRICATION // BRICK WORKS THIN-TILE VAULT

admin — Mon, 05 May 2014 08:00:52 +0000

IaaC, in collaboration with Map13 Architects: Marta Domenech, David Lopez, Mariana Palumbo, and BLOCK Research Group, ETH Zurich, are happy to announce the inauguration of an intensive, 2 week-long workshop where a team of 27 Students will design and contruct a thin-tile vault in our forest campus in Valldaura.

IaaC is also furthering this research investigating in the field of advanced robotic fabrication techniques towards the implementation and automization of these complex catalan vault forms.

IAAC MAA 2013-2014 Visit to Valldaura Self-Sufficient Labs!

admin — Fri, 04 Oct 2013 18:49:32 +0000

Today the IaaC team, along with the new MAA 2013-2014 students, went up to Valldaura to visit the Valldaura Self Sufficient Labs.

The day was kicked off with a tour of the facility, allowing them to understand in detail what was presented to them earlier in the week.

This tour was followed by the presentation of the first term Studios, one with Javier Peña, Rodrigo Rubio, Oriol Carrasco and Stefanos Levidis; and the other with Marco Poletto, Claudia Pasquero, and Carmelo Zappulla.

A 0 km paella lunch was then served, giving the students time to relax and get to know each other.

The afternoon was then again dedicated to the First term Studios, that have officially started!

GRADUATION CEREMONY…AND PART-AY!!!

admin — Tue, 02 Jul 2013 09:53:13 +0000

IaaC 2013 Graduation Ceremony and Party were held at the Valldaura Labs, located in the Collserola Natural Park, in the heart of the metropolitan area of Barcelona.

The ceremony kicked off at 7pm with a speech by Willy Muller on behalf of Tony Vives, from the Ayuntamiento de Barcelona, followed by discourses on behalf of Manuel Gausa, IaaC Dean, Areti Markopoulou, MAA Director, and Xavier Gonzalez, MAI Director (together with Carlos Gomez).

The now IaaC Alumni from MAA01, MAA02, and MAI then walked down the red carpet to receive their Diplomas and shake the hands of all the before mentioned Directors, as well as the Academic Coordinator Silvia Brandi, and the Research Studio Tutors Willy Muller, Maite Bravo, Enric Ruiz Geli, Mireia Luzárraga, Claudia Pasquero, and Marco Poletto.

Aldo Sollazzo and Gabriela Gonzales Faria, the student representatives, were the invited to give a brief speech, sharing very nice words with us.

It was then the moment for this years awards, provided thanks to FabLab Barcelona. And the winners were…

EXPERIMENTAL ROBOTIC CRAFT AWARD /// to the project proposing new methods of fiber aggregation by robotic fabrication for the construction of ephemeral and growing natural structures based on varying local environmental and material forces:
Stigmergy: Jean Akanish (Lebanon), Ali Yerdel (Turkey), Jin Shihui (China) and Alexander Dolan (USA).

INNOVATIVE ENERGY AWARD /// to the project proposing new, adaptable and reactive infrastructure for filtering pollution particles in the city and enhancing air quality:
The Jungle: Moritz Begle (Austria), Dori Sadan (Israel), Stuart Maggs (UK) and Urte Naujetkaite (Lithuania).

BARCELONA INNOVATION AWARD: to the Project that through innovative ideas and ICT applications re-activates the public space of 22@ promoting social interaction, spatial and urban dynamics that adapt to the citizens and city future requirements.
Smart Street Hotel: Alejandra Díaz de León Lastras (México), Drew Carson (USA), Priyanka Narula (India) and Dulce Adriana Luna Hernández (Nicaragua).

MEGA STRUCTURES VISIONARY AWARD /// to the Project that envisions a city emerging from infrastructure, mobility and architecture promoting new ideas of urban inhabitation:
Contr-active: Jordi Vivaldi Piera (Catalunya) and Meropi-Eleni Skordalou (Hellas).

ADVANCED INTERACTION AWARD /// to the MAI Project that better combine Nature with new Technologies:
Electric Anthologies: Martin Lukac.

ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE AWARD /// to the project proposing innovative energy infrastructure systems for cooling and heating applications on buildings and urban spaces:
Knots: Gokulrajkailash Jayanthimala Thangarajan (India).

Congratulations to ALL 2013 IAAC ALUMNI!!!

The Festivities then continued well into the night with the Graduation Party!!!