Lecture Series
Marcelo Spina // Mute Icons
Marcelo Spina - Mute Icons This week our guest lecturer Marcelo Spina, invited as part of the Winter Lecture Series 2016, inspired the audience with his lecture: Mute Icons. The lecture Mute Icons challenged fixed aesthetic notions of beauty... Read more
Brillen en la Foscor // IAAC @Llum BCN 2017
IAAC has once again had the honour of being invited to participate in the Llum BCN Urban Light Festival in Barcelona. Join us at the Pati Llimona, from the 10th to the 12th of February, and... Read more
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Jose Sanchez // Architectures for the Commons
Jose Sanchez - Architectures for the Commons This week our guest lecturer Jose Sanchez, invited as part of the Winter Lecture Series 2016, inspired the audience with his lecture: Architectures for the Commons. Architecture of the Commons is... Read more
CIEE Global Architecture & Design Program
CIEE Global Architecture and Design Program // Final Presentations
Last Monday 19th of December the Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia hosted the final presentations of the CIEE Global Architecture and Design Program. Continuing the IAAC research agenda, and using Barcelona as an experimentation laboratory, the... Read more
IAAC Lectures
Matias del Campo // The Ontological Catastrophe of Messy but Precise Aesthetics
Matias del Campo - The Ontological Catastrophe of Messy but Precise Aesthetics This week our guest lecturer Matias del Campo, invited as part of the Winter Lecture Series 2016, inspired the audience with his lecture: The Ontological Catastrophe of... Read more
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Klaus Obermaier // Works and Projects
Klaus Obermaier - Works and Projects This week our guest lecturer and MAI Program Director Klaus Obermaier, invited as part of the Winter Lecture Series 2016, inspired the audience with his lecture: Works and Projects. Klaus Obermaier creates innovative... Read more
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Social Energies // Final Presentations
Social Energies // Final Presentations The Introductory studio Social Energies aimed to explore the ambiguous links existing between energy and society. The course proposed to systematise the research from a design and make methodology, getting in…
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IAAC + Autodesk BUILDers in Residence // Selected Projects Announced??
IAAC + Autodesk BUILDers in Residence – Selected Projects Announced A few weeks ago IAAC and Autodesk announced their collaboration in establishing Research Residency Positions in Boston and Barcelona. Four projects, ranging from Carbon Fiber 3D Printing to Responsive…
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Alumni
IAAC Alumni Re-imagining Black Women at Sundance Film Festival
IAAC Alumni Re-imagining Black Women at Sundance Film Festival Hyphen-Labs, the studio co-founded by IAAC Alumni Ece Tankal and Carmen Aguilar y Wedge, is now working on a Virtual Reality project called NeuroSpeculative AfroFeminism, an interactive installation…
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IAAC Lectures
John Thackara // The City and its Bioregion: A New Story of Place
John Thackara -The City and its Bioregion: A New Story of Place This week our guest lecturer John Thackara, invited as part of the Fall Lecture Series 2016, inspired the audience with his lecture: The City and... Read more
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Anthropocene Landscapes // Final Presentations
Anthropocene Landscapes // Final Presentations Is there any sharply defined boundary separating the natural from the artificial? It seems inevitable that the products of human activity are treated as artificial and therefore are irremediably detached…
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IAAC Designs the First 3D Printed Bridge in the World
IAAC Designs the First 3D Printed Bridge in the World The first pedestrian bridge printed in 3D in the world was inaugurated last December 14 in the urban park of Castilla-La Mancha in Alcobendas, Madrid.... Read more
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KA-AU // Public Space Data Visualisation Workshop
KA-AU – Public Space Data Visualisation Workshop The increasing availability of data creates new opportunities not only for monitoring and management but also for changing the way we describe, understand and design cities, challenging many…
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IAAC MAA Faculty Project to Speed up Cancer Diagnosis
IAAC MAA Faculty Project to Speed up Cancer Diagnosis Around 15 million patients are diagnosed with cancer all around the world every year. Nowadays, there is hope for patients, especially when treatment can start quickly…
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Gunter Pauli // The Blue Economy Business Innovation
