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GSS2014 The Next City // day 7

admin — Tue, 15 Jul 2014 19:14:34 +0000

Day 7 of the Global Sumer School in Barcelona was kicked off with a Digital Design Tools Tutorial as well as an Introduction to Physical Computing (Arduino) with Guillem Camprodon, IAAC Physical Computing Expert.

In the afternoon the students joined Jaume Barnada, the Deputy Chief Architect of the City Council of Barcelona, for a guided tour of the city of Barcelona.

Massimo Banzi featured in La Contra // La Vanguardia

admin — Mon, 28 Apr 2014 20:53:51 +0000

Massimo Banzi came to IaaC on the 28th of February 2014 to share his thoughts on “Open Sourcing Innovation” as part of the IaaC Winter Lecture Series. In this occasion he was interviewed by Lluís Amiguet of La Contra, and the interview was published yesterday, check it out!

Investigación Viajes MAA2013 / 14 // Self Edificios suficientes en Figueres y Cadaqués

admin — Fri, 11 Apr 2014 11:31:55 +0000

This year the Self Sufficient Buildings Research line has gone to Figueres and Cadaques for their research trip to visit some of the architectural (and not only) highlights of this part of the Spanish coast. Among these the Dali Museum, elBulli, Villa Nurbs, Villa Bio, and much more.

La experiencia HTC Barcelona Design visita IaaC

admin — Tue, 25 Feb 2014 16:33:10 +0000

Today IaaC had the pleasure of hosting a group of journalists as part of HTC’s Barcelona Design Experience.

The group, including journalists from the UK, Germany, Russia and Spain, toured IaaC together with MAA Director Areti Markopoulou and Alexandre Dubor (Research and Development).

The main interest of the tour regarded additive manufacturing. The journalists were able to observe prototypes and projects, all developed in IaaC, in action.

Yokohama City Council and Smart City Representatives visits IAAC

admin — Thu, 26 Sep 2013 12:05:27 +0000

Today representatives from the Yokohama City Council working on Smart City developments together with representatives of Barcelona City Hall visited IAAC in an effort of promoting together Smart City developments. They partook in a guided tour of the facility, along with Master Program Director Areti Markopoulou and Guillem Camprodon, discussing Advanced Architecture projects and research development, as well as Smart city development research, and the Fab Lab Bcn. The tour was concluded with a presentation of the Smart Citizen Platform presentation in the Cisco Lab.

MAA visiting iGuzzini España HQ

admin — Thu, 30 May 2013 15:44:17 +0000

Today a group of MAA students visited iGuzzini España Headquarters in Barcelona, by Josep Miàs – MiAS ARCHITECTS.

The offices of the Italian lightening company are located in a spherical glass structure, wrapped in a special fabric solar protector and hanged from a complex central pillar, whereas the showroom and storage area is contained in a lower concrete base. In night-time the sphere turns on in an exciting light show. The multi-awarded building (Architizer A+ Awards - Winner 2013 // WAF World Architecture Awards – Shortlisted 2012// Building of the year Archdaily - Winner 2011) has been completed in 2011.

The visit has been conducted by Silvia Brandi, project leader of this building in MiAS Architects and part of the IAAC Faculty.