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IAAC takes part in national and international events in the fields of higher education, architecture, technology and robotics for the construction sector. In recent years the Institute has not only participated in but also collaborated as a sponsor for, several events which aim was to situate Barcelona as a pioneer city in the field of urban spaces and intelligent habitats.
reCITYing aims to establish a networking platform based on the principle of temporary reuse and co-creation of spaces.
The New European Bauhaus Academy aims to drive new skills and education across all levels of the construction sector.
The two projects, Distributed Design and mAkE, recently had their yearly general assemblies together in Barcelona.
Join us on April 25th as the Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia hosts the third and last Virtual Open Day.
Next May 9th, IAAC organises a Campus Visit that will take place at IAAC’s Poblenou Campus. Registration is mandatory.
IAAC leads GreenIn Cities, a European urban regeneration project worth 12 million euros in Barcelona and San Adrián de Besós.
The GSS offers courses examining the impact of tools such as bamboo architecture & fabrication, environmental design, urban analytics and AI.
FLORA havs been selected to become Project of the Year for ArchDaily in Spanish. You have time to vote until March 26th!
A project by students of the 3DPA has secured first place in the student category of the ICON Global Architecture Competition, Initiative 99.
The ForestED project will analyze arboreal species in Catalonia and Galicia for timber forest exploitation.
From a pool of over 530 submissions, FURNISH XKIC is among the finalists of the New European Bauhaus Prizes 2024.
IAAC announces the creation of the IAAC Women in Tech Fund with the aim to open new opportunities for people who identify as women to become part of the technology sector.
IAAC together with the other CiD partners, has been hosting events across Europe and establishing observatories.
The Mobile World Capital Pavilion will be showcased from 26th of February to 1st of March 2024 at Fira Barcelona.
The 10th edition of the Advanced Architecture Contest was held under the theme of “AI for the Built Environment”.
Join IAAC’s webinar series to gain insights from programme directors, faculty, coordinators, and students about our Educational Programmes.
IAAC Industry Scholarships are available for On-campus Educational Programmes. You have time to apply until March 31st.
The Vueling Pavilion was presented at IFEMA Madrid in partnership with Urbanitree and CODA Computational Design Affairs.
IAAC participates in Llum BCN 2024 with the installation La Cremada. Visit it from 2nd to 4th of February at Teatre Nacional de Catalunya.
The Annual Meeting of the Mass Madera Network provided a platform for discussion on the use of solid industrialized wood in Spain.
CiD focuses on Bio-based Innovation for the built environment by using bio-materials from other sectors, creating regional circular systems.
Take a glimpse into the innovative projects developed during the 2-month educational programme fostering collaborations in the emerging field.
Thank you for the amazing journey we had together. IAAC wishes you an Creative, Innovative and Diverse 2024!
The fifth edition of the Responsive Cities 2023 Symposium “Collective Intelligence Design” took place at the Disseny Hub Barcelona.
The fifth edition of the Responsive Cities 2023 Symposium “Collective Intelligence Design” took place at the Disseny Hub Barcelona.
Join us on January 25th as the Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia hosts the second Virtual Open Day.
Optoppen increases the useable space in a building through lightweight roof extensions, using timber in the process to create a carbon sink.
IAAC is offering scholarships to bright individuals whose projects address the challenges of a changing world, submit your proposal by January 31st, 2024.
Vicente Guallart will be in Singapore at WAF 2023, among 140 judges representing 68 countries in the world.
Andreu Mas-Colell has been awarded for his dedication to positioning Barcelona’s scientific community at the forefront of international excellence.
The Responsive Cities Symposium 2023 will take place in Barcelona from 27th-28th November 2023. Secure your free tickets now.
Areti Markopoulou will participate in Puzzle X on Wednesday, November 8th, with two talks at the Innovation Stage.
IAAC offers programmes that approach a wide spectrum of subjects, ranging from Advanced Architecture, Urbanism, Future Cities and Robotic Construction, to Digital Fabrication, Sustainable Design and Self-sufficient Buildings.
IAAC join forces with Mass Madera and Built by Nature in presenting the growing focus on our built environment as a climate solution.
IAAC takes part at InteriHotel in Barcelona with a series of activities that will unfold at the CCIB from October 18 to 20, 2023.
IAAC and Fab Lab participate in Fixing the Future by engaging in a participatory initiative to reuse wood strips.
The premiere of “Mass is More” will take place Monday 16th of October, 2023, at the Mies van der Rohe Pavilion in Barcelona.
IAAC calls its 10th Advanced Architecture Contest as a global reflection to explore the transformative potential of AI for the built environment.
The screening of ‘Protegim les escoles’ will take place on Thursday, September 28th at 6:00 PM at Cinemas Girona in Barcelona.
As of September 1st, 2023, IAAC officialize the transfer of accreditation to the Universitat de Lleida (UdL).
Faculty Elena Orte and Guillermo Sevillano has been awarded with the World’s best new Public Library for the project Gabriel García Márquez Library.
Alexandre Dubor, Co-Director of MRAC and 3DPA, received the DigitalFUTURES Young Award 2023 for his contributions to digital design.
The Responsive Cities Symposium 2023 will take place in Barcelona from 27th-28th November 2023. Submit your Papers & Projects.
Visit Thriving together in Future Cities at IAAC Atelier from until September 8th 2023. The exhibition will be open on selected dates.
Last June 29th, the IAAC Graduation Ceremony took place in Valldaura. More than 200 students from 70 different countries attended the event.
IAAC invites you to celebrate together the closing of the 2022/23 Academic Year. Join the IAAC Exhibition, GSS Lectures & the II Summit REDES.
TOVA wins the New European Bauhaus Prizes 2023 in the category “Shaping a Circular Industrial Ecosystem and Supporting Life-Cycle Thinking”.
The REGEN Award aims to acknowledge the outstanding contributions to social and environmental impacts in the fields of architecture, urban planning and the development of new forms of coexistence in different spaces.
Visit Thriving together in Future Cities at IAAC Atelier from June 30th to September 8th 2023. The exhibition will be open on selected dates.
From 4th to 15th of September, join IAAC for the Designing for Cross-cultural Urban Societies workshop.
IAAC invites you to celebrate together the closing of the 2022-23 Academic Year. Join us for the Final Presentations month!
During the International Social Housing Festival, IAAC took stage in promoting the use of wood as a key construction material.
Re/Thinking Urban Elements: an event dedicated to all the actors involved in the design, production and use of innovative urban furniture.
Aldo Sollazzo has been recognized specifically for his director work at IAAC using advanced manufacturing and robotic systems.
The Graham Foundation Grant will support an upcoming a publication continuing the research initiated with the curatorial work of the past Tallinn Architecture Biennale.
The project “Drinking Forests: A Metabolic Recipe of Wine” will be part of the Pavilion of Spain at La Biennale di Venezia taking place from 20 May to 26 November 2023.
IAAC will participate in the Construmat Fair this year, presenting TOVA and showcasing the installation called “Materialitree”.
From a pool of over 1450 submissions, SuperBARRIO and TOVA are among the 61 finalists of the New European Bauhaus Prizes 2023.
Join IAAC’s webinar series this May to gain insights from programme directors, faculty, coordinators, and students about selected Educational Programmes.
FLORA is a scientific research facility built with timber from sustainable forest management, allowing a researcher to live and work in the forest canopy.
Join us the 23rd of May as Mathilde Marengo and Iacopo Neri present the Master in City & Technology (MaCT).
El próximo 29 de mayo participa en el webinar donde Willy Müller, Co-director del MOeC, presentará la Maestría Online en Ciudades: El Urbanismo Próximo.
Join us the 29th of May as IAAC’s MDDI Director Tomas Vivanco introduce the Master in Design for Distributed Innovation.
Join us the 19th of May as IAAC’s MDEF Director Tomas Diez engage a conversation with Mattia Bernini.
Join us the 22nd of May as IAAC’s 3DPA Co-Director Edouard Cabay presents the Postgraduate in 3D Printing Architecture (3DPA).
Join us the 22nd of May as IAAC’s MRAC Co-Director Aldo Sollazzo presents the Master in Robotics and Advanced Construction (MRAC).
IAAC Industry Scholarships 2023 are now Open for the Master in Advanced Computation for Architecture & Design.
La Beca Jaime Lerner se ofrecen a profesionales de todos los países de América Latina para estudiar en el MOeC para el año académico 2023/2024.
The exhibition “Poblenou Fàbrica / Fabrica” will take place from May 05 to June 15, 2023 in Ca l’Alier.
Connected Ecologies aims to explore diverse possible futures for Barcelona through a digital installation that connects visitors to a sonar experience that project them into the future from the present.
Nutura can be visited from the April 17-26 of in the courtyard of the Università degli Studi di Milano as part of the Interni Design Re-Evolution event.
The GSS23 offers 4 online courses exploring the impact of the latest digital tools in the definition of a new Advanced Architecture at different scales.
With more than 50,000 votes in the last few weeks, TOVA is one of the three winners of Obra del Año 2023 (Project of the Year) of ArchDaily in Spanish.
Impulsando Inclusión y Compromiso Social: el IAAC Rebaja el Coste de Inscripción a sus Másters para Estudiantes Españoles.
During the Rebuild Expo 2023, IAAC Director, Daniel Ibáñez, took part in three round table discussions on the latest trends and challenges in the construction industry.
TREEdimensional is a tower prototype that, through the use of wood and advanced technology, explores the relationship between nature and urban environments.
The exhibition, showing how the productive character of Poblenou has been transformed during the decades, will take place from May 05 to June 15, 2023 in Ca l’Alier.
IAAC is proud to invite you to the Alumni Talks in the framework of the 4th Global Alumni Meeting, which will take place on Friday 28th and Saturday 29th of April 2023 in Barcelona.
IAAC Industry Scholarships are still available for the On-campus Educational Programmes. Don’t miss this chance, you have time to apply until March 31st.
Mass is More, Solar Greenhouse and TOVA have been selected to become Project of the Year for ArchDaily in Spanish. You have time to vote until March 23rd!
Under the motto #EmbraceEquity, IAAC celebrates women’s achievements and takes action to drive gender parity by launching the Women in Tech Fund.
IAAC is proud to announce that the installation “Connected Ecologies” won the competition for the Model Award for Architectural Experimentation.
IAAC is proud to invite you to the 4th Global Alumni Meeting that will take place in Barcelona on April 28th and 29th, 2023. Join us!
Tuesday 7th of March, from 18h to 20h, discover more about the project RESPIRA with presentations, roundtables and the IAAC Lecture Series.
IAAC presents the design of three key areas of the Mobile World Congress 2023: the Mobile World Capital, 4 Years From Now (4YFN) and the BEAT Barcelona.
In the framework of the MWC23, IAAC will be responsible for the design of three neuralgic areas of the Congress: BEAT Barcelona, 4YFN and the MWC stages.
The Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia wins the competition to lead the Barcelona Urban Tech Hub.
El IAAC organiza el próximo día 8 de marzo, de 14h a 18h, la jornada Mujeres y Tecnologías: IAAC Women in Tech Fund. ¡Regístrate y participa!
The project Better CNC Factory proposes to develop a new solution at the intersection of design and technology to be more competitive and reduce waste.
The Elisava Scholarship recognizes, reward and disseminate the talent and excellence of future master students. Apply to Elisava scholarship for MDEF!
For 2023, Project Colette and IAAC are offering two full scholarships to students from Asia, Africa and South America studying 3D Printing for Architecture.
IAAC Industry Scholarships 2023 are now Open for the Master in Robotics and Advanced Construction
IAAC Industry Scholarships 2023 are now Open for the Masters in City & Technology
IAAC Industry Scholarships 2023 are now Open for the Master in Advanced Architecture.
