LECTURE SERIES

INTRODUCTION

Since 2000, IAAC runs an international IAAC Lecture Series in which architects and experts from a variety of different disciplines present their work at IAAC. The lectures are open to the public, consisting of a high-quality cultural activity open to the city of Barcelona. Unless otherwise indicated, all the events of the Series are free with a mandatory online registration.

Some of the Guest Lecturers for IAAC Lecture Series of the past years are: Bjarke Ingels, Winy Maas, Greg Lynn, Shigeru Ban, Saskia Sassen, Wolf Prix, Liz Diller, Reinier de Graaf, Massimiliano Fuksas, Alison Brooks, Ben Van Berkel, Jaime Lerner, Gunter Pauli, Iñaki Abalos, Benedetta Tagliabue, Mark Burry, John Thackara, Belinda Tato, Carlo Ratti, Bernard Khoury, Izaskun Chinchilla, Indy Johar, Anupama Kundoo, Stefano Boeri, Peter Eisenman, Yona Friedman, Farshid Moussavi, Nicholas Negroponte, John Palmesino, Mette Ramsgaard Thomsen, Peter Trummer, Bernard Tschumi, Lydia Kallipoliti.

ALL LECTURES

IAAC Lecture Series – Jacinto Seguí and Andrés Mitnik

The IAAC Lecture Series continues with Jacinto Seguí (Director of Collaborative Developments at Finsa) and Andrés Mitnik (CEO of Strong by Form) discussing the future of sustainable construction.

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IAAC Lecture Series – Moritz Dörstelmann

Join Moritz Dörstelmann at IAAC for our lecture series and explore how robotics and computational design are driving sustainable innovation in architecture.

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IAAC Lecture Series – Nader Tehrani

Join IAAC for the Opening Lecture of the Academic Year 2024-25. On November 12th, at 7 pm CET we will welcome Nader Tehrani.

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IAAC Closing Lecture – Ensamble Studio

Join IAAC for the Closing Events of the Academic Year 2023-24. On June 4th, at 7 pm CEST we will welcome Ensamble Studio.

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IAAC Lecture Series – Michael Green

Join IAAC for the Closing Events of the Academic Year 2023-24. On May 30th, at 6 pm CEST we will welcome Michael Green.

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IAAC Lecture Series – Aaron Betsky

Next Tuesday 23rd of April at 7.00 PM, join us at ATELIER 1 in Barcelona or online for Lecture Series led by Aaron Betsky.

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Redes | Palabras Cruzadas en Iberoamérica – Sesión 28

El 10 de abril únete a la Sesión 28 de Redes. Areti Markopoulou participará en un diálogo con Carlos Cefis.

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Redes | Sesiones Primavera 2024

La MOeC del IAAC, lanza la nueva temporada de las conferencias Redes | Palabras cruzadas en Iberoamérica para esta Primavera.

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IAAC Lecture Series – Maja Smrekar

Next Monday 4th of March at 7.30 PM, join us at ITNIG in Barcelona or online for Lecture Series led by Maja Smrekar.

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IAAC Lecture Series – Anupama Kundoo

Next Thursday 29th of February at 7.30 PM, join us at ATELIER 1 in Barcelona or online for Lecture Series led by Anupama Kundoo.

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IAAC Lecture Series – Mark Burry

Next Tuesday 20th of February at 7.30 PM, join us at ITNIG in Barcelona or online for Lecture Series led by Mark Burry.

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Redes | Palabras Cruzadas en Iberoamérica – Sesión 27

El 5 de marzo 2024 únete a la Sesión 27 de Redes. Jon Aguirre Such participará en un diálogo con Ariadna Cantis.

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Redes | Palabras Cruzadas en Iberoamérica – Sesión 26

El 17 de enero 2024 únete a la Sesión 26 de Redes. David A. García participará en un diálogo con Francisco Villeda.

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Redes | Palabras Cruzadas en Iberoamérica – Sesión 25

El 12 de diciembre 2023 únete a la Sesión 25 de Redes. Miriam García García participará en un diálogo con Willy Müller.

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AI for the Built Environment Lecture Series – Behnaz Farahi

Thursday, 14th of December connect online and participate in the third AI for the Built Environment Lecture, led by Behnaz Farahi.

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Redes | Palabras Cruzadas en Iberoamérica – Sesión 24

El 22 de noviembre 2023 únete a la Sesión 24 de Redes. Rozana Montiel participará en un diálogo con Ariadna Cantis.

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IAAC Lecture Series – Felipe Correa

Next Tuesday 21st of November at 7.30 PM, join IAAC in Barcelona or online for Lecture Series led by Felipe Correa.

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AI for the Built Environment Lecture Series – Firas Safieddine

Tuesday, 14th of November connect online and participate in the second AI for the Built Environment Lecture, led by Firas Safieddine.

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IAAC Lecture Series – Iñaqui Carnicero

Join IAAC for the Opening Events of the Academic Year 2023-24. On October 27th, at 6 pm CEST we will welcome Iñaqui Carnicero.

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Redes | Palabras Cruzadas en Iberoamérica – Sesión 23

El 25 de octubre 2023 únete a la Sesión 23 de Redes. Ana Gallego participará en un diálogo con Laura Guimarães.

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IAAC Lecture Series – Chris Precht

IAAC presents the Opening Lecture by Chris Precht. Join us in Barcelona or online the 19th of October, at 7 pm CEST.

