Everyday life at the Institute for advanced architecture of Catalonia
The MAI students presented the Smart Net Studio Project that they have been developing during the december and january. The 6 groups of students proposed each one an intervention based in the Fablab “smart citizen” project. The work was presented in front of the tutors that have been leading the students research, and in front of the jury, composed by different experts related to the fields of interaction, economy and engineering.
Here you have the presentations
MAI_Master in Advanced Interaction2013-2013 – Smart Net Studio final presentation
Presentation Schedule
05.00pm Introduction and Presentation
05.20pm Presentation Session
07.00pm Closing Speach
07.15pm Drink
IAAC Alumni presented a Design Studio project developed within the Master in Advanced Architecture 2011-12 in the context of Rob|Arch Conference 2012.
Alexandre Dubor and Gabriel Bello Diaz featured the “Magnetic Architecture: Generative Design through Sensoric Robots” at the Conference Workshops that took place from December 14th to 16th in Vienna, Graz, Zürich, Rotterdam and Stuttgart.
The presentation was supported by IAAC and KUKA.
ROB|ARCH has been initiated by the Association for Robots in Architecture, of which IaaC is a member since 2012, as a new conference series on the use of robotic fabrication in architecture, art, and design, closely linking industry with cutting-edge research institutions.
Project credits:
IAAC, Master in Advanced Architecture
Course: Digital Tectonics, (Fab)Bots 3.0
Faculty: Marta Malé-Alemany
Assistant: Jordi Portell, Miquel Lloveras
Technical Experts: Santiago Martin, Guillem Camprodon, Santiago Martín González
Students: Akhil Kapadia, Alexandre Dubor, Angel Fernando Lara Moreira, Gabriel Bello Diaz.
See the project here
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 strong position.
What is the architect’s position nowadays?
Between what information is it located?
What exactly does this translate into?
Through the presentation of post-tweets, an intellectual positioning from non conventional routes of theory, we mapped out what, collectively, we feel is an architect today, generating an intense debate around this theme.
The map revealed diverse individual concepts (post-tweets) that cluster around common themes (selected keywords) forming densities of ideas and generating an overall view, and our answer to those seemingly innocent questions.
Friday January 26th, MAI students presented the Bootcamp Barcelona- Valldaura Project that they have been developing during the 1st term.
The project has been directed by Alfonso Borragán, with the help of Guillem Camprodón and Cristian Bettini.
To see the projects click here
Friday January 26th, Master in Advanced Interaction students presented the final projects of the Physical Computing workshop that they have been developing during the 1st term.
The project has been directed by Alex Posada.
To see the projects click here.
The Fab Academy 2013 started this Wednesday, 9am Boston, 3pm Barcelona, 11pm Tokyo. More than 120 students from 24 different Fab Labs in the world are participating in one of the most complete courses in the principles, applications and implications of digital fabrication. The Fab Academy is structured in different units dedicated to different processes of digital fabrication, from the design of a circuit board, the fabrication of large structures, to code applications for your computer. The course is structured through a final project that every student needs to develop and present at the end of the semester.
To check the participating Fab Labs: http://academy.cba.mit.edu/2013/labs/index.html
To check student’s personal websites: http://academy.cba.mit.edu/2013/students/index.html
To access to the video archive of the class: http://academy.cba.mit.edu/2013/videos/index.html
To access to the Fab Academy 2013 content: http://academy.cba.mit.edu/2013/schedule/index.html
Fab Academy Barcelona first Class from Fab Lab Barcelona on Vimeo.
If you have any enquiries about the Fab Academy, please send us an email to: coordination@fabacademy.org