IAAC Industry Scholarships 2023 are now Open for the Master in Advanced Ecological Buildings & Biocities
Faculty Elena Orte and Guillermo Sevillano has been awarded with the Premis Ciutat de Barcelona for the project Gabriel García Márquez Library.
Learning Cities, the 10th issue of IAAC BITS is out now. Get your copy today!
IAAC participates in Llum BCN 2023 with the installation Re-Generació / Re-Generation. Visit it during the weekend from the 3rd to the 5th of February.
IAAC presents the book of its 9th Advanced Architecture Contest “Design for Biocities” with an online event on Tuesday 24th of January, 18:00 CET.
IAAC 3DPA’s team attended the Final Symposium of Living Prototypes, held at the ANCB in Berlin. Visit the exhibition until the 25th of January 2023.
IAAC is proud to announce that Mass is More, Solar Greenhouse and TOVA have been selected as one of the Best on Archilovers 2022 for its outstanding aesthetics, creativity and functionality!
Thank you for the amazing journey we had together. IAAC wishes you a Peaceful, Diverse and Innovative 2023!
Join us on January 26th as the Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia hosts the second Online Open Day of the 2022-23 Academic Year.
IAAC is proud to finally announce its 4th Global Alumni Meeting that will take place in Barcelona Friday, 28th of April 2023. Submit your proposal before midnight of January 21st, 2023.
IAAC is offering scholarships to bright individuals whose projects address the challenges of a changing world, submit your proposal by January 31st, 2023.
IAAC participate in the European Project FURNISH-KIDS, the new temporary installation located in the Gran Via Avenue – Glòries.
El próximo viernes 25 de noviembre de 17 a 21h, durante la Poblenou Open Night, el IAAC y el Fab Lab Barcelona abrirán sus puertas al publico.
In the framework of the Smart City Expo World Congress, IAAC Director, Daniel Ibáñez, was invited to give a talk at Sorigué Pavilion and participated in the debate “How Do We Teach the City?”.
IAAC presents Vertical Food Farm, a 3d printed vertical farm made out of natural materials and co-designed with school communities and children.
Join us on November 24th as the Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia hosts the first Online Open Day of the 2022-23 Academic Year.
IAAC is glad to be one of the protagonists of the exhibition “Knock on wood! Design, wood & sustainability” at the Museu del Disseny in Barcelona.
IAAC offers programmes that approach a wide spectrum of subjects, ranging from Advanced Architecture, Urbanism, Future Cities and Robotic Construction, to Digital Fabrication, Sustainable Design and Self-sufficient Buildings.
IAAC took part to the 2022 Acadia Conference with “Computer-aided ecological connectivity”, a paper submitted by Mathilde Marengo and Iacopo Neri.
IAAC founder Vicente Guallart has been invited by the Royal Danish Academy to give a lecture in the framework of the event “Food Scapes”.
In the context of the Tallinn Biennale 2022, IAAC, in collaboration with MRAC, present the installation Robotic Urban Farmers.
This year, IAAC will be part of the Dutch Design Week by joining the Robots That Build symposium and exhibition, and the No Space for Waste exhibition.
IAAC is glad to be part of the selected network of buildings that will open their doors to the public during the 13th edition of the 48h Open House Barcelona Architecture Festival, next Saturday 22nd of October 2022.
The installation Mass is More, designed by IAAC and Bauhaus Earth, brings the innovation of mass timber construction to the Mies van der Rohe Pavilion.
IAAC is glad to present some of the forthcoming activities of Barcelona European Forest City 2022, which include the EFI 2022 Annual Conference.
EDIBLE aims to generate new visions and to raise critical questions on the rituals, practices and architectures that can emerge from the networks of food production, consumption, distribution, and decay.
IAAC is pleased to announce the winners of the IAAC Colette Scholarship Competition for the Postgraduate in 3D Printing Architecture (3DPA) of the academic year 2022/23
IAAC invites you to celebrate together the closing of the 2021/22 Academic Year. Join the Masters Exhibition, GSS Lectures & Summit – REDES, also accessible on streaming!
IAAC-Fab Lab Barcelona offers 1 x 50% Scholarship for the ?Postgraduate Diploma in Fab Academy BCN: Applications and Implications of Digital Fabrication
Daniel Ibáñez has been appointed general director of IAAC. In addition, Ana Vallés and Andreu Mas-Colell have been appointed president and vice-president of IAAC, respectively. Areti Markopoulou continues as academic director of IAAC.
Application deadline extended – The Softwood Lumber Board will support two $5,000 scholarships (50% tuition) for students living and working within the United States to participate in the second edition of the Online MMTD from October 2022 to July 2023.
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.
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.
IAAC invites you to celebrate together the closing of the 2021-22 Academic Year. Join the Final Presentations month, with a reach calendar of events accessible on streaming.
Towards Re-Entanglement: A Charter for the City and the Earth offers guiding principles for the healthy re-entanglement of human activity with the Earth’s natural systems.
This spring, URBiNAT is hosting events including some IAAC projects developed by the Advanced Architecture Group along with students and partners.
We are happy to announce that three projects developed by IAAC were selected out of more than 300 proposals as part of the lineup of 40 projects of the New European Bauhaus Festival.
Conoce al ganador de las Becas Jaime Lerner para estudiantes latinoamericanos 2022/23! El IAAC, Plataforma Redes y el estudio uruguayo Gómez Platero Arquitectura & Urbanismo…
The IAAC is glad to launch a new Scholarship Competition for the next edition of our online Master in Advanced Computation for Architecture and Design (MaCAD).
Industry Scholarships 2022 are now Open for IAAC’s Masters Robotics and Advanced Construction
Industry Scholarships 2022 are now Open for IAAC’s Masters in City & Technology
Una asociación entre el IAAC y Redes con el patrocinio del estudio uruguayo Gómez Platero Arquitectura & Urbanismo.
Industry Scholarships 2022 are now Open for IAAC’s Masters in City & Technology
IAAC is glad to invite you to the documentary premiére of “Valldaura: a Quarantine Cabine” by Manuel Lógar in the framework of the International Architecture…
Next application deadline is approaching! You have time to apply until May 31st. Learn more about IAAC Educational Programmes.
Join us on May 30th as The Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia hosts its 3rd Online Open Day of 2022.
El Instituto de Arquitectura Avanzada de Cataluña abrirá sus puertas para la edición 2022 del Poblenou Urban District Open Day.
The IAAC is glad to take part in “Model. Barcelona Architectures Festival” which presents experimental and speculative architecture to help us collectively rethink through new city models and new visions how we want to live together.
The Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IAAC) calls its 9th Advanced Architecture Contest as a global reflection to rethink human settlements.
IAAC’s Post Graduate in 3D Printing Architecture has, in the span of 7 weeks, constructed Spain’s first 3D printed earthen architectural prototype.
IAAC Online Open Day Wednesday, February 16th 2022 Online Programmes: 16.00 - 17.00 (CET) On Campus Programmes: 17.30 - 19.00 (CET) Join us as The…
IAAC is pleased to share the installations in which we have had the opportunity to be involved in LLUM BCN, Festival D’arts Lumíniques de Barcelona.
Next application deadline is approaching! You have time to apply until March 31st. Learn more about IAAC Educational Programmes.
It is with deep sadness that we inform you of the passing of the architect and member of the IAAC Board of Trustees Lluís Comerón…
Food-waste Biomaterial Makers supported by Fab Lab Barcelona win top EU prize for innovative collaboration The Remix el Barrio pilot has won the STARTS Prize,…
The Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia had the honour to participate for the 5th time in the LLUM BCN, Festival D’arts Lumíniques de Barcelona.…
Vertigarden | Co-gestiona tu huerta vertical Ven a construir y gestionar en equipo por un mes el nuevo prototipo de huerta vertical fotovoltaica del ConnectHort!…
This second edition of the event in El Hierro offers you the opportunity to understand how a small group of committed people turned the future…
Prototipa el Futur! Programa per a emprendedores de Cerdanyola. Oberta la convocatòria del Programa 'Prototipa el teu futur' per desenvolupar projectes relacionats amb l’economia circular.…
‘The New Old’ Exhibition in Shenzhen - 2020/21 MaCT students & The Why Factory CABLE's first exhibition entitled ‘Cities, Circling in Time’ has invited artists,…
Smart City Expo World Congress 2021 10th Anniversary Smart City Expo World Congress (SCEWC) –the world’s leading event for cities– returns to Barcelona next 16-18…
What is TOMORROW.CITY? Building on the success and the consolidated ecosystem of the Smart City Expo World Congress, the world’s leading event for cities, Tomorrow.City…
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…
Solar Greenhouse Inaugurated at Valldaura Labs This year, the 2021 Masters in Advanced Ecological Buildings and Biocities completed their final thesis project, the Solar Greenhouse,…
Check out the 2020-2021 IAAC Graduation Ceremony! Congratulations to our graduates! Having finished the academic year 2020 - 2021, and a few days prior…
IAAC celebrates Barcelona being named as the UIA's 2026 Unesco World Capital of Architecture. The city will be also hosting the 29th International Union of…
>> MACAD is the world’s first online accredited master programme in the field of AEC (Architecture, Engineering and Construction), with a focus on Computational Design…
Join us this month for IAAC's Closing Events, live on Facebook! REGISTRATION Closing Events - June 15th-28th Graduation Ceremony - June 30th SCHEDULE Tuesday 15th…
Meet winners of last year's 3DPA Colette Scholarship Competition Two laureats of the Colette Scholarship, a project supported by a private philanthropic fund, have…
Conheça o ganhador da Bolsa Jaime Lerner para estudantes Brasileiros 2021/22 IAAC, Quanta Consultoria e Plataforma Redes têm o prazer de anunciar o ganhador da…
El IAAC, Instituto de Arquitectura Avanzada de Cataluña, junto con la Plataforma Redes | Palabras cruzadas en Iberoamérica, han decidido lanzar una maestría online en…
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…
>> MACAD is the world’s first online accredited master programme in the field of AEC (Architecture, Engineering and Construction), with a focus on Computational Design…
El IAAC lanza la beca Ángel Gijón para estudiantes españoles para el Master in Advanced Ecological Buildings & Biocities. El Instituto de Arquitectura Avanzada de…
Written? ?by? ?Michael? ?Salka? ? January? ?4,? ?2021? Can modest actions such as turning off the lights when leaving a room, reprogramming thermostats and investing in…
The Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia is pleased to announce the winners of the IAAC-Colette Scholarship Competition for the Postgraduate in 3D Printing Architecture…
"Remix El Barrio", Food waste biomaterials design MATERFAD, Barcelona Materials Center, brings the exhibition “Remix El Barrio” to its headquarters, the Disseny Hub Barcelona. In…
Win a Scholarship for the Master in Design for Emergent Futures 2021-2022 Distributed Design Platform and Fab Lab Barcelona at IAAC are offering one scholarship…
Food Tech 3.0: Food Technology Project Accelerator Fab Lab Barcelona’s Food Tech 3.0 Accelerator Lab is taking its next step: launching an open call for…
Check out the nice work of our partner WASP, building towards a more sustainable 3D Printing Architecture, replacing concrete with soil as a primary building…
Course Details The Master in Design for Emergent Futures is for students who want to expand their focus interests and acquire the skills to turn…
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…
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 –…
EUROPEAN STARTUP COMPETITION! Apply by 3 March 2021 (EU BUILDs project) Are you a #startup working on: 1) #circulareconomy that provide sustainable solutions to our…
IAAC RELEASE IN RELATION TO CORONAVIRUS-COVID-19 (June 26th, 2020) Dear IAAC Community, As a continuation of the previous release of June 10th, IAAC maintains daily…
The Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia is pleased to announce the winners of the IAAC Scholarship Competition published on January 2021 for the following…
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…
REFLOW selected as best practice example With a particular focus on the ‘societal challenges’ and ‘industrial leadership’ priorities, REFLOW project has been included in the…
IAAC & Cosentino City bring Collective, productive & sustainable building systems to Showcases – Design in Diagonal as part of the Barcelona Design Week As…
IAAC inaugurated the new collaborative robotic cell setup funded by ROSIN European project to develop the Educational Project “Teaching ROS for the construction industry”. This…
IAAC is pleased to announce that the OTF program 3d Printing Architecture has won the Digitization and technological Bet in the Building Industry in the…
The FURNISH consortium is pleased to announce the selected teams from the open call for digitally fabricated urban elements adapting public spaces to COVID-19 today…
IAAC’s Open Thesis Fabrication Program is delighted to announce that it will participate in the Biennal de Ceràmica in La Bisbal, from the 16 to…