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Conferencia inaugural: Maestría Online en Ciudades 2023/24

El miércoles 27 de septiembre a las 19:30h CEST únete a la Conferencia Inaugural del MOeC.

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Redes | Palabras Cruzadas en Iberoamérica – Sesión 22

El 5 de junio 2023 únete a la Sesión 22 de Redes. David Basulto participará en un diálogo con Willy Müller. ¡Participa!

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IAAC Lecture Series – Alicia Nahmad

Alicia Nahmad is the founder of The Circular Factory (CF), and MI Toolbox. She works as an Associate Professor at the University of Calgary SAPL.

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IAAC Lecture Series – Richard Schulman

Richard Schulman, a renowned architectural and portrait photographer, has traveled extensively around the world since the 1980s to capture extraordinary works of architecture and design, as well as portraits of prominent cultural figures.

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Redes | Palabras Cruzadas en Iberoamérica – Sesión 21

El 03 de mayo 2023 únete a la Sesión 21 de Redes. Benedetta Tagliabue participará en un diálogo sobre arquitectura y ciudades. ¡Participa!

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Redes | Palabras Cruzadas en Iberoamérica – Sesión 20

El 13 de abril 2023 únete a la Sesión 20 de Redes! La temática será: “Gobernanza urbana nocturna: La experiencia de Bogotá”. Participa!

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IAAC Lecture Series – Marziah Zad

Marziah Zad is a IAAC MAA Alumna and co-founder of the practice Ashrafi & Zad Design. Her lecture will take place on Friday 28th of April 2023.

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IAAC Lecture Series – Winy Maas

How could both architectural and urban design facilitate meaningful relationships between humans and other species, between buildings and nature? Join Winy Maas on April 25 at IAAC.

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Redes | Sesiones Primavera 2023

La Maestría Online en Ciudades (MOeC) del IAAC, lanza la nueva temporada de las conferencias “Redes | Palabras cruzadas en Iberoamérica” para esta Primavera.

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IAAC Lecture Series – José Toral

José Toral is partner at the architecture firm PERIS+TORAL ARQUITECTES. Join us online for the Lecture Series on the 31 of March.

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IAAC Lecture Series – Mireia Luzárraga

Mireia Luzárraga is the Co-founder of TAKK architecture. Join us for the Lecture Series on Wednesday 22nd of March at 19.30 (CET).

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Redes | Palabras Cruzadas en Iberoamérica – Sesión 19

El 15 de marzo 2023 únete a la Sesión 19 de Redes! La temática será: “Futuros Circulares: Diseño Digital y Manufactura Aditiva para una Economía Circular”. Participa!

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IAAC Lecture Series – Aldo Sollazzo

Aldo Sollazzo is an Italian entrepreneur and innovator, expert in robotics, computer vision, and computational design. He’s Director of MRAC at IAAC.

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IAAC Lecture Series – Xavier De Kestelier

Xavier De Kestelier is the global Head of Design and Innovation at Hassell. Join the lecture on the 23rd of February 2023.

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IAAC Lecture Series – Philip F. Yuan

Philip F. Yuan is a professor at the College of Architecture and Urban Planning at Tongji University. Join us for the online Lecture Series the 14th of February 2023.

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Redes | Palabras Cruzadas en Iberoamérica – Sesión 18

El 8 de febrero 2023 únete a la Sesión 18 de Redes! La temática será: “Las Escalas de la Planificación”. Participa!

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Redes | Sesiones Invierno

La Maestría Online en Ciudades (MOeC) del IAAC, lanza la nueva temporada de las conferencias “Redes | Palabras cruzadas en Iberoamérica” para este Invierno.

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Redes | Palabras Cruzadas en Iberoamérica – Sesión 17

El 10 de Enero 2023 únete a la Sesión 17 de Redes! La temática será: “Urbanización Postcapitalista”. Participa!

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IAAC Lecture Series – Andreina Seijas

Andreina Seijas is a Venezuelan researcher and international consultant, founder of Night Tank. Join us for the Lecture Series the 15th of December 2022.

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Redes | Palabras Cruzadas en Iberoamérica – Sesión 16

El 30 de Noviembre únete a la Sesión 16 de Redes! La temática será: “Futuros Latinoamericanos: El rol del diseño urbano en la era del cambio climático”. Participa!

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IAAC Lecture Series – Chris Reed

Chris Reed is Founding Director of STOSS and Professor of Landscape Architecture at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design.

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IAAC Lecture Series – Mette Bak-Andersen

Mette Bak-Andersen is a PhD designer and researcher dedicated to changing the way we design things.

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IAAC invites you to join the Green Skills 4 Cities Online Event

Green Skills for Cities invites you to an online exchange on best practice case studies and teaching formats the 13th of December 2022 from 16:00-18:00 (CET) on Zoom.

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IAAC Lecture Series – Ron Wakkary

Ron Wakkary is a Professor in the School of Interactive Arts and Technology, Simon Fraser University in Canada where he founded the Everyday Design Studio.

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Redes | Palabras Cruzadas en Iberoamerica – Sesión 15

El 9 de Noviembre únete a la Sesión 15 de Redes! La temática será: “Más allá del urbanismo: Estrategias para la ciudad vulnerable en la crisis climática”. Participa!

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IAAC Lecture Series – Felipe Vera

Felipe Vera is a Chilean architect and urbanist working as Design Critic at the Harvard Graduate School department of urban planning and design.

