MAEB
VALLDAURA LABS INSTALLS UPDATED TERRACE PROTOTYPE IN BARCELONA’S STREETS
How can design help maintain social cohesion during COVID-19? Moreover, how can designers capitalize on disruptions like the current pandemic to implement lasting improvements to our cities? Both the novel coronavirus and global climate change…
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MAEB
MAEBB STUDENTS ARE BUILDING A SOLAR PANEL STRUCTURE TO PUMP WATER TO THE ORCHARDS
Within 300 meters from the Valldaura Labs, in the valley area, mountain water currently accumulates through a natural process. To guarantee the sustainability of the food gardens and the final prototype being developed by the students,…
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MAEB
MAEBB’s co-director Daniel Ibañez participates in the Venice Biennale 2021
Together with members of the Urban Theory Lab, Daniel Ibañez presents the video-installation Data-Spheres of Planetary Urbanization at the Architecture Biennale in Venice. Curated by Dean Hashim Sarkis, the exhibition interrogates “How can we live…
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MAEB
Valldaura Labs’ Michael Salka Awarded Prestigious Gates Cambridge Scholarship
Congratulations to IAAC’s Michael Salka, Technical Coordinator of Valldaura Labs, for being awarded the prestigious Gates Cambridge Scholarship! According to the Gates Cambridge Trust: “Twenty four of the most academically outstanding and socially committed US…
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MAEB
Gunther Pauli leads a workshop with MAEBB students
Gunther Pauli and his team of specialists, together with the Urban Sciences Lab and Valldaura Labs of the IAAC, have been working to redesign the New Porrima. The redesigned, solar-powered Race for Water boat will…
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IAAC Faculty
Vicente Guallart, Director of Valldaura Labs, Appointed to the Advisory Committee for the Urban Renovation of Barcelona
The city of Barcelona is launching a new phase in the exemplary urban Superblock (Superilles) project, to be informed by an Advisory Committee of experts and professionals with recognized prestige in the field of urban policy,…
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MAEBB & MMTD Academic Coordinator Fabio Capra-Ribeiro Publishes His Book on Uncertain Regional Urbanism
Fabio Capra-Ribeiro, PhD Architect and Academic Coordinator of the Master in Advanced Ecological Buildings & Biocities as well as the new Master in Mass Timber Design has recently published his book Uncertain Regional Urbanism…
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Valldaura Labs kicks off co-authorship of the Green Book of Biocities
With the closing of a difficult year and the onset of a new one we’re working diligently to make brighter, IAAC’s Valldaura Labs team is also looking forward to a brighter, more lively, more natural…
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Barcelona will be the European Forest City of 2022
Barcelona will be the European Forest City of 2022 and will organize the annual conference of the European Forest Institute as decided by its annual Assembly held this year in Bonn. Barcelona, which presented its…
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IAAC Faculty
MAEBB Co-Director Vicente Guallart Wins Post-COVID Housing Competition in China for the Xiong’an New City
Guallart Architects, directed by Vicente Guallart MAEBB co-director, has won an international competition for the design of a mixed use community in the Xiong’an New City, defining a new standard in the post-COVID era, that can…
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Alumni
Congratulations to the MAEBB 2019/20 Graduates!
Nobody will forget where they were during the turbulent year of 2020. This is especially true for the recent graduates of the 2019/20 Master in Advanced Ecological Buildings & Biocities, who concluded the program on September…
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Alumni
Valldaura Labs wins EU Project for Temporary Urban Elements Adapting Public Spaces to COVID-19
Valldaura Labs has won a call issued by the European Institute for Innovation & Technology (EIT) Urban Mobility group for rapid responses to COVID-19. The Valldaura Labs project, FURNISH (Fast Urban Responses for New Inclusive…
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MAEB
Leka to Open New Restaurant in Can Valldaura in the Coming Weeks
Leka, which has been described as the world’s first open-source restaurant and enjoyed much popularity from their original location in Barcelona’s Poblenou neighborhood, is opening a new restaurant, Green Leka, at Can Valldaura in the…
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MAEB
Ecological buildings, biocities and biostudents of 2020/21
Closing the last period of the Master in Ecological Buildings and Biocities was a harsh experience. Covid pandemic scenarios made even harder the intense effort to build a 1:1 sustainable building. It demanded an extra…
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10 Years of the First Solar House Manufactured in Barcelona by the IAAC, for the Solar Decathlon Europe
June 17 marks the 10th anniversary of the Fab Lab House, the first solar house produced in Barcelona, carried out by IAAC in its workshop in the 22 @ neighborhood. The project took part in…
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IAAC
Valldaura Labs Installs a Cross-Laminated Timber Press!