FURNISH is organizing an open call to select 4 teams throughout Europe which will digitally fabricate and deploy urban elements for the purpose of adapting…
IAAC proudly launches MaCAD, our Online Masters course in Advanced Computation for Architecture and Design! Become an expert of Computational Design, BIM and Artificial Intelligence…
GUALLART WINS HOUSING POST-COVID COMPETITION IN CHINA FOR THE XIONG’AN NEW CITY IAAC founder and Valldaura Labs director, Vicente Guallart, has won the international competition…
During this academic year 2019-2020, multidisciplinary teams formed by IAAC’s Master in Advanced Architecture students, biology students from the University of Lorraine, and business and…
PRESS RELEASE: July 1, 2020 REFLOW project finished its first year with the release of five public reports to support cities in transitioning to a…
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…
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…
When a computer-based, self-reliant city-lab high in the hills above Barcelona designed and built a tiny home they used parametric modeling software to mimic nature.…
El Instituto de Arquitectura Avanzada de Cataluña - IAAC en Barcelona, España, quiere apoyar el desarrollo del campo del urbanismo, la planificación y el diseño…
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…
The Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia hosts its first ever Online Masters Open Day, inviting the world to discover one of the most advanced…
Dronecoria has launched a campaign to plant 30,000 trees in Catalonia using its unique drone technology and seed ball production developed with the support of…
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,…
Subvención : Europa Redes y Gestores – Europa Centros Tecnológicos 2019 Total: 129.117,24€ Referencia: ECT2019-000484 Following up on the development of “Europa Redes y…
Valldaura Labs education coordinator Tasks include: Preparation of Master Program materials such as program, schedules, forms, posters etc. Setup and administration of Master Program…
The IAAC BITS journal “Black Ecologies” is out now The journal collects material stimulating, promoting and developing research in the diverse areas of Advanced Architecture…
IAAC has been invited again to participate in the Llum BCN Urban Light Festival in Barcelona, an event that illustrates the capabilities of light, digital…
Are you interested in placemaking, participatory co-design and digital technologies? Last days to submit your project! Public Play Space (PPS), a project co-funded by the…
Job Description - Sales Representative The Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia offers a wide range of pioneering masters programmes. We give the next generation…
How do we approach FOOD CYCLES to foster future urban demands and ecological resilience? How do we scale-up FOOD CYCLES for the co-design of new…
Submit a design proposal to answer impending global challenges. Winners have the opportunity to develop these solutions and more. Apply to one of our masters…
Master in Advanced Ecological Buildings and Biocities Coordinator Position: Educational coordinator Location: IAAC – Valldaura Labs The Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia is seeked…
Public Play Space (PPS) is a project co-funded by the Creative Europe programme of the European Union, aiming at exploring the development of innovative and…
The Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia hosts 2020 Masters Open Days, inviting you to discover one of the most advanced European Centres for Education,…
Architect Elisabetta Carnevale recently joined IAAC as a new Faculty for the Institute's postgraduate in 3D printing architecture. Working as an earth architect, Elisabetta tells…
Subvención : Europa Redes y Gestores – Europa Centros Tecnológicos 2019 Total: 129.117,24€ Referencia: ECT2019-000484 Esta subvención ha sido otorgada por el Ministerio de Ciencia,…
Starting next January 2020, FoodSHIFT 2030 is a new European project led by the University of Copenhagen to tackle the issue of sustainability within our food…
The Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia is looking to extend its team. If you are interested in joining our team, have a look at…
VALLDAURA DIGITAL FAB LAB MANAGER We are looking for a Digital Fabrication Laboratory Manager for our Valldaura Labs Campus, who will be in charge…
Funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 programme, POP-MACHINA is a project born from the idea to demonstrate the potential and relevancy of both the…
¿Nos puede profundizar un poco en su trayectoria profesional? Soy licenciada en Economía y también tengo formación humanista. Al tiempo de terminar mi carrera, me…
From September 7th to November 10th 2019, Seoul (South Korea) will welcome the second edition of the Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism where will gather…
In the framework of the Creative Food Cycles project– European project aiming to enhancing innovative and creative practices between food, design and architecture to create more…
On September 3rd 2019, Tomas Diez, Director of Fab Lab Barcelona and of IAAC's Master in Design for Emergent Futures, attended the 4th edition of…
Join our future-thinking Institute in Barcelona as new Master Program Coordinator! JOB OPENING - MASTER PROGRAM COORDINATOR The Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia…
Over the summer, the students from the Institute of Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IAAC) have undertaken to prototype a fully off-grid and completely functional ecohouse…
En ocasión de su segunda edición, el Samsung EGO Innovation Project eligió a Deconstructive Heads, un concepto creado por la diseñadora argentina Betiana Pavón que…
Future-thinking Institute in Barcelona, the Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia trains the new generation of architects, engineers and designers to challenge traditional approaches of architecture…
In the framework of the Creative Food Cycles European initiative, the Institute of Advanced Architecture of Cataluña (IAAC), Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universität Hannover (Germany) and…
Fab Lab Barcelona, one of the dynamic innovation hubs of the Institute for Advanced Architecture of Cataluña (IAAC), has joined a European consortium REFLOW with the…
Damos la bienvenida a Xavier Marcet, nuevo Presidente del IAAC desde Junio 2019. Su gran experiencia y trayectoria en el ámbito de los negocios, consultoría…
Alumni of the Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia, the Argentinian designer Betiana Pavón, who recently completed the Fabricademy programme, was awarded by the Samsung EGO Innovation…
Developed by Edouard Cabay, architect founder of Appareil and Researcher/Co-Director of the OTF - 3D Printing Architecture programme offered at IAAC, Third Deviation is part…
Through the exploration of the digital revolution at all scales (from bits to geography, from micro-controllers to cities, from materials to the territory), Materialising Future…
Visoren, empresa en Viviendas Sociales en Alquiler, quiere sostener la construcción ecológica en los edificios de viviendas a traves toda España. Por eso, la empresa…
As textile and fashion industry counts among the most polluting industries in the world today, reinventing its production processes and finding alternatives more respectful and…
The Institute of Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IAAC) and UN-Habitat present an innovative project, which strives to develop, test, and implement innovative architectural and planning…
IAAC and WASP: New 3D Printing Strategies Towards the Realisation of Load-bearing Earthen Structures
IAAC and WASP present an innovative prototype of a 3D printed wall designed and engineered by IAAC and realised by Crane WASP within the Open…
On June 7th - 8th 2019, IAAC will join Fixing the Future, a gathering of changemakers organized by Atlas of the Future at the CCCB in Barcelona…
From May 15th to 17th 2019, BUILDS gathered different stakeholders from the field of biology and architecture with the objective in mind to empower them…
IAAC Curates the Future House Exhibition at Barcelona Building Construmat 2019 Unmissable professional gathering for the international construction community, the 2019 edition of Barcelona Building…
“Quien no conoce las fiestas de la Bauhaus, no conoce la labor de la Bauhaus” decían los propios alumnos de la escuela. "Who does not…
In the last 18 years, the IAAC has opened its doors to more than 1,000 students from more than 70 countries. Some of the most…
Growing interactions between physical and digital spaces have deeply revolutionized architecture and these multifaceted changes need to be taken into account in current and future…
At the occasion of the first edition of the Biennale de l’architecture et du paysage taking place in Versailles (France) from May 4th to July…
Urban manufacturing model, the “Taobao Village” is meant to help enhance development and raise community income via e-commerce and digital technology. As the first “Taobao…
This May 4th, the Poblenou Open Day at Fab Lab Barcelona at IAAC will be the perfect chance for makers, curious minds and lovers of culture…
The official opening of the Barcelona Architecture Week will take place next May 9th. On that date, in the exceptional setting of the IAAC Valldaura…
"Who does not know the parties of the Bauhaus, does not know the work of the Bauhaus" said the school's own students. During the 2019 Barcelona…
On April 10th IAAC will host a roundtable with experts in the fields of architecture, robotics and construction to discuss the potential and challenges faced…
Over the last months, in the framework of the Master in Advanced Ecological Buildings, young architects, engineers and designers have joined forces to critically analyse what is…
The first edition of Design Beyond Technology, promoted by ADI-FAD and held last week at the Design Hub Barcelona, brought together speakers of international renown,…
This year, the ever-expanding IAM community of thinkers will converge upon Barcelona for the fifth annual gathering of an event as unique as the goal…
Urban Design Workshop: learning how to identify new paradigms and new opportunities in the development of new cities The Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia…
LIGHT<>MADE by IAAC and Materfad CCIB Barcelona, 13th - 14th of March 2019 Light<>Made is an exhibition about the complex interactions between light, matter and…
Creative Urban Farming Workshop 4 – 6 May 2019 | BARCELONA, SPAIN Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia Today, we have accessibility to products coming…
IAAC, as an institution committed to equality and progress, celebrates the International Women's Day with all the Institute's powerful, awe-inspiring and talented women. The theme…
On Friday, March 29th IAAC celebrates a new edition of its Masters Open Day from 17h to 19h. This is an open doors event for prospective candidates interested…
3D Printing in Architecture Debate and OTF 2019 Research Presentation 28th February 18:00 - 20:30 Additive manufacturing technology will radically change the design and construction…
The Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia is pleased to highlight alumni success stories! The research developed by our alumnus Monish Siripurapu on biomimicry cooling…
The Network for Innovations in Culture & Creativity in Europe (n.i.c.e) awards IAAC with the 1st Prize for its research on sustainable 3D printing for buildings…
On February 7, IAAC participated in the Annual Baltic Conference on Modern Architecture in Vilnius, Lithuania, entitled Rethinking contemporary architecture designs organized by the Lithuanian Union of Architects in cooperation with “Structum” magazine. About the…
The Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia has once again had the honour of being invited to participate in the Llum BCN Urban Light Festival in Barcelona. Llum…
From 7th to 11th February the city of Barcelona - as one of the most important centres for knowledge, research and experimentation in Europe -…
IAAC opens the call for applications for the 12th edition of its Global Summer School 2019 (GSS) entitled "Becoming" that will start in Barcelona and…
Creative Food Cycles is looking for valuable experiences in the transformation of urban and rural space and society, for rural-urban interactions, and for creating sustainable…
On Friday 11th IAAC will host a roundtable with experts in the fields of architecture, robotics and construction to discuss the potential and challenges faced…
Nominations are now open for the 2019 Distributed Design Award, a partnership between Distributed Design Market Platform (co-funded by the Creative Europe Programme of the…
During this year, IAAC consolidated its position as a centre of reference and excellence in the management of European research projects, recognised by the Catalan Government and the…
The Fab City Global Initiative is closing 2018 with the best Christmas present: the launch of the Fab City Foundation in Tallinn Estonia on December…
How can urban renewal improve people's lives? All of us dream about cities that are more sustainable, high-tech, healthy and people-friendly, but the current state…
Last week Mumbai hosted the first ever Biennale for innovators from the field of design and architecture where IAAC Head of Studies Mathilde Marengo and…
Next Thursday 13th of December the Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IAAC) and the Fundació Mies Van Der Rohe will organize an open presentation around the topic…
The Fab Academy 2019 applications are now open and this year, the global Fab Academy programme is asking students to think about how we can…