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Charles Waldheim > Opening Lecture 2022/23

Charles Waldheim is John E. Irving Professor at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design, where he directs the school’s Office for Urbanization.

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Biocities Seminar: placing nature and people at the centre of the urban environment

The Scientific Seminar on Biocities will facilitate an international science-policy-practice dialogue on the transformative potential of forests, and wood.

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Redes | Palabras Cruzadas en Iberoamerica – Sesión 14

El 6 de Octubre únete a la Sesión 14 de Redes! La temática será: “Futuros inciertos: Aproximaciones hacia un diseño urbano resiliente”. Participa!

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Conferencia inaugural: Maestría Online en Ciudades (MOeC) 2022/23

IAAC se enorgullece en presentar la Conferencia inaugural de la segunda edición de la Maestría Online en Ciudades (MOeC), con Florencia Rodriguez.

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I SUMMIT REDES – El Urbanismo Próximo

El 1º Summit REDES – El Urbanismo Próximo tendrá lugar del 25 al 27 de julio de 2022, impulsado por el IAAC – Instituto de Arquitectura Avanzada de Cataluña y la Plataforma Redes – Palabras cruzadas en Iberoamérica, en persona en el IAAC y online en Zoom.

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Winners Announced for the Design for Biocities Contest

IAAC is glad to announce the winners of the 9th edition of the Advanced Architecture Contest, which has been organized under the title Design for Biocities.

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Applications are now open for IAAC Global Summer School 2022!

The GSS22 offers 3 online courses and 1 presential workshop at IAAC Barcelona exploring the impact of the latest digital tools in the definition of a new Advanced Architecture at different scales.

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IAAC Lecture Series – Florencia Rodriguez

Florencia Rodriguez is an Argentinian architect and cultural producer currently based in Brookline, MA.

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Afrikan Ecological Architecture Symposium

The Afrikan Symposium is aimed at providing a platform for young architects and designers to showcase their work alongside experts in their field.

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IAAC Lecture Series – Neil Leach

Neil Leach is a Professor at FIU, Tongji University and EGS. He has also taught at other leading institutions, including the AA, IaaC, DIA, Columbia GSAPP, Cornell, Harvard GSD and SCI-Arc.

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Redes | Palabras Cruzadas en Iberoamerica – Sesión 13

El próximo Jueves 12 de Mayo únete a la Sesión 13 de Redes | Palabras Cruzadas en Iberoamérica! En esta ocasión el título de la sesión será: “Diseñando ciudades para niños”, por nuestro invitado Carlos Leite.

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IAAC Lecture Series – Nick Shepherd

Nick Shepherd is a researcher and writer based at Aarhus University in Denmark, and at the University of Pretoria in South Africa.

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IAAC Lecture Series – Daniel Ibañez

Buildings result from spatially fixing materials, energy, labor, and capital flows from local and distant sources. Their construction typically entails the transformation of other landscapes elsewhere, large emissions, and destructive footprints.

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IAAC Lecture Series – Karolin Schmidbaur & Efilena Baseta

Can a pencil sketch be substituted by Artificial Intelligence (AI) design processes? And ultimately; Can architecture with aesthetic values emerge through merely digital workflows?

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IAAC Lecture Series – Nader Tehrani

Nader Tehrani is the recipient of the 2020 Arnold W. Brunner Memorial Prize from The American Academy of Arts and Letters, the highest form of recognition of artistic merit in The United States.

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IAAC Lecture Series – Michiel van Iersel

Michiel van Iersel is an Amsterdam-based curator, educator and writer. For the past twenty years he has worked at the intersection of the arts, architecture, (urban) design, and heritage.

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IAAC Lecture Series – Guto Requena

How design and technology could provide a more empathetic city? Based in São Paulo, Brazil, architect Guto Requena will present the ongoing research of his studio.

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IAAC Lecture Series – Lindsay Bremner

Dr. Lindsay Bremner is a research architect and educator at the University of Westminster in London where she is Director of Research in the School of Architecture and Cities.

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IAAC LECTURE SERIES – Spring Term 2022

Since 2000, IAAC runs an international Lecture Series in which architects and experts from a variety of different disciplines present their work at IAAC.

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Redes | Palabras Cruzadas en Iberoamerica – Sesión 12

El próximo Jueves 31 de Marzo únete a la Sesión 12 de Redes | Palabras Cruzadas en Iberoamérica! En esta ocasión el título de la sesión será: “Una Forma de Ser Arquitecto”, por nuestro invitado Marcelo Faiden.

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Redes | Palabras Cruzadas en Iberoamerica – Sesión 11

El próximo Jueves 10 de Marzo únete a la Sesión 11 de Redes | Palabras Cruzadas en Iberoamérica! En esta ocasión el título de la sesión será: “Ciudades Vivas”, por nuestro invitado Areti Markopoulou.

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Redes | Sesiones Primavera 2022

La Plataforma Redes, en colaboración con la Maestría Online en Ciudades (MOeC) del IAAC, lanza la nueva temporada de conferencias y debates para la Primavera/2022.

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IAAC Lecture Series – Martha Tsigkari

Martha Tsigkari is a Senior Partner at Foster + Partners. Her background spans architecture, engineering, and computer science. She has two decades of experience working in projects of all scales and uses.

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DESIGN FOR BIOCITIES – 9th Advanced Architecture Contest

The Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IAAC) calls its 9th Advanced Architecture Contest as a global reflection to rethink human settlements.