Valldaura Labs has a new tool! Cross-laminated timber (CLT) is one of the key technologies revolutionizing wood architecture. Made from gluing together perpendicular layers of solid sawn lumber, CLT achieves large spans and can be…
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Launched! The 8th Advanced Architecture Contest: Design for Living
The Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IAAC) calls its 8th Advanced Architecture Contest as a global reflection to rethink human habitats, at a time when the fight for life and climate allows us to consider…
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IAAC
IAAC collaborates with Barcelona hospitals by printing 3d elements for respirators
IAAC’s Fab Lab Barcelona, Valldaura Labs, and Advanced Architecture Group have made their digital fabrication facilities and resources available to the medical community to print protective wear and elements for respirators. This is the first time that…
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MAEB
MAEBB midterm presentation using ZOOM
March 26th was the day fixed in the calendar since some months ago to present the final projects for the first phase of the Master program. During the previous five months the students studied all…
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Global Summer School
IAAC Launches the Global Summer School 2020
IAAC Global Summer School 2020 June 29th - July 11th 2020 Applications are now open! The Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IAAC) is pleased to inform you about the launch of Global Summer School 2020 (GSS20),... Read more
Master in City & Technology
The Eyes of the City: MaCT Students Answer 2019 Shenzhen Biennale’s Open Call
The Eyes of the City: MaCT Students Answer 2019 Shenzhen Biennale's Open Call The last two decades have witnessed an increasing penetration of digital technologies in the physical space – a phenomenon often described as... Read more
MDEF
SPACE10 Visits IAAC Barcelona and Meet Current MDEF Students
SPACE10 Visits IAAC Barcelona and Meet Current MDEF Students Invited by Fab Lab Barcelona Director Tomas Diez, SPACE10 Lead Creative Producer Mikkel Christopher and Fabrication Specialist Noe Bhandari visited IAAC last week, to meet the... Read more
MDEF
MDEF Students Join the Citizen Science Revolution
MDEF Students Join the Citizen Science Revolution Last week, the Master in Design for Emergent Futures (MDEF) students could celebrate with the Fab Lab Barcelona the launch of the latest generation of the Smart Citizen Kit. Started in 2012, Smart Citizen develops... Read more
Master in Advanced Architecture
MAA02 Student at the Norman Foster Foundation Robotics Atelier
MAA02 Student at the Norman Foster Foundation Robotics Atelier The Norman Foster Foundation Robotics Atelier investigates new ways of reflecting on the physics of architecture, its design and materialization. The Master in Advanced Architecture (MAA)... Read more
OTF
New Construction Scenarios for Sustainable Housing at the OTF Programme
New Construction Scenarios for Sustainable Housing at the OTF Programme The Open Thesis Fabrication (OTF) researchers have been recently working at the prototype of an innovative 3D printed wall, enhancing the design opportunities of on-site... Read more
MaCT
Internet of Buildings: MaCT Students Explore the Future of Barcelona
Internet of Buildings: MaCT Students Explore the Future of Barcelona What is the Internet of Buildings to you? The Master in City & Technology (MaCT) researchers explored the future of Barcelona by defining new methodologies... Read more
MRAC
Robotic Fabrication & Material Innovation: MRAC Students Meet Fabio Gramazio
Robotic Fabrication & Material Innovation: MRAC Students Meet Fabio Gramazio Fabio Gramazio, one of the seven members of the Master in Robotics and Advanced Construction (MRAC) Scientific Committee, joined this week a debate session and lecture... Read more