IAAC Co-Founder and Urban Sciences Lab Director Willy Müller takes part in the 2nd Jeju International Architecture Forum entitled ‘City and Tourism: Post Tourism for Sustainability’. …
The studio Guallart Architects, together with a team of international experts, has won the First Prize in the competition organised by the Government of Shenzhen. …
3rd of December 2018 Open Debate Moderated by Ricardo Devesa Barcelona Metapolis +20 - The Future of the City 20 Years Later @ 19.00, IAAC…
The Building Urban Intelligent Living Design Solution (BUILD) project, co-funded by the Erasmus Plus programme, launched last week its kick-off meeting at IAAC bringing together…
Fab Lab Barcelona at IAAC has been recognised by the Financial Times, Google and leading European policymakers as one of 100 digital pioneers in Europe.…
The EU Projects team from IAAC's Advanced Architecture Group, represented by Chiara Farinea and Federica Ciccone, together with faculty Manuel Gausa participated at the kick-off conference…
Challenge the Traditional Approach to Design and Building The Master in Robotics and Advanced Construction (MRAC), directed by Alexandre Dubor and Aldo Sollazzo, seeks to train a new generation of…
Fab Lab Barcelona's Director Tomás Diez and IAAC's Academic Director Areti Markopoulou are interviewed at the DIF documentary 2018, which explores the story of change in…
The Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IAAC) participated last week at the Festival della Scienza in Genoa, which encouraged young minds to pursue science. Together with…
This past October 19th to 21st 2018 IAAC Head of European Projects Chiara Farinea joined the Middle East - Europe Forum held in Kish Island,…
Save the date! Fab Lab Barcelona at IAAC is putting together a very special programme for the Poblenou Open Night 2018, organized by Poblenou Urban…
Last week IAAC hosted the 4th edition of the 2A Continental Architectural Awards for Asia and Europe organized by the prestigious 2A Magazine. These international architectural awards highlight…
Introduction Under the framework of the MIRA Digital Arts Festival of Barcelona that will take place the 8-10 November, IAAC is offering a Workshop on…
InnoChain invites you to the international conference Expanding information modelling for a new material age. It will take place in Copenhagen on 8-9 November 2018…
IAAC will be one of the special guests at 2018 ACADIA's Mexico City Conference taking place in the Universidad Iberoamericana from October 18–20. ACADIA brings…
This Thursday 11th at 19:00h the worldwide renowned Italian architect Massimilano Fuksas will inaugurate the first conference of IAAC Lecture Series 2018/19 with his talk…
IAAC's Academic Director Areti Markopoulou along with five other experts from the private and public sector participates in a debate held by El Periódico to…
After a few weeks of autumn and the start of the new academic year, we release a new Alumni Story! In this case, the story…
On Friday 5th IAAC will host a roundtable with experts in the fields of architecture, robotics and construction to discuss the potential and challenges faced…
This week IAAC welcomed 169 new students from more than 40 countries for this year's Master in Advanced Architecture (MAA01 and MAA02), Master in City…
We have recently opened two vacancies to work on projects co-financed by the Horizon 2020 programme. We are currently looking for a Researcher with experience…
This event is part of the Beijing Design Week programme and establishes a dialogue between both architects on their design concepts, urban planning and their…
IAAC's Academic Director Areti Markopoulou participates on Thursday 27th as a guest speaker and contributor for the panel discussion on the future cities organized by…
Fab Academy is an intensive six month programme that teaches students to design, prototype and invent almost anything using digital fabrication tools and machines. The…
ORGANIZATION Fab Lab Barcelona, part of the Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IAAC), is one of the leading laboratories of the worldwide network of…
IAAC participates in this edition of the ROB|ARCH which aims to strengthen a network of international teams and researchers by creating greater knowledge and stimulating…
IAAC is part of this European network connecting established and emerging research environments in academia and industry from architecture, engineering, development and manufacturing of design…
DDMP (Distributed Design Market Platform) European project, coordinated by IAAC and co-funded by Europe Creative programme, participates at the Techfestival by bringing together innovative makers and…
The Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia is happy to present the InnoChain exhibition "Practice Futures: Building Design For a New Material Age" at KADK…
Due to the great success of the exhibition this summer, "Auto-Màtic" will remain on display until October 7th at Arts Santa Mònica cultural centre in…
Stories about extraordinary people engaged in important endeavors across the world Each of our IAAC alumni has a story to tell, and we are gathering them in…
The Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia and the Barcelona Supercomputing Center sign an agreement to implement supercomputing technology to assess the resilience of cities…
IAAC ADMISSIONS COORDINATOR THE INSTITUTE – The Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia – IAAC is an international centre for Education, Fabrication and Research…
We’re looking for a Lab Manager that will be responsible for the Green Fab Lab at Valldaura Labs, supervising the daily operations of students and…
Master in Robotics and Advanced Construction (MRAC) Director Alexandre Dubor discusses with specialized press the future of 3D printing & robotics and the shift currently taking…
The artist and designer Moritz Waldemeyer discussed with Master in Advanced Interaction (MAI) Director Luis Fraguada about the role of emotions and technology in his…
The leading language newspaper in Spanish “El País” interviews Tomás Díez, Director of IAAC’s Fab Lab Barcelona and the Master in Design for Emergent Futures…
On 17–22 July 2018, Zaryadye Park will host he Moscow Urban Forum. This year’s theme is «Connect Generations». The lecture and educational part of the Festival…
Next 17th–18th July, the Moscow Urban Forum 2018 "Megacity of the Future: New Space for Living" will focus on a discussion on the results of…
Master in Advanced Ecological Buildings Coordinator Tasks include: Preparation of Master Program materials such as program, schedules, forms, posters etc. Setup and administration of Master…
POSITION: Community Manager at Fab Lab Barcelona ORGANIZATION Fab Lab Barcelona, part of the Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IAAC), is one of the…
The Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia is pleased to announce the winners of the full Scholarship and Internship call announced on June 2018 for…
The IAAC Fab Lab Barcelona is one of the driving forces behind this initiative, born in 2014, which aims to form a worldwide network of…
The Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia is looking to extend its team. If you are interested in joining our team, have a look at…
On Friday at 19h IAAC is glad to invite you to the opening of Auto-màtic, an exhibition curated by IAAC Senior Faculty Edouard Cabay which…
Can we have spaces acting as living organisms that respond to our emotions and our needs? Can self-sufficient homes be built with the help of…
IAAC is living an intense week full of outstanding projects at display for the closing of current's academic year closing. Students are presenting their final…
This June 20th, in the framework of the Master in Advanced Architecture (MAA) Digital Matter Research Studio, IAAC's Advanced Architecture Group is organising the Digital Matter…
Join IAAC at the Celebrations for the End of 2017/2018 Academic Year The Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia prepares itself for the end of…
IAAC and Sónar+D festival join forces to showcase the latest advances in interaction technology. PlayBall! and Augmented Senses projects, developed by Master in Advanced Interaction (MAI)…
2A Magazine is proud to launch the fourth 2A Continental Architectural Awards for Asia and Europe (2ACAA). The 2ACAA Architectural Design awards, with the theme…
EU's H2020 project Making Sense produced recently the documentary "Citizen Science Revolution", in which IAAC participated, aimed at showing the work done by empowered citizens…
On the 16th and 17th of June a new edition of the Maker Faire Barcelona will take place, an event aimed at those who are…
Are you a creative engineer willing to explore the future of construction? Are you a designer craving to discover the potential of new technologies? Are…
IAAC advanced nature-based solutions were featured at Transforming Cities, Enhancing Well-being: innovating with nature-based solutions” Forum in A Coruña, Spain, organized by "Think Nature" and "Connecting Nature"…
This June 13th to 15th, IAAC will take part in the international technology summit Sonar+D in Barcelona. Several projects will be exhibited, ranging from Master in…
The Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IAAC) educational programmes led by Academic Director Areti Markopoulou have been awarded 2018 ACADIA’s Innovative Academic Programme Award…
On Saturday 12th one of the most eagerly awaited days of the year will take place: Poblenou Open Day! For the sixth consecutive year we…
Next May 16th the Urban Innovation and Renewal Congress: From Cities to Materials, presented and curated by IAAC Urban Sciences Lab International Programmes Coordinator Giovanna Carnevali, will…
Fab Lab BCN at IAAC is excited to announce a new partnership between Streamr and Smart Citizen aimed at creating decentralised pollution monitoring networks, on a…
The Global Summer School (GSS) takes place in Barcelona and in other nodes worldwide from the 2nd to the 14th of July 2018. GSS 2018 brings…
IAAC's Academic Director Areti Markopoulou gave a conference at Atlas of the Future event "Fixing the Future" as a leading expert working on the intersection…
Innochain announces the international conference Expanding information modelling for a new material age. It will take place in Copenhagen on 8th and 9th November 2018…
On the occasion of Danish architect Bjarke Ingels visit to IAAC Campus ValldauraLabs for the official launch of the Master in Advanced Ecological Buildings (MAEB),…
The Consulate General of Italy in Barcelona is organizing, for the next 27-28-29 April, the Fab Linkage meeting and boot camp. This year with the…
The Master in Advanced Ecological Buildings will be presented this week in Beirut, Lebanon with a series of four lectures revolving around the main topics of the…
Barcelona Maker Faire is a partnership between Sónar+D, SokoTech, IAAC | Fab Lab Barcelona & IN(3D)USTRY with the support of the Barcelona City Council. Be…
IAAC's Fab Lab Barcelona and Intana Music project are the protagonists of the last performance of the Pedrera ArtLab 2018, a programme promoted by the…
The Foreign Affairs and European Union department of the Generalitat de Catalunya (Catalonia's Government) has selected the Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia as an…
How can technology transform the way we inhabit our cities? Next April 20th and 21st, the Red Bull Basement Hatch Barcelona, hosted by IAAC, will connect creative minds,…
From May 2 -5, IAAC's MDEF Director and Fab Lab Barcelona Leader Tomás Diez will attend AND& Summit to talk about Fab City initiative and…
"Barcelona's mission must be to invent the city of the future and build it in the present, for the well-being of its citizens and to…
On Thursday 12, Barcelona's Mercè Sala Space inaugurates 'Mixed Use, Mixed Time, Mixed People' Exhibition organised by the Metropolitan Area of Barcelona (AMB) in collaboration…
How the construction industry will change using 3D Technology and Robots? On April 4th MRAC and OTF Co-director Alexandre Dubor will represent IAAC at the round-table conference…
In 1867, Barcelona's urbanist Ildefons Cerdà set the science of making cities known as urbanization. 150 years later, his work is now translated into English thanks…
We’re glad to announce that on April 4th and 5th, IAAC Head of Studies Mathilde Marengo will be among the guests of the Design Does…
The Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IAAC) and Copenhagen’s Innovation Lab SPACE10 are happy to announce that Australian Communication Designer Veronica Tran is the…
The Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia is pleased to announce the winners of the Scholarship Contest announced on February 2018 for the following Master…
IAAC, together with ESCI-UPF, participated in the 29th edition of the Saló del Ensenyament in Barcelona, the most important education fair in Spain that is…
In the framework of IAAC Open Thesis Fabrication Programme and Master in Robotics and Advanced Construction, leading researchers, architects, industry partners and start-ups teams from Europe…
The Global Summer School (GSS) is a platform defined by ambitious, multi-scalar investigation on the implications of emergent techniques in our planned environments. Each year, international teams located in key cities around…
In the interest of further consolidating their research in the field of Advanced Construction, the IAAC Advanced Architecture Group and Autodesk will once again collaborate…
Bjarke Ingels, Founding Partner and Creative Director of Bjarke Ingels Group, the most widely envied professional practice of the moment, with its head office in…
Do you want to improve your skills using Blender software? Next March 3 to March 4, IAAC is offering a 2-day intensive course for students…
IAAC is excited to announce a new partnership with Space10 experimental design studio, IKEA's new innovation lab in Copenhagen, Denmark, for the new Master in Design…