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3DPA Lecture Event – Living Prototypes

Living Prototypes is a project in partnership with several universities and companies across Europe, funded by the research innovation program, Forschungsinitiative Zukunft Bau (BBSR, Germany) and initiated by ANCB The Aedes Metropolitan Laboratory, Berlin.

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IAAC Lecture Series – Eyal Weizman

Eyal Weizman, founding director of Forensic Architecture and Professor of Spatial and Visual Cultures at Goldsmiths, University of London, will join the IAAC to discuss the fundamental notion of architecture as political intervention.

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IAAC Lecture Series – Enric Ruiz Geli

Enric Ruiz Geli is Professor of Practice at Virginia Tech CAUS, IAAC Senior Faculty and Adjunct faculty of RMIT. Enric and his interdisciplinary architectural team Cloud 9 in Barcelona work at the interface between architecture and art, digital processes and technological material development.

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IAAC Lecture Series – Winy Maas

Winy Maas: The ‘M’ of MVRDV, Founding Partner and Principal Architect Winy Maas Ir. Ing (Schijndel, NL – 1959), has received international acclaim for his broad range of urban planning and building projects, across all typologies and scales.

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IAAC Lecture Series – John Palmesino

John Palmesino is an architect and urbanist, He has established Territorial Agency an independent organisation that combines architecture, research and advocacy to address the complex transformations of the Anthropocene epoch.

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Redes | Palabras Cruzadas en Iberoamerica – Sesión 10

El próximo Jueves 3 de Febrero únete a la 10° sesión de Redes | Palabras Cruzadas en Iberoamérica! En esta ocasión el título de la sesión será: “La ciudad, un campo de exploración”, por nuestro invitado Javier Peña Ibáñez.

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IAAC Lecture Series – Kai Strehlke

Construction and design principles of Free Form timber architecture in Asia and Europe. The presentation from Kai Strehlke, head of CAD/CAM-programming at Swiss timber construction company Blumer Lehmann, puts an emphasis on production.

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IAAC LECTURE SERIES – Winter Term 2022

Since 2000, IAAC runs an international IAAC Lecture Series in which architects and experts from a variety of different disciplines present their work at IAAC. The lectures are open to the public, consisting of a high-quality cultural activity open to the city of Barcelona.

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IAAC Lecture Series – Meg Lowman

Margaret D. Lowman, Ph.D. a.k.a. Canopy Meg is an American biologist, educator, ecologist, writer, explorer, and public speaker. Her expertise involves canopy ecology canopy plant-insect relationships, and constructing canopy walkways.

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IAAC Lecture Series – Stefano Boeri

Stefano Boeri is an architect and urban planner and Full Professor at Politecnico di Milano. In Shanghai he is Director of the Future City Lab at Tongji University.

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Redes | Palabras Cruzadas en Iberoamerica – Sesión 9

Olga Subirós es arquitecta y comisaria de proyectos expositivos que aportan nuevos enfoques que integran las transformaciones de la era digital y las crisis eco-sociales. Su proyecto curatorial y de diseño expositivo más reciente AIR/ARIA/AIRE.

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IAAC Lecture Series – Nadya Peek

Nadya Peek is Professor, Human Centered Design & Engineering(HCDE), at the University of Washington, where she directs the Machine Agency. Her work focuses on unconventional digital fabrication tools, small scale automation, networked control systems, and advanced manufacturing.

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IAAC Lecture Series – Cobus Bothma – KPF

With a background in industrial design, Cobus brings over 30 years’ experience in architectural and product design from across multiple industries. As a director at KPF, Cobus is involved in many aspects of advanced design, visualisation, complex geometry and fabrication.

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IAAC FALL LECTURE SERIES 2021

Since 2000, IAAC runs an international IAAC Lecture Series in which architects and experts from a variety of different disciplines present their work at IAAC. The lectures are open to the public, consisting of a high-quality cultural activity open to the city of Barcelona.

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Redes | Palabras Cruzadas en Iberoamerica – Sesión 8

Redes | Palabras cruzadas en Iberoamérica es una iniciativa para generar diálogos online entre referentes del entorno iberoamericano de la arquitectura, diseño, urbanismo, sostenibilidad y…

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IAAC Lecture Series – Orin Hardy – Bamboo U

IAAC Lecture Series - Building a Bamboo University Lecturer: Orin Hardy Date: Tuesday, November 2nd, 2021 Time: 19:30 CET Location: IAAC - Pujades 102, Poble…

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Responsive Cities Symposium: Design with Nature

Date: Barcelona - 11th and 12th of November 2021 Location: Caixa Forum Barcelona Eventbrite tickets The Responsive Cities Symposium takes place within the framework of the…

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IAAC Lecture Series – Benjamin Bratton

The Terraforming: Synthetic Intelligence at Urban Scale Lecturer: Benjamin Bratton Date: Monday, October 25th, 2021 Time: 19:30 CET Location: Online - Zoom  WATCH THE REPLAY…

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Jornada de portes obertes: VALLDAURA LABS

Jornada de portes obertes: VALLDAURA LABS Part de la història de Cerdanyola del Vallès Entrades disponibles a Eventbrite Valldaura Labs és un centre d’innovació per…

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IAAC Lecture Series – Izaskun Chinchilla

IAAC Lecture Series – Izaskun Chinchilla Title: How to transform our cities and buildings into caring environments Date: Thursday, November 25th 2021 Time: 19:30 CET…

