In this edition (IaaC Bits Edition 7) we are not loosing neither the idea of several particularities that share the same “ideological or transversal” vector/s nor the concept of “opportunities” placed in the IaaC Bits crossings. However, we want to pay attention to the notion of “cracks”, and especially to its capacity to break with the conventional approaches that repose in our cultural environment.

The idea of cracks -fissures- refers not just to those spacial anomalies placed in any compact body through which air and impurities infiltrate, but to the capacity of these “cracks” to end up eroding the apparently inalterable cohesion of those more apparently stable organisms -or situations- providing them with new, more open and irregular morphologies.

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Andreas Antonopoulos is a technologist and serial entrepreneur who has become on of the most well-known and well-respected figures in bitcoin. He is the author of “Mastering Bitcoin”, and “The Internet of Money”.

Shima Roshanzamir and Morteza Farhadian are both architects related to the University of Applied Arts Vienna. Their work focus on Agent-Base models for Landuse Distribution.

Ilaria Di Carlo is an architect and urban planner. Master in Landscape Urbanism at the AA in London, in 2016 she concluded her PhD research in Environmental Engineering at the University of Trento.

Vicente Guallart has been the chief architect of Barcelona (2011-2014) founder of Guallart Architects and co-founder of IaaC. Guallart is a pioneer of the interaction between nature, technology, urban planning and architecture.

IaaC is an international centre for Education, Fabrication and Research dedicated to the development of architecture capable of meeting the worldwide challenges in constructing 21st century habitability.

Alexei Novikov is the president of Habidatum (Big Data, Urban Analytics) and Head/Dean of Post-Graduate Studies and Urban Planning. He holds a PhD in Country and Urban Studies from Lomonosov Moscow State Un.

Anna Pla-Català is an architect and urban designer. She has taught in many universities, including institutions such as the Architectural Association, the Insitute of Advanced Architecture of Catalonia and the University of Westminster.