Are you a future curious? On 13 March a future-‘supergroup’ will gather for the first time in Barcelona to participate at ‘Fixing the future: adventures in…
Leka Open Source Restaurant furniture was exhibited at Architect@Work event, which took place in Barcelona last 14-15 February. At the Future Woods Earth & Mars…
IAAC will have once again the honour to participate in the Llum BCN Light Festival 2018 in Barcelona. Join us at Poblenou District, from the 16h to…
The Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia is looking to extend its team. If you are interested in joining our team, have a look at…
The InnoChain Second Year Colloquium, which will take place between 12-14 February 2018, is a shared evaluation event in which all Early Stage Researcher (ESRs) present their…
On Friday, February 1st IAAC celebrates a new edition of its Masters Open Day from 17h to 19h. This is an open doors event for prospective candidates interested…
The Spanish city of Valencia will have a new "CaixaForum" cultural centre designed by IAAC Senior Faculty Enric Ruiz-Geli, professor at the Master in Advanced…
FabLab Barcelona at IAAC hosts a 3rd edition of MIDTalent programme, an opportunity for unemployed young people to learn and develop new skills in the…
IAAC | Fab Lab Barcelona designed Leka Open Source Restaurant in Poblenou's 22@ district in Barcelona by means of digital fabrication technology The world-renowned architecture publication…
IAAC founder and Master's in Advanced Ecological Buildings (MAEB) Director Vicente Guallart presents the new academic programme in China for city officials, architects and students in various cities…
IAAC designed Ohla's Hotel Musical Robotic Façade by applying an algorithm that translated Max Richter’s “Vivaldi’s Four Seasons” album into ceramic carvings The world-renowned architecture publication…
JOB OPENING - MARKETING MANAGER The Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia – IAAC is an international centre for Education, Fabrication and Research dedicated to…
On 19th and 20th January, the EU initiative KAAU (Knowledge Alliance for Advanced Urbanism), which is co-funded by Erasmus+ programme of the European Union, is organising…
Master in Design for Emergent Futures (MDEF) Director, Tomás Diez, is interviewed by urbanNext during the Smart City Expo World Congress 2017 on digital fabrication,…
Stories about extraordinary people engaged in important endeavors across the world Each of our IAAC alumni has a story to tell, and we will be gathering them…
Thank you all for the amazing year we spent together! We have launched three new Master programmes and a brand new Bachelor’s Degree in Urban…
Sochi has always been considered Russia's principal resort throughout the country's modern history. The 2014 Winter Olympics, held in Sochi, gave a new impulse to…
We are proud to announce that, after a few selected, sold-out projections all over Europe, the Barcelona’s premiere of the film REM will take place at…
IAAC Campus in Valldaura Self-Sufficient Labs hosted last week a working session for the Robotics for Microfarms (ROMI) EU project together with IAAC's partner Sony…
Last November 23rd in Barcelona, the daily newspaper La Vanguardia organised a round table sponsored by Acciona, the Spanish group leader in Sustainable Infrastructure and Renewable…
The First Term Final Presentations for the Master in Advanced Architecture (MAA) will be taking place next week in IAAC. Each Introductory Studio will present to a selected international…
The Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IAAC) in Barcelona is pleased to announce that Applications for the 2018-19/20 academic year are now open. IAAC offers one…
On the occasion of the Poblenou Urban District Open Night on 24th November, the Fab Lab Barcelona at IAAC will be part of the Makerspaces Circuit, the first Fab…
From 13th to 14th November, some of the brightest minds in the fields of Sociology, Urban Sciences, Technology and Architecture gathered in Barcelona to discuss…
IAAC is glad to announce its partnership with the city of Melbourne as the new partner-city for the 2018/19-20 edition of the Master in City &…
Urbanization.org: an open platform by IAAC to develop the science of making cities at a global-scale
Urbanization.org is an open platform that promotes a rational analysis of the urbanization issue at a global scale, so that the challenges cities are facing…
On the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the publication of Teoria general de la urbanització by Ildefons Cerdà, the Institut d’Arquitectura Avançada de Catalunya (Institute…
From 14 to 16 of November the Smart City Expo World Congress 2017 will bring together over 400 global influencers and innovators to share knowledge,…
Fab Lab Barcelona at IAAC is a place where you can make almost anything. It is a digital fabrication laboratory located at Poblenou, Barcelona’s Maker District,…
IAAC organises the Responsive Cities Symposium, which brings together international experts to discuss the future of our cities and their public space. The symposium will be…
The new Bachelor's Degree in Urban Sciences (BDUSc) was presented at the ESCI-UPF building on Thursday 26th. This is a new official three-year degree, taught…
On the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the General Theory of Urbanization by Ildefons Cerdà, the Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia, Diputació de Barcelona, Generalitat of…
FabLab Barcelona at IAAC hosts this week “MID Talent”, an initiative held by the Barcelona’s Design Centre (BCD) and framed in the MID Mercat d’Idees…
The exhibition After the End of the World, on display at the CCCB from October 25th 2017 to April 29th 2018, is a spatial essay on…
The Fab Lab Barcelona at IAAC, together with its International Consortium, will work to develop the new Horizon 2020 project 'DO IT'. This is an European Initiative aiming…
The Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia and the IAAC Urban Sciences Lab are pleased to announce the official launch of the new Bachelor’s Degree…
Tomás Diez, Fab City Research Lab Director at IAAC and co-founder of Fab Lab Barcelona, has been invited as a keynote speaker at the Montreal…
The Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia is looking to extend its team. If you are interested in joining our team, have a look at…
The Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia is participating this week at the Innochain Winter School, titled 'Drivers of Innovation', taking place in Berlin during…
IAAC Advanced Architecture Group will take part in the symposium “News from Research: Cartography of Architectural Research” this Friday October 13th in Orleans, in the…
This week IAAC welcomed the 140 new students from 35 different countries for this year’s Master in Advanced Architecture (MAA), Master in City & Technology (MaCT) and Master…
[CATALAN] L’IAAC s’adhereix a l’aturada general de demà 3 d’Octubre L’Institut d’Arquitectura Avançada de Catalunya respecta la diversitat d’opinions i sensibilitats polítiques que hi puguin haver…
The Autodesk Fórum Barcelona 2017 will take place on the 5th of October in the Convent Dels Àngels. IAAC is one of the partners of…
From 3rd to 5th October, 2017 the Gran Via Exhibition Centre in Barcelona, Fira Barcelona will host the second edition of In(3D)ustry – From Needs to Solutions, the international…
The Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia is pleased to announce the 7th Advanced Architecture Contest, on the theme of Responsive City. The 7th Advanced…
The Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia is looking to extend its team. If you are interested in joining our team, have a look at…
The conference of the Design Modelling Symposium 2017 Humanizing Digital Reality will be held in Paris, at ENSA-V, Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture de Versailles, from the 18th to…
A new edition of the Responsive Cities Symposium is about to start soon and the next deadline for the Call for Papers and Projects Submission…
[CATALAN] L’Institut d’Arquitectura Avançada de Catalunya (IAAC) està compromès en la defensa de la democràcia, de la llibertat d’expressió i del diàleg com a via…
Curated by IAAC MAA Faculty Claudia Pasquero, the 2017 Tallinn Biennale bioTallinn aims to challenge typical assumptions of what constitutes the boundary between Natural and Artificial realms. Rather than considering nature…
The Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia is looking to extend its team. If you are interested in joining our team, have a look at…
The Creative Europe Programme co-funded initiative Active Public Space (APS) Catalogue, coordinated by IAAC, has issued the "State of the Art" catalogue aimed at detecting and mapping…
Director of Marketing, Communications & PR Reports To: General Manager Job Summary Responsible for planning, development and implementation of all of the Institute’s marketing strategies,…
The Fab City Reseach Lab at IAAC, together with its Pan-European Consortium, have won the Horizon 2020 funding for the project ROMI - RObotics for MIcrofarms. The…
The IAAC and Barcelona Metropolitan Area exhibit together Mixed Use, Mixed Time, Mixed People within the central expo 'Imminent Commons' at the first Biennial of Architecture…
This summer, the rural environment of the Valldaura Self-Sufficient Labs has become the meeting point for an international community, passionate about the world of design and…
The entire IAAC community is saddened by the terrorist attack in Barcelona. We express our support and solidarity with the victims and their families …
The Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IAAC) and the Fab Lab Barcelona teams are participating at the Fab 13 International Conference in Santiago de…
Badalona’s Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol performs a series of complex aortic aneurysms surgical interventions successfully thanks to prior medical rehearsals with 3D printed prototypes…
Publication Description 'From Now to Then: Between Man-kind an Robotic-kind' is a IAAC's publication developed with the collaboration of global think-tank and research institute The…
This past Thursday the first edition of the BCN Summer Workshops closed its doors, celebrating this first successful attempt of connecting the brightest minds of…
IAAC has developed a series of materials and advanced systems for passive cooling and ventilation, which allow reducing indoor temperatures by up to 5 degrees…
Aquapioneers is an initiative that was born in the Green Fab Lab at IAAC Campus Valldaura Labs, which has been supported and powered by IAAC and Fab…
This 10th edition of IAAC Global Summer School 2017 (GSS17) has been a great success! More than 140 students distributed in several nodes worldwide such as Moscow, Barcelona, Tehran, Beirut, Monterrey and Beijing have…
From the 3rd to 7th of July, the EU co-funded program InnoChain organised its mid term reviews and a joint workshop-seminar at IAAC in Barcelona. On Monday 3rd July…
On Wednesday 28th of June takes place the opening of the IAAC End of Year Exhibition Living (in) Future Cities, which will be held this year…
The Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IAAC) is launching "BCN Summer Workshops" program, presenting six different, four-day-long workshops directed and taught by leading experts…
From 21st to 23rd July, IAAC will host the Mapping Spaces workshop which focuses on the exploration of solution spaces, an activity arising every time the…
Join IAAC at the Celebrations for the End of 2017 Academic Year The Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia prepares itself for the end of…
The collaborative scholarships require selected students to support different departments of the school and get involved in IAAC's daily activities and events as part of…
Actividades: Exposición, Actuación, Conferencia, DJ Fecha y Hora: 8 de junio de 2017, de 17.00 a 21.00h Lugar: IAAC, Carrer de Pujades, 102 El IAAC…
What: Launch of Aquapioneers Crowdfunding Campaign Where: Fab Lab Barcelona @ IaaC When: Wednesday 7 June, 6.30pm — 8.30pm. Next Wednesday 7th June the Institute…
Can we program the spaces we inhabit to act as living organisms that respond to our emotions and our needs? Can self sufficient homes be…
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…
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 together…
On the occassion of the 60th anniversary of the European Union last 9th of May, the research and innovation magazine "Horizon", edited by the European…
Be a part of the first Barcelona Maker Faire and visit us on June 17 & 18th at Pavelló Italià of Fira Barcelona in Montjuïc. Maker Faire originated in 2006…
La Casa Elizalde in Barcelona is planning new tour guides for the on-going exhibition Scripts – a chronicle of incidents, directed by IAAC's Faculty Edouard Cabay,…
Between May 23rd and 26th, the Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia and Tecnalia will present at the Future Arena of the Barcelona Building Construmat the project On Site…
Saturday 6th of May, the creative community of Poblenou neighborhood in Barcelona will open its doors to offer a wide variety of cultural proposals. The urban…
For this very special occasion, we would like to extend an invitation to all our Alumni around the globe to join us on the 19th…
In May 2017, Imagine Food Tech Basque Culinary Center is taking 12 extraordinary talents in different fields on a 10 day innovation road trip to…
This 19th of April at the Casa Elizalde in Barcelona there will be the opening of Scripts – a chronicle of incidents, an exhibition directed by Edouard Cabay displaying drawings generated by Automatic Machines developed by students of the Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia.