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IAAC Lecture Series – The Power of Systemic Design

IAAC Lecture Series - The Power of Systemic Design Lecturer: Gunter Pauli New Date: Monday March 8th, 2021 Time: 19:30 CET Location: Online - Zoom …

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IAAC Online Open Day – May 27th, 2021

IAAC Online Open Day Thursday, May 27th 2021, 19:00 (CET) Location: Online - Zoom/Facebook Live Watch the Replay on YouTube Join us as The Institute…

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Redes | Palabras Cruzadas en Iberoamerica – Sesión 7

Redes | Palabras cruzadas en Iberoamérica es una iniciativa para generar diálogos online entre referentes del entorno iberoamericano de la arquitectura, diseño, urbanismo, sostenibilidad y…

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IAAC Lecture Series – Robots are Creatures, Not Things

IAAC Lecture Series - Robots are Creatures, Not Things Lecturer: Madeline Gannon Date: Tuesday, May 4th, 19:30 (CET) Location: Online - Zoom  Watch on Facebook…

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Webinar Replay – Intro to the Online Master in Mass Timber Design

IAAC Webinar - Intro to the Online Master in Mass Timber Design Presenter: Daniel Ibanez - MMTD Director/MAEBB Co-Director Watch the Replay on: FACEBOOK or YOUTUBE…

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IAAC Lecture Series – Slow Architecture with Anupama Kundoo

IAAC Lecture Series - Slow Architecture Lecturer: Anupama Kundoo  Date: Thursday, February 18th, 19:30 (CET) Location: Online - Zoom  Lecture Abstract: Anupama Kundoo discusses the…

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Conferencia inaugural: Maestría Online en Ciudades (MOeC)

IAAC se enorgullece en presentar la Conferencia inaugural de la primera edición de la Maestría Online en Ciudades (MOeC). La conferencia será impartida por Saskia…

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Redes | Palabras Cruzadas en Iberoamerica – Sesión 6

Redes | Palabras cruzadas en Iberoamérica es una iniciativa para generar diálogos online entre referentes del entorno iberoamericano de la arquitectura, diseño, urbanismo, sostenibilidad y…

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Green walls Co-mida Event

Ver la repetición en Facebook Ver en Youtube Catalan Green Walls Co-mida Event és una trobada dedicada a tots els actors involucrats en el cultiu…

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Barcelona Urban Tech Hub – Julio 2021

El 7 de julio lanzaremos el segundo debate sobre el UrbanTech Hub, el proyecto impulsado por IAAC, Barcelona Tech City y COAC para conectar las…

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Redes | Palabras Cruzadas en Iberoamerica – Sesión 5

Redes | Palabras cruzadas en Iberoamérica es una iniciativa para generar diálogos online entre referentes del entorno iberoamericano de la arquitectura, diseño, urbanismo, sostenibilidad y…

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Public Play Space Symposium

PUBLIC PLAY SPACE SYMPOSIUM 14 - 15 JULY 2021 // ONLINE IAAC is pleased to announce the Public Play Space Symposium which will be held over two days…

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BRANCHING OUT – Pushing the boundaries of timber construction

Round Table, organised in the framework of the Master in Advanced Architecture (MAA01) Date: 1st June 2021, 18.00 – 20.00 CET Location: Online - Zoom…

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IAAC Global Summer School 2021

The Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia is pleased to launch another edition of the distributed IAAC Global Summer School (GSS) workshops. GSS is an…

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Mesa Redonda y Taller // Public Play Space – Setmana d’Arquitectura

Click here for English Version PUBLIC PLAY SPACE Prácticas innovadoras, Juegos y herramientas digitales para el diseño participativo del espacio público Setmana d’Arquitectura 2021 MESA…

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Design for Living International Competition Book Launch

Curators: Vicente Guallart & Fabio Capra Ribeiro Date: Tuesday, May 11th, 18:00 (CET) Location: Online - Zoom  WATCH on FACEBOOK or YOUTUBE Event Details: The Institute…

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Barcelona Urban Tech Hub

El próximo 20 de abril ponemos en marcha el ciclo de debates sobre el UrbanTech Hub, el proyecto impulsado por IAAC, Barcelona Tech City y…

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IAAC Lecture Series – Timely Anachronisms with Nader Tehrani

IAAC Lecture Series - Timely Anachronisms Lecturer: Nader Tehrani Date: Thursday, March 18th, 19:30 (CET) Location: Online - Zoom  WATCH THE REPLAY ON: FACEBOOK or YOUTUBE…

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Nature Based Solutions – transitioning towards resilient cities

Round Table, organised in the framework of the EU funded projects URBINAT (H2020) y BUILDs (ERASMUS+) 10th May 2021, 19.00 - 20.30, online The round…

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Redes | Palabras Cruzadas en Iberoamerica – Sesión 4

Redes | Palabras cruzadas en Iberoamérica es una iniciativa para generar diálogos online entre referentes del entorno iberoamericano de la arquitectura, diseño, urbanismo, sostenibilidad y…

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IAAC Lecture Series – Constructive Narratives with Marziah Zad

IAAC Lecture Series - Constructive Narratives Lecturer: Marziah Zad Date: Wednesday, March 24th, 19:30 (CET) Location: Online - Zoom  Watch the Replay on Facebook or Youtube…

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IAAC Lecture Series – Continuous Productive Urban Landscape (CPUL): Scattering the rural into the urban

