European Projects

Ten Generations of Alumni Came Back to IAAC to Share Their Experiences

Ten Generations of Alumni Came Back to IAAC to Share Their Experiences The second Alumni meeting, celebrated last week in Barcelona, was a new chance to bring together different generations of Alumni, inviting them at IAAC to... Read more

MaCT

Superbarrio & Gaming Technologies at Genoa Responsive City Workshop

Superbarrio & Gaming Technologies at Genoa Responsive City Workshop Can we use responsive and gaming technologies for rethinking participatory processes and designing with the people? The gaming and participation Workshop “Genoa Responsive City”, held this month... Read more

Lecture Series

Nervous System // Barcelona Maker Faire Pre-opening

Nervous System // Barcelona Maker Faire Pre-opening This week our guest lecturers Jessica Rosenkrantz and Jesse Louis-Rosenberg, invited as part of the Spring Lecture Series 2017, inspired the audience with their lecture that inaugurated the Barcelona Maker Faire... Read more

IAAC

IAAC Takes Part to “3D. Imprimir el Mundo” at the Espacio Fundación Telefonica in Madrid

IAAC Takes Part to "3D. Imprimir el Mundo" at the Espacio Fundación Telefonica in Madrid What is 3D printing and what has been its way to the present? What kind of printed objects currently exist in and... Read more

Lecture Series

Winy Maas // WEGO: Between man-kind and robot-kind

Winy Maas // WEGO: Between man-kind and robot-kind This week our guest lecturer Winy Maas, invited as part of the Spring Lecture Series 2017, inspired the audience with their lecture: WEGO: Between man-kind and robot-kind. Winy Maas is an... Read more

Exhibitions

Living in Future Cities – IAAC Exhibition at the MUHBA Oliva Artés Barcelona

Living in Future Cities - IAAC Exhibition at the MUHBA Oliva Artés Barcelona Can we program the spaces we inhabit to act as living organisms that respond to our emotions and our needs? Can self... Read more

Events

Master in Advanced Architecture and Master in City & Technology Finals

Master in Advanced Architecture and Master in City & Technology Final Presentations The Final Presentations for the Master in City & Technology, Master in Advanced Architecture MAA01 and MAA02 will be taking place next week.... Read more

Events

IAAC is Getting Ready for this Academic Year’s Graduation Ceremony & Party

IAAC is Getting Ready for this Academic Year's Graduation Ceremony & Party On Friday 30th of June more than 140 students from 50 different countries will celebrate their graduation for the programs MAA, MaCT, OTF and Fab Academy BCN. The ceremony... Read more

Events

Speakers and Program Announced at the Second IAAC Global Alumni Meeting

Speakers and Program Announced at the Second IAAC Global Alumni Meeting Less then a couple of weeks to go for the second IAAC Global Alumni Meeting. For this very special occasion, IAAC extended an invitation... Read more

Seminars

MAA Students Exploring Extreme Possibilities with Cardboard Structures

MAA Students Exploring Extreme Possibilities with Cardboard Structures The MAA Lightweight Structures Seminar in this second edition has explored the topic of the folded surfaces, testing the capability of a plan to acquire structural stiffness... Read more

Lecture Series

Rachely Rotem // Can You Believe the Weather We Are Having?

Rachely Rotem - Can You Believe the Weather We Are Having? This week our guest lecturer Rachely Rotem, MODU co-director, invited as part of the Spring Lecture Series 2017, inspired the audience with her lecture: Can You Believe the Weather... Read more

MaCT

MaCT Students Question the Role of Architects in Mapping the Evolution of our Cities

MaCT Students Question the Role of Architects in Mapping the Evolution of our Cities Led by MVRDV co-founding director Winy Maas, the students of the Master in City & Technology are currently mapping the evolution... Read more

Exhibitions

IAAC Revolutionizes the Construction Site at the Barcelona Building Construmat

IAAC Revolutionizes the Construction Site at the Barcelona Building Construmat The twentieth edition of Barcelona Building Construmat, Barcelona’s international construction show, has just closed its doors with an outstanding participation of exhibitors and visitors, interested... Read more

Events

IAAC Students at the Inauguration of the Norman Foster Foundation in Madrid

IAAC Students at the Inauguration of the Norman Foster Foundation in Madrid The 2017 will see the launch of the Norman Foster Foundation in Madrid and with it, its first Forum Future is Now.  A... Read more

