Everyday life at the Institute for advanced architecture of Catalonia
For Designing Associativity Seminar MAA students had to fabricate a machine which responds to data collected from a source. This is one of the projects for the seminar, developed by Julian Hildebrand and Ohad Meyuhas, that is controlled by Firefly (Grasshopper) through an Arduino board.
Juan Herreros, PhD architect and Senior professor at the School of Architecture of Madrid, spoke about his recent projects. Since 2006 his firm, Herreros Arquitectos, has developed projects in Spain, Uruguay, Mexico, Panama and The Netherlands.
After Digital Tectonics studio presentations, students had a break playing with Jenga, while the rest of the group tried to brake their concentration.
Shading devices for a Façade, is a student research assignment, still under development, by IAAC MAA students Francisco Marmolejo, Marisa Margariti and Mathew Owen for the Designing Associativity seminar. These devices will open or close as they collect data from solar sensors connected to them. The goal for this assignment is to implement data flow into a physical object in order to investigate the relationship between information, design, and fabrication using parametric software.
To learn more about what MAA students are working on in the Designing Associativity seminar visit the seminar blog at: legacy.iaacblog.com/designingassociativity
Finished model made by one of the teams, (Picture by Viraat Kumar).
In the second day each team had to work on a Grasshopper definition for their models, then “bake it” into Rhino, send it to the laser cutter machine and start assembling the model in a 8x8cm grid.
Konrad Hoffman (Cloud9) was supporting attendees in the Grasshopper definition to control a parametric folded component.
RoboFold is a radical new technique for sheet metal forming, this workshop is about the design process for curved folding, and how to optimize components for production. In this picture Gregory Epps is explaining different folding techniques.
This past IAAC open lecture took place at COAC (Collegi d´Arquitectes de Catalunya) with the introduction (pictured above) made by Willy Müller (Co-Director MAA). Michel Rojkind talked about the importance of collaborating, discussion and feedback between architects; also the ways you can fabricate the digital design, using technology available or the hand work found locally.