IAAC Lecture Series - Continuous Productive Urban Landscape (CPUL): Scattering the rural into the urban Lecturer: Katrin Bohn - Bohn & Viljoen Architects Date: Thursday,…

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Guided visits to Valldaura Labs – Barcelona Architecture Week 2021

Guided visits to Valldaura Labs. Prototypes of mass timber buildings built with zero kilometer materials Visitas guiadas a Valldaura Labs. Prototipos de edificios de madera…

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Lanzamiento proyecto CO-mida e instalación interactiva Lumina Foresta

Lanzamiento proyecto CO-mida e instalación interactiva Lumina Foresta Viernes, 12 de marzo de 2021 El evento está compuesto por dos partes: Evento online: 17:00 –…

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IAAC Lecture Series – Architecture Made of Earth

IAAC Lecture Series - Architecture Made of Earth Lecturer: Elisabetta Carnevale Date: Tuesday, March 2nd, 19:30 (CET) Location: Online - Zoom  Lecture Abstract The ground…

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IAAC 20th Anniversary Celebration – Online Event

IAAC 20th Anniversary Celebration - “20 Years, 20 Speakers” Date: Monday, March 1st, 18:00 (CET) Location: Online Event - Zoom  Watch the Replay here on:…

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3DPA Final Presentations – February 2021

3DPA Final Presentations - February 2021 Date: Friday, February 26th, 16:00 - 19:30 (CET) Location: Online Event - Zoom  WATCH THE REPLAY ON: YOUTUBE or FACEBOOK…

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International Symposium ‘Urban Jungle: sustainable cities in the making’

SAVE THE DATE! The AAG European project BUILDs is conducting the International Symposium ‘Urban Jungle: sustainable cities in the making’, on 18 and 19 March…

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Redes | Palabras Cruzadas en Iberoamerica – Sesión 3

Redes | Palabras cruzadas en Iberoamérica es una iniciativa para generar diálogos online entre referentes del entorno iberoamericano de la arquitectura, diseño, urbanismo, sostenibilidad y…

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IAAC WINTER LECTURE SERIES 2021

Since 2000, IAAC runs an international IAAC Lecture Series in which architects and experts from a variety of different disciplines present their work at IAAC. The lectures are open to the public, consisting of a high-quality cultural activity open to the city of Barcelona.

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IAAC Lecture Series – Curating Architecture with Wendy Teo

IAAC Lecture Series - Curating Architecture Lecturer: Wendy Teo - ARB/RIBA (UK) Date: Tuesday, February 9th, 19:30 (CET) Location: Online - Zoom - WATCH THE…

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IAAC Online Open Day – January 27th, 2021

IAAC Online Open Day Wednesday, January 27th 2021, 17:00 (CET) Watch the Replay on: Facebook or YouTube Join us as The Institute for Advanced Architecture…

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IAAC Webinar – Ciudades inteligentes y climáticamente neutras en el Nuevo Horizonte Europa

IAAC Webinar - Ciudades inteligentes y climáticamente neutras en el Nuevo Horizonte Europa Fecha: Miércoles, 16 de Diciembre, 09:30 - 14:30 hs. (CEST) Online -…

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REDES | Palabras cruzadas en Iberoamérica – Sesión 2

Participa de la segunda sesión de Redes!   Una iniciativa para generar diálogos online entre referentes del entorno iberoamericano de la arquitectura, diseño, urbanismo, sostenibilidad…

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IAAC Round Table – Edible; Or, the Architecture of Metabolism

IAAC Round Table - Edible; Or, the Architecture of Metabolism Moderators: Areti Markopoulou, Lydia Kallipoliti Presenters: Mae-ling Lokko, Richard Ballard Date: Tuesday, December 1st, 19:30…

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IAAC Lecture Series – Data Action: Using Data for a Public Good

IAAC Fall Lecture Series - Data Action: Using Data for a Public Good Lecturer: Sarah Williams, Civic Data Design Lab - MIT Date: Tuesday, November…

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IAAC Lecture Series – Multiple Intelligences and a Better Future for Our Cities

IAAC Fall Lecture Series - Multiple Intelligences and a Better Future for Our Cities Lecturer: Mara Balestrini Date: Tuesday, October 27th, 19:30 (CEST) Location: IAAC,…

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IAAC Lecture Series – Leave No Trace – Towards a Circular Architecture

IAAC Fall Lecture Series - Leave No Trace - Towards a Circular Architecture Lecturer: Arthur Mamou-Mani Date: Tuesday, October 20th, 19:30 (CEST) Watch the lecture replay…

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IAAC Lecture Series – The Future of Learning

IAAC Fall Lecture Series - Sanjay Sarma - The Future of Learning Date: Wednesday, October 14th, 19:30 (CEST) Watch the lecture replay on: Facebook or…

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IAAC FALL LECTURE SERIES 2020

Since 2000, IAAC runs an international IAAC Lecture Series in which architects and experts from a variety of different disciplines present their work at IAAC. The lectures are open to the public, consisting of a high-quality cultural activity open to the city of Barcelona.