On Site Robotics is a collaborative project of IAAC and TECNALIA, which demonstrates the potentials of additive manufacturing technology and robotics in the production of sustainable low-cost buildings that can be built on site with 100{9109d278f27679b0d72ba26d1dbf285952fc93361903e26181bc35932131a14a} natural materials.
IAAC is currently looking for one of its Alumni to join the Global Summer School team based in Muscat, Oman. The candidate must necessarily be a IAAC…
IAAC is getting ready for the third edition of IAAC Open Days 2016/17! Our Faculty, Alumni and Students will be glad to welcome you in our…
Las becas, concedidas por la Knowledge Alliance for Advanced Urbanism (KA-AU), están disponibles para los diez mejores candidatos entre los estudiantes de Arquitectura inscritos en las Universidades españolas.
Fab Lab Barcelona celebrates 10 years of activity on Tuesday 21 of March and will celebrate it with an impressive birthday party. The event, which…
Autonomous vehicles will have a powerful effect on the way cities are shaped, operated, and experienced in the coming decades. They will change not only…
This is a pinnacle event within the Innochain network, where all ESRs present and discuss their research and methodologies in plenum with all Innochain beneficiaries and industry partners. The event takes place at Angewandte Innovation Laboratory, Franz Josefs Kai 3, 1010 Vienna, Austria.
Open Thesis Fabrication Final Presentations The Final Presentations for the Open Thesis Fabrication (OTF) program will be taking place this week in IAAC. The researchers will present to a…
Digital technologies have revolutionised design and production, transforming the practice of architects, designers and artists. Described as a disruptive technology, 3D printing has become widely diffused over the last decade and a half, thanks open-source-software-based platforms, adopted throughout industry from aeronautics to biotechnology.
Brian Eno and Evgeni Morozov's Visit to Fab Lab Barcelona English musician, producer and visual artist Brian Eno and Belorussian writer and researcher Evgeni Morozov…
CONEXPO-CON/AGG will be the international gathering place in 2017 for the construction industries, where every major construction sector will be represented, amongst 2,500 exhibitors and more than 150 education sessions.
IAAC Global Summer School 2017 - Space Dynamics 3rd of July - 16th of July 2017 Applications are now open! The Global Summer School (GSS) is…
In the framework of the Poblenou Maker District, Barcelona's Mayor Ada Colau, together with Gerardo Pisarello, First Deputy Mayor of Barcelona, and Francesca Bria, Chief…
Join Fab Lab Barcelona for this intensive 40h bootcamp of the new Fashion and Technology Textile-Academy! We believe that fashion education should be updated, embrace multidisciplinarity and change the current model of fast fashion to customised and sustainable. We love making , experimenting and innovating using hands on bottom up approaches and new technology.
The Italian ambassador in Spain visited IAAC Fab Lab Barcelona last Monday to share views on the project #ITmakES, a set of projects designed by the…
From 11 February to 14 May 2017, the Vitra Design Museum will present a major exhibition that examines the current boom in robotics in detail for the first time. Hyperhabitat, a research project initiated at IAAC in 2005 and conceived by Vicente Guallart, will be featured in the exhibition.
IAAC is getting ready for the second edition of IAAC Open Days 2016/17! Our Faculty, Alumni and Students will be glad to welcome you in…
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…
The Makerspaces Circuit of the Poblenou Urban District Open Night is the first attempt of a Fab City Prototype in Barcelona, with a route connecting…
The First Term Final Presentations for the Master in Advanced Architecture (MAA) will be taking place this week in IAAC. Each Introductory Studio will present to a selected international…
On the 15th of December, BeyondLab Barcelona will organize its kick-off event. This non-profit gather more than 1300 people in Europe and Asia to connect inventors and to jump start science projects. Come and discover our future actions in Spain. You will hear from the best people in Science, Design, Entrepreneurship in different sectors: biotech, energy, urban farming, etc.
The Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia prepares itself to host the first appointment with the 2016/17 Open Days, inviting you to discover the one of…
Are you an expert in Digital Fabrication & Computational Design? Do you master Robotic Fabrication & Advanced Manufacturing? Are you passionate in European Funded Projects? We want to know more about you! Check this post to know more.
Within the agenda of the Congress of Architecture organized by the Association of Architects of Catalonia (COAC), the Department of Territorial Planning together with the…
The Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IAAC) in Barcelona is pleased to announce that Applications for the 2017-18/19 academic year are now open. IAAC offers one…
Are you interested in learning and using technology for positive change, by capturing and making sense of environmental factors? If so, we’d love to invite you to the launch of the Making Sense project, Saturday 5th November in the FabLab Barcelona at the IaaC.
Check the latest Advanced Knowledge about architecture and urbanism, developed in collaboration with Vicente Guallart, Andreas Antonopoulos, Alexei Novikov, Anna Pla Catalá, Ronen Kadushin, Open Source Beehives, Juan Diego Ramírez, among many other authors.
The director of Fab City Research Group Tomás Díez and the director of the Project for the Self-Sufficient City Vicente Guallart participate at the CityLab 2016 held…
Last Wednesday evening we had the pleasure of hosting Ben van Berkel, founder and principal of UNStudio, for the Opening Lecture of this year’s 2016/17 IAAC Lecture Series. 400 people came, among which the 140 new students from over 40 different countries, representatives of the local architecture community, both professional and academic, and the IAAC faculty and staff
The United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development Habitat III in Quito, Ecuador has been the first gathering in 20 years where the…
BOOK LAUNCH Wednesday 19th of October Third Coast Atlas: Prelude to a Plan Daniel Ibañez, Clare Lyster, Charles Waldheim, Mason White, editors. Actar Publishers, 2016…
The Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia and Autodesk announce their collaboration in establishing Research Residency Positions in Boston and Barcelona. Four Research Residency Positions,…
The competition is divided in three categories: Construction and mixed uses, Public space and urban landscape, and Town planning and connectivity. . The deadline is November 17th at 2pm and prizes are 4.000€ for each of the 15 selected teams and 10.000€ for each of the 3 winning teams.
Next October 7rd, join us for the Open Fabrication Day at Fab Lab Barcelona. Come and learn how to 3D print and laser cut. There will be robotics and Arduino demos and some surprises too.
The exhibition Barcelona-Beijing: Hyperconnected Cities of the Cervantes Institute of Beijing showcases projects developed this year during the Global Summer School Program – run by the Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia in seven different locations around the world.
15 outstanding speakers, including Robert S. Lynd Professor of Sociology at Columbia University Saskia Sassen, 54 international panelists and more than 400 visitors animated the two-day gathering, held in CaixaForum Barcelona and followed online by more than 700 spectators.
Saskia Sassen, Carlo Ratti, Philippe Rahm, Lydia Kallipoliti, Tomas Diez, Areti Markopoulou and Janet Sanz are some of the speakers of the Responsive Cities Symposium. Aim of the two-day convention is to go beyond the limitations of the #SmartCity vision, investigating Advanced Urbanism, intended as the practice of designing and planning Receptive and Reactive spaces.
On September 12, IaaC, in collaboration with the Confederation of Architectural Workshops, will participate at the opening of the #Superillapilot. The project claims the occupation by the people of the public space, to the detriment of the leading role it has enjoyed the motor vehicle all this last 50 years.
The pavilion is being complemented by a transparent protective skin self responding to the internal and external environmental conditions and the integration of the farming products with plants and fishes. This membrane on top of the wooden structure controls the ventilation air inside the pavilion.
IaaC just launched the Valldaura Campaign for Self-sufficiency, a fundraising initiative to convert Valldaura into a prototype for self-sufficient habitat, an open and global community to invent the future of our cities. Check here all the information related to this campaign.
From 21st to 23rd June, 2016 the Gran Via Exhibition Centre in Barcelona, Fira Barcelona will host the premiere of In(3D)ustry – From Needs to Solutions. This is a new international event, focusing on the current state and future of Additive and Advanced Manufacturing.
How can we design and plan ?receptive? and ?reactive? spaces? What is the? future? for our ?design? tools and planning processes, as well as the educational models surrounding ?urban? sciences? Share your thoughts on the topic until July 15.
IaaC is happy to announce that a new edition of IaaC Bits have just been released. Check this collective container of knowledge that stimulates, promotes and develops research in the diverse areas of advanced architecture through a multi-disciplinary approach on both a local and global scale.
Join IAAC at the Celebrations for the End of 2016 Academic Year The Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia prepares itself for the end of…
Technologies have opened new horizons of research. Carlo Ratti addressed this issue from a critical point of view, through projects by the Senseable City Laboratory during his stay in the IAAC.
HSE Graduate School of Urbanism and the Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia are launching a joint project the V.D.N.H. Laboratory of the Future workshop, resulting in works to be presented inside the Russian Pavilion during the 15th Architecture Venice Biennale, curated by the Chief Architect of Moscow Sergey Kuznetsov.
The Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia will take part to the 15th Venice Biennale, titled Reporting From the Front and curated by Alejandro Aravena, with an interactive installation made in collaboration with the Indian architect Anupama Kundoo.
Spirulina is a blue-green microalgae that has been pointed as one of the best foods in the world by the United Nations. In this workshop, the participants will be introduced to the microcosm of Spirulina and the parameters for its growth. The objective of the workshop is to familiarize yourself with Spirulina cultivation methods and introduce sensors in order to run your own monitoring test kit, from June 04 to June 05.
Biology Zero is a 10-day bootcamp held at the Green Fab Lab, IAAC’s rural campus. It offers an immersive study into the basics of biology, delivering knowledge of methodology and the instruments needed to become a citizen scientist.
IAAC is organizing IAAC workshops for professionals who are interested in improving their computer aided design/programming skills or being introduced in new technological concepts such as machine learning and augmented reality. The goal of these workshops is to expand participants skills in order to meet current market needs and requirements.
Bio Academy is a computational and synthetic biology program aiming to guide students into using engineering principles to design and assemble biological components in the context of small and networked labs.
We’re proud to invite you to the first Atlas of the Future event. On Tuesday 10 May, FutureHero Mark Stevenson will take us on an optimistic tour of the future and the challenges humankind faces.
A team formed by the study Isern associats, Ceramica Cumella and the Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IAAC) has built a musical robotic facade made with a robot that translates Max Richter’s music in lines on ceramics.
This exhibition is a collaboration between the IAAC and the Cercle Artístic de Sant Lluc curated by Edouard Cabay. It features projects initiated as an investigation at the Master in Advanced Architecture of the IAAC in fall 2015 by Edouard Cabay and Rodrigo Aguirre.