Exhibitions

IAAC Building the Future of Construction at the Barcelona Architecture Week

IAAC Building the Future of Construction at the Barcelona Architecture Week Building the Future of Construction is a round table organized by IAAC within the framework of the Barcelona Architecture Week, with the aim of bringing... Read more

European Projects

Active Public Space: The Superblock Case Study Featured by The Plan

Active Public Space: The Superblock Case Study Featured by The Plan Barcelona is a city with an innate desire for being at the forefront of innovation in terms of urban planning and development. It is... Read more

Exhibitions

IAAC Advanced Architecture Group Leading Innovation at Barcelona Building Construmat

IAAC Advanced Architecture Group Leading Innovation at Barcelona Building Construmat The twentieth edition of Barcelona Building Construmat, Barcelona's international construction show on the 23rd - 26th of May, will be putting a particular emphasis on... Read more

Research Trips

MAI Students Discover the Resonate Festival in Belgrade

MAI Students Discover the Resonate Festival in Belgrade Master in Advanced Interaction students, accompanied by their professors, Luis Fraguada and Klaus Obermaier, traveled this year to the Resonate Festival in Belgrade, Serbia. Held each year in Belgrade,... Read more

Exhibitions

On Site Robotics – the Potentials of 3D Printed Buildings at Barcelona Building Construmat

On Site Robotics - the Potentials of 3D Printed Buildings at Barcelona Building Construmat The twentieth edition of Barcelona Building Construmat, Barcelona's international construction show on the 23rd - 26th of May, will be putting... Read more

Lecture Series

Dieter Dietz // The Red River

Dieter Dietz - The Red River This week our guest lecturer Dieter Dietz, invited as part of the Spring Lecture Series 2017, inspired the audience with their lecture: The Red River. Dieter Dietz is Associate Professor for Architectural Design... Read more

Master in Advanced Interaction

Meet MAI Faculty Martina Menegon and Stefano D’Alessio

Meet MAI Faculty Martina Menegon and Stefano D'Alessio Master in Advanced Interaction Faculty Martina Menegon and Stefano D’Alessio are two Italian artists, graduated in Visual and Performing Arts at the IUAV University of Venice, and in... Read more

MaCT

Winy Maas and The Why Factory to Kick-off MaCT Robotic City Seminar

Winy Maas and The Why Factory to Kick-off MaCT Robotic City Seminar From May 15th to June 8th, Master in City & Technology (MaCT) students will join the Robotic City Seminar, which will be ran by... Read more

IAAC

IAAC Team Meets to Set Goals and Focus for the Forthcoming Years

IAAC Team Meets to Set Goals and Focus for the Forthcoming Years Last Thursday 6th of May all the IAAC staff members gathered for a team building event, to celebrate the growing and diverse team... Read more

Lecture Series

Jaime Coll + Judith Leclerc // Definitely Unfinished

Jaime Coll + Judith Leclerc - Definitely Unfinished This week our guest lecturers Jaime Coll and Judith Leclerc, invited as part of the Spring Lecture Series 2017, inspired the audience with their lecture: Definitely Unfinished. In 1923, Marcel... Read more

CIEE Global Architecture & Design Program

CIEE Global Architecture and Design Program // Final Presentations

CIEE Global Architecture and Design Program - Final Presentations Last 26th of April the Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia hosted the final presentations of the CIEE Global Architecture and Design Program. Continuing the IAAC research... Read more

Exhibitions

Scripts – Automatic Drawing Machines Exhibition Opening in Barcelona

Scripts - a chronicle of incidents Automatic Drawing Machines on Display in Barcelona Last 19th of April La Casa Elizalde in Barcelona opened its doors to present the exhibition Scripts – a chronicle of incidents,... Read more

Lecture Series

Alexander von Vegesack // Adventures With Objects

Alexander von Vegesack - Adventures With Objects This week our guest lecturer Alexander von Vegesack, invited as part of the Spring Lecture Series 2017, inspired the audience with his lecture: Adventures With Objects. Alexander von Vegesack is a... Read more

Workshops

Computational Design, Material Behaviour & Fabrication Strategies

Computational Design, Material Behaviour & Fabrication Strategies Workshop at IAAC Synthesis of Strip Pattern was a workshop oriented towards digital fabrication strategies and integrative design thinking, held at IAAC from the 7th to the 12th of April.... Read more