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IAAC Event: How We Future Lecture

Date: Monday, September 21st, 15:00 (CEST) How We Future Lecture Scott Smith and Susan Cox-Smith from Changeist will join us at IAAC in conversation with…

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IAAC Event: FURNISH Introductory Webinar

Date: Tuesday, September 15th, 17:00 (CEST) FURNISH Introductory Webinar The FURNISH consortium will host a webinar on Tuesday, September 15th from 17:00 - 18:00 CEST…

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MAEBB 2019/20 Graduation Ceremony

Date: September 5th from 12:00 - 16:00 (CEST) The Master in Advanced Ecological Buildings & Biocities program is celebrating the culmination of its second edition.…

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MAEBB 2019/20 Final Presentations

Date - 4th September 2020 -18:00 to 21:00 (CEST) MAEBB 2019/20 Full Scale Prototype: The Voxel, a Quarantine Cabin To conclude the second edition of…

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Design for Living – Awards Announced

Design for Living - Awards Announced The 8th edition of the Advanced Architecture Contest has been organized under the title Design for Living. On July…

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IAAC Event: GSS Debate // Computation

Date - 8th July 2020 - 3.00 pm to 4.15 pm (CEST) Moderators: Mathilde Marengo, Rodrigo Aguirre. Panelists: Aldo Sollazzo, Kathy Velikov, Philippe Morel, Alessio…

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Fixing the Future – a Talk by Academic Director Areti Markopoulou

Academic Director of IAAC Barcelona and Urban technologist Areti Markopoulou is a Greek architect who is challenging the status quo of our built environment. In…

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Online Event | DigitalFUTURES WORLD | Architects Unite

DigitalFUTURES WORLD | Architects Unite Date: 27 June 2020, 12:00 GMT Architectural Conversations in the Age of Covid 19 The purpose of these talks is…

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IAAC Event: Design for Living – Urban Life Matters

IAAC Lecture Series 2019/20 Date: Friday, June 26th, 15:00 (CEST) URBAN LIFE MATTERS IAAC hosts its last Design for Living event of 2020. A guest…

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IAAC 2019/20 Academic Year Closing events

IAAC invites you to celebrate together the closing of the 2020-21 Academic Year! Join the Final Presentations week, with a reach calendar of events accessible…

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8th Advanced Architecture Contest – Design for Living

IAAC launches DESIGN FOR LIVING : Global Contest to Rethink our habitat, from the body to the city The Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia…

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IAAC – Conferencia Barcelona, frente a la crisis por el clima y la vida

IAAC Lecture Series 2019/20 Barcelona, frente a la crisis por el clima y la vida Fecha: Jueves 11 de junio 19:00 (CEST) Xavier Matilla -…

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IAAC Lecture – Sheng Yuan Huang & Fieldoffice Architects

Date: Tuesday June 2nd, 12:00pm (CET) Hosts: Sheng Yuan Huang, Alessandro Martinelli, Chun Hsiung Wang In collaboration with ListLab ABSTRACT OF THE LECTURE The City…

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IAAC Lecture – Construction Robotics – how robots will change the way we build and design

Date: May 26, 19:30 (CET) SIGRID BRELL-COKCAN MRAC Scientific Committee Member / Robots in Architecture / RWTH Aachen Sigrid Brell-Cokcan is the founder and director…

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IAAC Spring Lecture Series – Martin Rein-Cano – Creative Infidelities

IAAC Lecture Series 2019/20 Martin Rein-Cano - Creative Infidelities 21st May 2020, 19:30 (CET) Martin Rein-Cano was born in Buenos Aires in 1967. He studied…

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IAAC Spring Lecture Series – Horizontal World – May 19 2020

IAAC Lecture Series 2019/20 Horizontal World - Celebration of Collaboration Host: Manja van de Worp - YIP structural engineering London 19th May 2020, 19:30 (CET)…

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IAAC Online Open Day – May 22, 2020

IAAC Online Open Day Friday, May 22nd 2020, 17:00 (CET) Watch the replay streamed live on Facebook. This year has seen the world transformed by…

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Online Event: A Winners Conversation

DATE: MAY 15th, 16.00 (CEST) Moderated by Vicente Guallart, IAAC Co-Founder, Chief Architect of Barcelona (2011-2015) Three of the winners in past editions of the…

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IAAC Spring Lecture Series – Black Ecologies – May 2020

IAAC Lecture Series 2019/20 – Black Ecologies Debate 14th May 2020, 19:00 (CET) The launch of Iaac Bits #9: Black Ecologies, the Institute of Advanced Architecture…

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Online Event: Making & Designing X Living

DATE: MAY 12th, 15.00 (CEST) The power of making (and makers) has demonstrated that resilient and skillful people, with access to open source technology, can…

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IAAC SPRING LECTURE SERIES 2020

IAAC Spring Lecture Series 2020 21st of April Laia Romero Lobelia Earth 5th of May Chris Luebkeman Arup / ETH Zurich 12th of May Marcella…

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Event – Creative Food Cycles

CREATIVE FOOD CYCLES Circular Design for Sustainable Urban Food Systems #CreativeEuropeAtHome Setmana de l’Arquitectura 2020 WORKSHOP 14th May @ 16.00, ZOOM platform Language: English The…

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IAAC Spring Lecture Series – Marcella del Signore

IAAC Lecture Series 2019/20 12th May 2020 Marcella Del Signore Geographies of Encoded Matter @ 19.30, Online streaming Marcella Del Signore is an architect, urbanist,…

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MAEBB Lecture – Wood Program, Aalto University

Wood Program, Aalto University, Kohta: A Pavilion for the Train Station in Koria, Finland Date: May 8 from 15:00 - 16:00 (CET) Speaker - Gerardo…

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Architecture Contest Launch Event: Design For Living

