On March 5th at 19:00, IAAC – Advanced Architecture Barcelona celebrates its 25th Anniversary with an event in Barcelona marking twenty-five years of architectural research, experimentation and education.

The IAAC 25th Anniversary brings together the institute’s history, present and future at a particularly meaningful moment for the city, as Barcelona enters the year of the World Capital of Architecture. This wider context gives the celebration added relevance within the international architectural landscape.

The evening will open with a welcome by Daniel Ibáñez, Director of IAAC, who will officially launch the anniversary year. His address will reflect on how the institute has evolved over the past quarter century and introduce the programme that will shape this commemorative year.

Vicente Guallart, co-founder of IAAC, will then present Building IAAC from Scratch, a lecture revisiting the origins of the institute and the process of building IAAC from its earliest days to its current international presence.

The event will conclude with a guest lecture by Jordi Faulí i Oller, Chief Architect of the Sagrada Familia since 2012, titled Sagrada Familia by Antoni Gaudí, 100 Years Later. Having worked on the basilica for more than three decades, Faulí has overseen key structural and technological phases of one of the most complex architectural projects in the world. His presence at IAAC, in the year marking 100 years since the death of Antoni Gaudí, gives particular depth to this anniversary moment.

As IAAC celebrates 25 years, this gathering offers an opportunity to reflect on what has been built and to look ahead to what comes next.