Check here the full program of the IAAC Spring Lecture Series 2016. Do not miss the opportunity to learn more about the most innovative topics.
A FabCity Campus has been set up as part of Europe by People, the Amsterdam EU2016 Arts & Design programme and it is inspired by the ‘Fab City’ project that started in Barcelona two years ago. It will take place from 11 April up and until 26 June.
The Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia prepares itself to host the second appointment with the 2016 Open Days, The event will take place on Friday April 22nd, from 16:00 to 21:00 hours, and it is open to students and the general public.
The Second Term Final Presentations for the Master in Advanced Architecture (MAA) will be taking place this week in IaaC. Each Research Studio will present to a selected international jury on the following dates.
IaaC is very pleased to launch the Global Summer School 2016: Hyper Cities. This year the course will explore cities as systems of networked ecologies: a series…
Open call for residencies! As a second stage in our EU funded Made@EU Creative Europe project, we are offering a residency in Paris and another…
This week IaaC Academic Director Areti Markopoulou will be lecturing on Ubiquitous Matter and the Responsive Habitat in a four-lecture Series in Beirut. From the 25th to…
The Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia prepares itself to host the first appointment with the 2016 Open Days, inviting you to discover the one…
IAAC has once again had the honor of being invited to participate in the Llum BCN Urban Light Festival in Barcelona. Join us at the Patio Mercader, from the 12th to the 14th of February, and participate in our interactive light installation La Llum Tafanera! What would be like the personality of …
Do you want to join the future? Let’s check out what’s coming next! IaaC and Fab Lab Barcelona invite you to join them at the creators, inventors, designers and makers community gathering of the year: the Barcelona Mini Maker Faire. Join IaaC and Fab Lab Barcelona this Sunday …
PERFORMING VERSUS FORMING: Programming Built & Unbuilt Environments A lecture by Areti Markopoulou (IAAC Academic Director) Monday 08th February 2016 — 6:00 pm ARCHIP main studio space Address: Frantiska Krizka 1, Prague 7 In cooperation with CCEA MOBA …
IAAC Lecture Series 2016 11th January 2016 Marcos Cruz The Bartlett, UCL 19th January 2016 Peter Trummer University of Innsbruck 2nd February 2016 Alfredo Brillembourg…
Fab Lab Barcelona has announced the topics of the workshops that will be held at the Institute over the next three months. Subjects go from Architecture, Design & Publishing to Video Mapping & Digital Fabrication; from Fashion to 3D Printing & Scanning and much more. Ephemeral …
Vicente Guallart IaaC Founder and former chief architect of the municipality of Barcelona, will be visiting Beirut Digital District on the 27th of Januray 2016.…
MAA & MaCT FIRST TERM FINAL PRESENTATIONS + MAA THESIS & OTF MID TERM PRESENTATIONS The First Term Final Presentations for the Master in Advanced Architecture (MAA) will be taking…
IAAC INVITES YOU TO THE 2015 BI-CITY BIENNALE OF URBANISM/ARCHITECTURE OF SHENZHEN Re-Living The City Venue: Former Dacheng Flour Factory Address: No.3 Gangwan Road, Shekou, Shenzhen…
IAAC FALL LECTURE SERIES 2015 Monday 5th of October 2015 Greg Lynn Greg Lynn Form
Architecture has always harvested a close relationship with technological advances. Although this relationship had somewhat stagnated, over the more recent past Architecture has began to…
The Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia and Fab Lab Barcelona are pleased to announce the 6th Advanced Architecture Contest, on the theme of PRODUCTIVE CITY. The…
IAAC Master in Advanced Architecture 2014-15/16 Project Exhibition // July 2015 - October 2015 // IAAC Auditorium and Main Hall // The exhibition portrays the…
Cooperation agreement signed whereby the Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IAAC) and Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK), together with the Harbin Institute of Technology of…
> IaaC | Fab Lab Barcelona @ Tangible Sound Festival at ZKM < This September 26th & 27th, during the festival "Tangible Sound" at the…
Fab 11 // Boston Last August, Fab Lab Barcelona participated of FAB11: the 11th Fab Lab Conference and Symposium, in Boston. Throughout a whole week,…
3D PRINTED GUN @ DHUB From June 30th to October 31st, DHUB Disseny Hub Barcelona will host the “Out of Place” Exhibition, produced by FAD, in the…
IAAC Master in Advanced Architecture project Translated Geometries, and Advanced Interaction Projects Trailblazer and Sound Embracers are currently being featured in the Smart Flexibility: Advanced Materials…
DIGITAL FASHION AND WEARABLES EXHIBITION Fab11_Boston invites you to submit your proposal for the Digital Fashion and Wearables Exhibition that will take place during the Fab Festival, from August 8 and 9…
CRADE ET VIVANT Dirty and Alive 7th to 12th of September 2015 – Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia - Workshop --- Abstract This workshop…
Pavilion of Innovation 2015 @Beyond Building Barcelona Last May 19th to 23rd, Barcelona hosted the 19th edition of Construmat, the International Construction Faire. Within this new…
In this section, you will find a list of current Job Openings in a wide range of areas within the Institute: Research, Academia, Communication, Management, Lab Support or any other field related to a specific department.
Intelligent Cities | Emergent Territories On the 18th of June we had the Intelligent Cities | Emergent Territories Research Studio, led by Willy Müller, Jordi…
Digital Matter | Intelligent Constructions The Digital Matter | Intelligent Constructions Research Studio, led by Areti Markopoulou, with Faculty assistant Alexandre Dubor and Computational Assistant…
Design with Nature The Design with Nature Research Studio, led by Javier Peña and Rodrigo Rubio, with Oriol Carrasco, in the Valldaura Labs, was held…
Self Sufficient Building On Monday the 15th of June were the Self Sufficient Buildings Research Studio, led by Enric Ruiz Geli and Mireia Luzàrraga, Final Presentations.…
Advanced Interaction This year’s Advanced Interaction Research Studio, led by Carlos Gomez, took place on Sunday the 14th of June at the Studio P52 Art…
1st IAAC Global Alumni Meet | A Global Network Over the last ten years, IAAC has received and been home to over 500 students from…
ROME 20-25 // WORKSHOP 28th, 30th and 31st of May 2015 10h00 til 18h00 at IAAC IaaC is participating in the international research “Rome 20-25.…
Barcelona, 20.07 – 01.08 2015 Open to urban designers and researchers: architects, engineers, sociologists, geographers, economists and Advanced Students. Co-organized by BUILDING THE CITY NOW…
N.E.RO. (no fees required) Networking Environmental RObotics 21/5 N.E.RO. technology focusses on data collection and the translation of diverse environmental conditions into useful and accessible…
WikiHouse (no fees required) Prototyping & Construction Process 19/5 – 22/5 The open design concept of Wiki House allows us to customise, fabricate and assemble…
IAAC SPRING LECTURE SERIES 2015 Thursday 9th of April 2015 Giovanna Carnevali Fundación Mies van der Rohe
Making Things Talk (no fees required) Prototyping The Internet Of Things 22/5 Over the past years we have began to use the Internet no longer…
[picasaslideshow user=”105279232624971185373″ album=”PavilionOfInnovationWorkshops”] Building with Robots (no fees required) Emerging construction process 20/5 – 22/5 With designers seeking to push the limits of what is…
Computational Couture Expanding the horizons of dressmaking towards an algorithmic approach 19/5 – 22/5 Clothes can be considered as the very first form of mediators…
PhD scholarship in integrating building physics for performance control The Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia PhD scholarship vacancy applications The PhD scholarship is posted…
ARDUINO WORKSHOP: APRIL 18-19 – 2015 Arduino Basics: Inputs and outputs es un workshop dirigido a todas aquellas personas con y sin experiencia previa que quieran…
IAAC|Fab Lab Barcelona, in partnership with Beyond Building Barcelona and Fira de Barcelona present: CALL FOR PROJECTS: BEYOND | the next boundaries of construction. DEADLINE EXTENSION: 31st of March 2015…
[WORKSHOP INSTALLATION] UNFOLD MOVING MATTER RE-ACTIVATING MILAN’S EX-INDUSTRIAL 7-12 APRIL 2015 “Milan’s Design week is the most important event worldwide for design and innovation. In…
Fab Lab Barcelona Workshop program for Jan-Feb-Mar 2015 Fab Lab Barcelona is launching the Weekend Workshops series for this winter session: 2-day intensive weekend workshops…
[DMIC] Digital Matter | Intelligent Constructions // 2nd Term Presentations Thursday 19th of March 2015 @ 11.00 – 18.00, IAAC Auditorium Open to the Public…
Intelligent Cities | Emergent Territories // 2nd Term Presentations Friday 20th of March 2015 @ 13.00 – 17.00, IAAC Auditorium Open to the Public Senior…
Self Sufficient Building // 2nd Term Presentations Wednesday 18th of March 2015 @ 16.00 – 19.00, IAAC Auditorium Open to the Public Senior Faculty Enric…
Design with Nature // 2nd Term Presentations Wednesday 18th of March 2015 @ 10.00 – 14.00, IAAC Auditorium Open to the Public Senior Faculty Javier…
Advanced Interaction // 2nd Term Presentations Tuesday 17th of March 2015 @ 16.00 – 19.00, IAAC Auditorium Open to the Public Senior Faculty Carlos Gómez…
Join us tomorrow for the Self-Sufficient Buildings Research Studio 2nd Term Presentation: 10.00am – 6.00pm Senior Faculty : Enric Ruiz Geli + Mireia Luzárraga Self…
IAAC|Fab Lab Barcelona, in partnership with Beyond Building Barcelona and Fira de Barcelona present: CALL FOR PROJECTS: BEYOND | the next boundaries of construction. CALL:…
IAAC is part of the European consortium InnoChain, a consortium of six premier research institutions and 14 leading industry partners to create an interdisciplinary network…
Competition brief Today, disciplines as programming and electronics become highly transversal, blurring old boundaries and merging different fields of knowledge. Fashion has been already highly…
Robotic Ceramics How can advanced manufacturing technologies combine and learn from traditional crafts? This two day intensive workshop will investigate the design and production of…
IAAC has once again had the honour of being invited to participate in the Llum BCN Urban Light Festival in Barcelona. [picasaslideshow user=”105279232624971185373″ album=”LlumBCN2015PhotosByLorenzoPatuzzo”] Join…
ACTAR-D POP UP BOOK STORE & DISCOUNTS – Architecture, Art & Design Thursday 19th of February 2015 – 21.00 @IAAC Main Hall After next Thursday’s…
IAAC is presenting a project for the competition Torrebaró Self Sufficient District today at 13.00. This is a project that the City Council of Barcelona…
IAAC WINTER LECTURE SERIES 2015 Friday 23rd of January 2015 Jelle Feringa EZCT Architecture & Design research Tuesday 27th of January 2015 – 13.00-14.30 Dave…
[picasaslideshow user=”105279232624971185373″ album=”OTF2014FinalPresentations”] Open Thesis Fabrication 2014 // Applied Research Program Monday, 19th of January 2015 // 16h00 – 19h00, IaaC Auditorium Advisors: Silvia Brandi…
IAAC Alumni Farshad Mehdizadeh (Alumni 2011/2012) will be talking in TEDxNaghsheJahan, the first TEDx event in Esfahan, next week! In the spirit of ideas worth…
Join us at IaaC | Fab Lab Barcelona for the Fab Xmas Party, fabricate your Christmas presents at the Fab Lab! Date: 18th December Time: 18.00…
IAAC & BSSA are pleased to announce the Opening Ceremony of the MASTER IN CITY & TECNOLOGY 2014/16 MUMBAI – BARCELONA The Ceremony will take place…
LOCAL is an event organized by IAAC Alumni in Mexico [Alejandra Díaz de León and Pavel Aguilar Urquidez] in collaboration with the University of Sinaloa…
Optima + Think, analyze, design, optimize, compete and fabricate International workshop and competition, September 2014 Phase one: Cairo 01 – 05 September 2014 Phase two…
IAAC|Fab Lab Barcelona is pleased to announce the Smart Citizen Open Thursdays cycle. The cycle will start next Thursday, November 13th, marking the beginning of…
Art Project Presentation at Tsepelovo Main Square of Tsepelovo (Greece) Thursday, July 31 and Friday, August 1 2014, 9 pm. On Thursday, July 31 and…
[picasaslideshow user=”105279232624971185373″ album=”GSS2014FinalPresentations02″] Global Summer school 2014 // The Next City FINAL PRESENTATIONS // BARCELONA Tuesday, 22nd of July 2014 // 16h00 – 18h00, IaaC…
IAAC is proud to announce the Fall Lecture Series 2014: 4th November 2014 WINY MAAS MVRDV 11th November 2014 YAEL REISNER + MANUEL JIMENEZ GARCIA Yael…
DATA MATTER _ ENVIRONMENTAL AERIAL ROBOTICS Organised by IAAC Alumni from NOUMENA & FLONE, in collaboration with IAAC | Green fab Lab and Fab Lab…
Say hello to the newest member of our robot family at IAAC, meet the new ABB robot in Valldaura!