TOPIC: DESIGN FOR LIVING DATE: MAY 4th 15.00-16.30 (CEST) A Global Event to launch the 8th Advanced Architecture Contest. Design For Living connects 7 jurors…

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IAAC Evento – Design For Living

El IAAC lanza un concurso global para repensar el hábitat con la participación de expertos de los 5 continentes. La 8 edición del Advanced Architecture…

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Evento – Gamification and Public Space Co-creation

Gamification and Public Space Co-creation PUBLIC PLAY SPACE at home #CreativeEuropeAtHome WORKSHOP 13th May @ 16.00, ZOOM platform Language: English El taller “Public Play Space…

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IAAC Spring Lecture Series – Chris Luebkeman

IAAC Lecture Series 2019/20 5th May 2020 Chris Luebkeman Unintended Consequences: [y]our new normal @ 19.30 (CET), Online event Chris’ interest in the built environment…

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MAEBB Lecture – No Small Matters

Topic - Testing the effect of human-size and human-made architecture Date: April 30th from 14:00 - 15:30 (CET) Speaker - Sami Rentala Schedule - 1…

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MAEBB Lecture – New Structural Products with Wood

Concepts, production, connections and applications April 24th from 14:00 - 15:30 Speaker - Felipe Riola Parada Schedule - 1 hr presentation, 30 min Q&A Felipe…

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Laia Romero > IAAC Lecture Series

IAAC Lecture Series 2019/20 21st April 2020 Laia Romero Lobelia Earth @ 19.30, Online streaming Laia Romero is Managing Director of Lobelia Earth, a pioneering…

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Anna Gener > IAAC Lecture Series

Anna Gener Surrel serves as President and CEO of Savills Aguirre Newman Barcelona. From 2007 to 2017 she served as General Director of Aguirre Newman Barcelona,…

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Nicolas Bernier > IAAC Lecture Series

IAAC Lecture Series 2019/20 3rd of March 2020 Nicolas Bernier In collaboration with MUTEK  Sculpted with Light and Sound @ 19.30, IAAC Auditorium Free and…

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Nina Gualinga > IAAC Lecture Series

IAAC Lecture Series 2019/20 25th of February 2020 Nina Gualinga Activist for indigenous and territorial rights Indigenous People of the Amazon: The Guardians of Our…

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Alejandro Haiek > IAAC Lecture Series

IAAC Lecture Series 2019/20 20th of February 2020 Alejandro Haiek The Public Machinery / Lab.Pro.Fab @ 19.30, IAAC Auditorium Free and Open to the Public…

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Ron Wakkary > IAAC Lecture Series

IAAC Lecture Series 2019/20 18th of February 2020 Ron Wakkary Simon Fraser University / TU Eindhoven Things We Could Design in More-than Human-centred Worlds @…

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Winy Maas > IAAC Lecture Series

IAAC Lecture Series 2019/20 10th of February 2020 Winy Maas MVRDV / The Why Factory / IAAC Faculty Everything is Landscape @ 19.30, IAAC Auditorium…

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Fabian Scheurer > IAAC Lecture Series

IAAC Lecture Series 2019/20 4th of February 2020 Fabian Scheurer Design-to-production / IAAC Faculty BIM to Fabrication @ 19.30, IAAC Auditorium Free and Open to…

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IAAC WINTER LECTURE SERIES 2020

IAAC Winter Lecture Series 2020 10th of January Lydia Kallipoliti The Cooper Union 4th of February Fabian Scheurer Design-to-production / IAAC Faculty 10th of February…

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IAAC FALL LECTURE SERIES 2019

IAAC Fall Lecture Series 2019 24th of October John Hardy The Green School / John Hardy Jewellery 5th of November Daria Bychkova Bureau Chekharda /…

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Wes McGee > IAAC Lecture Series

IAAC Lecture Series 2018/19 7th of March 2019 Wes McGee Matter Design / IAAC Faculty From Design to Control @ 19.30, IAAC Auditorium Free and…

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IAAC WINTER LECTURE SERIES 2019

IAAC Winter Lecture Series 2019 14th of February Rafael Lozano-Hemmer Electronic Artist / Llum Festival 5th of March Noemi Schipfer & Takami Nakamoto NONOTAK Studio…

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Carmelo Zappulla > Spring Lecture Series 2016

Carmelo Zappulla is a PhD architect and founding partner of Barcelona based External Reference Architects. The firm is active in design and research in the fields of sensorial spaces, interior design, architecture, and landscape design.

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Bernard Khoury > Spring Lecture Series 2016

Bernard Khoury studied Architecture at the Rhode Island School of Design and received a Master in Architectural Studies from Harvard University. Khoury started his independent practice Bernard Khoury / DW5 in 1993. Over the past fifteen years, the office has developed an international reputation and a significant diverse portfolio of projects. Khoury is also co-founder of the Arab Center for Architecture.

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Spring Lecture Series 2016 > Ricardo O’Nascimento

Ricardo O’Nascimento is an artist and researcher on the field of new media and interactive art. He investigates body-environment relations focused on interface development for worn devices, interactive installations and hybrid environments. He is the founder of POPKALAB – a design/research studio focused on innovation on the field of wearable technology.

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Spring Lecture Series 2016 > Bruno Moser

IAAC Lecture Series 2015/16 Wednesday 4th of April Bruno Moser Foster+Partners Urban Growth – The Challenge of Infrastructure @ 19.30, IAAC Auditorium Open to the…

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