Gunter Pauli – The Blue Economy Business Innovation This week our guest lecturer Gunter Pauli, invited as part of the Fall Lecture Series 2016, inspired the audience with his lecture: The Blue Economy Business Innovation. Gunter Pauli... Read more
Lecture Series
Philippe Block // Novel Shell Structures: Learning from the Master Builders
Philippe Block – Novel Shell Structures: Learning from the Master Builders Last week our guest lecturer Philippe Block, invited as part of the Fall Lecture Series 2016, inspired the audience with his lecture: Novel Shell Structures…
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IAAC Opens its Doors to Prospective Students
IAAC Opens its Doors to Prospective Students Thanks to all of those who visited and participated in IAAC Open Days 2016! The event took place in the main IAAC facility in Poblenou last Friday 2nd of…
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IAAC Faculty Awarded at the American Architecture Prize
IAAC Faculty Marcella Del Signore Awarded at the American Architecture Prize Marcella Del Signore, currently IAAC MaCT Faculty and New York 2016 GSS Coordinator, has been awarded at the American Architecture Prize. The award honors designs in the disciplines of…
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Lecture Series
Tanner Merkeley // AMO’s Process & The Paradox of Sustainability
Tanner Merkeley // AMO’s Process and The Paradox of Sustainability Last night our guest lecturer Tanner Merkeley, invited as part of the Fall Lecture Series 2016, inspired the audience with his lecture: AMO’s Process and The Paradox of…
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IAAC Takes part to the Congres d’Arquitectura 2016
IAAC Takes part to the Congres d’Arquitectura 2016 The Congrés d’Arquitectura 2016, organized by COAC, consisted of a six-month process in which debates, reflections and conferences has been promoted with the aim of analysing the current social, environmental and…
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Lecture Series
Andy Bow // Architecture in the 21st Century
Andy Bow // Architecture in the 21st Century Last night Andy Bow, Senior Partner of Foster + Partners and Visiting Professor at Yale and the Bartlett School of Architecture, invited as part of the Fall Lecture Series…
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Active Public Space // MAA Introductory Studio Midterm Presentations
Active Public Space // MAA Introductory Studio Midterm Presentations Last week the students of the first year of the Master in Advanced Architecture went through the Mid-term presentations of the three Introductory Studios of the current…
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Exhibitions
IAAC MAA02 Projects Exhibited at Biofabricate 2016
IAAC MAA02 Projects Exhibited at Biofabricate 2016 The world of Biofabrication is being shaped by a multiplicity of researchers from design, biology and technology via industry, academia and open source communities. Bio-innovation is emerging from…
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Additive Manufacturing with Mud // OTF Midterm Presentations
Additive Manufacturing with Mud – OTF Midterm Presentations Last week Open Thesis Fabrication (OTF) students have been presenting the findings of their research at the Midterm review of the course. This year’s OTF is very much inspired by nature…
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IAAC at Smart City Expo World Congress 2016
IAAC Takes Part to the Smart City Expo World Congress 2016 The Smart City Expo World Congress, the international summit of discussion about the link between urban reality and technological revolution, reached this year its 6th edition. Since…
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Lecture Series
Peter Poulet // Architecture & Public Policy: Why a Government Architect?
Peter Poulet // Architecture & Public Policy: Why a Government Architect? Last night our guest lecturer Peter Poulet, invited as part of the Fall Lecture Series 2016, inspired the audience with his lecture: Architecture & Public…
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Warren Neidich // Epigenetic Architecture and the Statisticon
Warren Neidich // Epigenetic Architecture and the Statisticon Last night our guest lecturer Warren Neidich, invited as part of the Fall Lecture Series 2016, inspired the audience with his lecture: Epigenetic Architecture and the Statisticon. Neidich started his talk defining a…
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IAAC AR & VR Platforms at Smart City Expo World Congress
IAAC AR & VR Platforms at Smart City Expo World Congress Next November 16th IAAC Academic Coordinator Mathilde Marengo and IAAC InnoChain PhD Candidate Angelos Chronis will be taking part to the Barcelona Smart City Expo World Congress, giving a…
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