[picasaslideshow user=”105279232624971185373″ album=”BBMakeBeijingDesignWeek2014″] IAAC BB MAKE installation Official Presentation @ Beijing Design Week 2014 Wednesday the 1st of October at 3.00pm in the Watertank Building…
The Fab City Symposium will take place on the 7th of July at theDisseny Hub Barcelona. It is a one-day event focused on the principles,…
Self Sufficient Buildings Saturday, 21st of June 2014 // 10h00 – 18h00, IaaC Auditorium Tutors: Enric Ruiz Geli Mireia Luzárraga Assistants: Maria Kupstova Dori Sadan…
Emergent Territories // Radical Region Friday, 20th of June 2014 // 15h00 – 19h00, IaaC Auditorium Tutors: Willy Müller Pablo Ros Assistant: Jordi Vivaldi In…
Digital Matter // Intelligent Constructions Wednesday, 18th of June 2014 // 10h00 – 18h00, IaaC Auditorium Tutor: Areti Markopoulou Assistants: Alexandre Dubor Moritz Begle In…
Advanced Interaction Tuesday, 17th of June 2014 // 18h00 – 20h00, IaaC Auditorium Tutor: Carlos Gómez Xavi González International Jury Board: Ethel Baraona, dpr-barcelona Monica…
Join us this Tuesday the 10th of June 2014 at 19.00 for theOpening of the ‘Making of BCN Re.Set’ Exhibition. The exhibition follows the creative…
The Bcn ReSet inauguration ceremony will be next Tuesday the 10th of June from 10.00am to 1.30pm, join us there!
The MASTER IN ADVANCED ARCHITECTURE 2012/14 – PROSPECTUS & PROJECTS is now out!!! Intelligent Cities // Self Sufficient Buildings // Digital Matter // Design with…
Tomorrow night, the 29th of May, IAAC | Fab Lab Barcelona will be hosting a Demo & Presentation with Afroditi Psarra at 9pmin the IAAC…
On the 4th of June IAAC | Fab Lab Barcelona will be hosting the Fab Academy 2014 presentations of this year’s final projects developed in…
This year IaaC was invited to participate in the Festival des Architectures Vives (FAV), an ephimeral architecture festival that takes place in the historical centre…
IAAC | Fab Lab Barcelona is pleased to announce the CAIRO 2014 Program in collaboration with Sharabassy Built-Environment Studio. This program is aimed at High…
Thursday 22 of May at 7.30pm the European Art Science and Technology Network will be hosted at IAAC for a Performance Presentation entitled Tangibility. The main…
On Wednesday the 4th of June 2014 at 9.00am Tomas Diez, Fab Lab Barcelona Director will be presenting the Smart Citizen Project at the Barcelona…
IAAC will be visiting Russia next week in a series of conferences presented by IAAC Master Program Director Areti Markopoulou on Advaneced Architecture, Towards the…
IAAC | Fab Lab Barcelona with fabtextiles.org and pratipo.orginvite you to a first open and free session: Introduction and demo We are proposing a workshop…
IAAC | Fab Lab Barcelona with Flone present Fly Valldaura, a workshop towards the design and fabrication of Open source Drones. PROGRAM Engage in a…
IaaC, in collaboration with Map13 Architects: Marta Domenech, David Lopez, Mariana Palumbo, and BLOCK Research Group, ETH Zurich, are happy to announce the inauguration of…
IAAC is proud to announce the Spring Lecture Series 2014: 22nd April 2014 BENJAMIN BARBER Political theorist Author of “If Mayors Ruled the World” – New…
Join us tomorrow for the Digital Matter // Intelligent Constructions Research Studio 2nd Term Presentation: 10.00am – 6.00pm Senior Faculty : Areti Markopoulou In collaboration…
Join us tomorrow for the Emergent Territories Research Studio 2nd Term Presentation: 9.00am – 2.00pm Senior Faculty : Willy Muller In collaboration with Hernan Diaz…
Join us tomorrow for the Advanced Interaction Research Studio 2nd Term Presentation. For a sneek peek at the projects, go to: iaacblog.com For further information,…
The 2nd Term Presentations for the Research Studios will be taking place next week in IaaC. Each Studio will present to a select international jury…
Tonight IaaC will be featured at the Closing Event of the Demo Festival, at the Fábrica Moritz. 21:00h DEMO Futurs: HUNCH PAU SAIZ GERARD RUBIO…
DEMO-Day @ DHUB 22nd of March The Auditorium of DHUB will be dedicated to the elaboration and discussion of new perspectives, the relationship between user…
Fab Lab Bcn Workshops Program March-April 2014 The program is oriented to the development of intesive workshops held on weekends. Each workshop will give an…
DAC – Diseño Ambiental Computacional 18th – 28th of March, Nicaragua IaaC Alumni Event Organised by: Rodrigo Aguirre (MAA02 @IaaC 2011-2013), Iker Luna (MAA01+OTF @IaaC…
The Open Source Beehives project is a collaborative response to the threat faced by bee populations in industrialised nations around the world. The project proposes…
“Design and 3D Printing Day: New fields of Application.” DATE: 19th of March TIME: 9.00 to 19.30 PLACE: Auditori del l’edifici Disseny Hub Barcelona. Pl.…
6 y 7 de Marzo 2014, a partir de las 9:00h Jueves 6 de Marzo Sala Albert Calsamiglia, Universitat Pompeu Fabra 9:30 – 10:00 Inscripción y recogida…
BCN Re.set is a circuit of ephimerous architecture in the streets of Barcelona that will take place from June to September 2014 in enclaves of…
Your Design – Your Way, a design master workshop 15th and 16th of February at IAAC with Ronen Kadushin As makers convincingly push on to…
IAAC is proud to announce the Winter Lecture Series 2014: 9th January 2014 DAVID MOCARSKI Architect and Professor Art Centre College of Design – Pasadena…
[picasaslideshow user=”105279232624971185373″ album=”WINGS2014″] Materializing Data through Landscape 100STUDENTS from over 45 countries 3INSTITUTES IAAC – Barcelona UNIGE – Genova CIEE – United States 2DAYS 17—18…
IAAC, Noumena and Advok communication are very pleased to announce the launch of RESHAPE ® digital craft competition. RESHAPE ® is a competition of computational…
December 19th, at Pujades 102 (12.00-15.00) [picasaslideshow user=”105279232624971185373″ album=”OTF2013FINALPRESENTATIONS”] Faculty Intelligent Building Construction: Areti Markopoulou Silvia Brandi Smart Urban Elements: Luís Fraguada 3D Printing in…
December 18th, at Valldaura Self-Sufficient Lab (14.00-18.00) Faculty Claudia Pasquero / Studio Senior Faculty Marco Poletto / Studio Senior Faculty Carmelo Zappulla / Studio Assistant…
IAAC Fall Term Presentations for the Masters in Advanced Architecture Studio Lines, and the Open Thesis Fabrication 2013 Final Presentations are coming up. MAA Fall…
Fabricate your Christmas at the Fab Lab, on Friday the 20th of December at Fab Lab Barcelona at the Fabrication Festival of Barcelona, where you…
What are the OpenDays? FablabBcn opens its doors to Barcelona and invites everyone to come to the OpenDays. These open days are accessible to everyone.…
Urban Lightscapes Workshop: “Creating participatory lighting prototypes”. Dates: 22/11-24-11/2013 Time: 10.00am – 8.00pm Location: IAAC, Pujades 102, Barcelona Beforelight and IAAC invite you to the…
Since 2008 the world has changed. The economic system has undergoneall kinds of system failures. So far we have seen the meltdown of the housing industry,…
16th October 2013 ERIC OWEN MOSS Architect and Professor Director at SCI-Arc Southern California Institute of Architecture – Los Angeles 21st October 2013 ROUND TABLE:…
IAAC together with BeforeLight and SoaP gets support by the European Cultural Foundation for the project Urban Lightscapes, having been selected among 360 applications. Within…
IAAC is pleased to announce the New Generations Festival that will be held in Milan on 28, 29 and 30 November 2013 at “La Cattedrale”…
Monday 21st of October 2013 IAAC Round Table: Beyond Green – Sustainable 21st Century Global Cities @ 19.30, IAAC Auditorium Open to the Public With…
Wednesday 16th of October Opening Ceremony MAA 2013-14 Inauguration Lecture Eric Owen Moss Open to the Public
IaaC’s Open Thesis Fabrication (OTF), a program that places the emphasis on translating research into technologies addressing pressing social, environmental and economic needs by promoting…
The Global School programme seeks to investigate common agendas in global locales. For the 2013 edition, we are seeking participation from institutes in Australia, Asia,…
Areti Markopoulou, Director of Master in Advanced Architecture at IAAC, is invited to give a lecture on the 8th of July at the ETH Züric…
On the 27th of June in IAAC from 10:00 am to 08:00 pm Tutors: Willy Muller Hernan Diaz Alonso Maite Bravo International Jury Board: Manuel…
On the 26th of June in IAAC from 02:00 pm to 09:00 pm Tutors: Claudia Pasquero Marco Poletto International Jury Board: Manuel Gausa – IAAC Dean…
On the 25th of June in IAAC 2013 from 10:00 am to 08:00 pm Tutors: Enric Ruiz Geli Mireia Luzárraga Support Seminar Tutors: Silvia Bures…
MAA02 FINAL PRESENTATIONS AND JURY Tuesday 18th of June 2013 Tutors: Jordi Pages (Max de Cusa Arquitectes) Lluis Viu (Max de Cusa Arquitectes) Jury Board:…
The Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia and HP are pleased to announce the 5th Advanced Architecture Contest, on the theme of SELF-SUFFICIENT HABITAT. The…
IAAC 2 days Workshop in Intensive Networking Games Strategies Playground Positions “That’s thirty minutes away, I’ll be there in ten” Pulp fiction The concept of…
The Smart Citizen project will be presented at the Simposio Ciudad Intelligente | Ciudad Creativa | Smart City on the 11th of June at 17.15 at the CentroCentro,…
On the 17th of May IAAC will open its doors to the public for a presentation of its programs.
Tomorrow, students from Research Studio Emergent Territories/Radical Region of the Master in Advanced Architecture present their 2nd Term projects. Presentation will be at the Auditorium…