Everyday life at the Institute for advanced architecture of Catalonia
MAA Students have been designing a block in Barcelona using metabolic system and other sustainable methods, they presented their studio proposals with Antonio SanMartin and Javier Peña as a guest jury.
Above: Passive design principles, basic thermal concepts and the tools for passive design.
Last Friday, 11 Februrary the IAAC community launched its latest project. The GREEN FAB LAB will be a research, education and knowledge center which will put together Nature, Technology, Architecture and Experience, in a mix of activities for the Barcelona community as well as in conjunction with international partners. The event was hosted by IAAC’s President Javier Nieto and presented by IAAC’s Director Vicente Guallart, who explained the timeline for the next few years in Valldaura at the Collserola Park in Barcelona, where the GREEN FAB LAB will be located. The project will be possible thanks to the collaboration of the Ministerio de Industria, Turismo y Comercio, La Caixa, Parc de Collserola, Ajuntament of Cerdanyola del Vallés, among other companies and institutions.
See the presentation covered by TV3: http://www.tv3.cat/3alacarta/#/videos/3367233
More pictures about the presentation at: http://picasaweb.google.com/fablabbcn/Green_fablab
IAAC had the pleasure to welcome one of the ‘ New York Five’.
Peter Eisenman came back to Barcelona after 15 years with a lecture at IAAC .
Peter Eisenman and “Whither Achitecture?”
Wither, as Mr. Eisenman explained, means to dry/to die, whither with “h” on the other hand has another significance: what of …Therefore “what of Achitecture?”
“I don’t want to be controversial , I just want to tell you about the world that we live in today¨
