Ambiences // Editorial Team

In our last edition (IaaC Bits Edition 7) we replaced the usual reflection around the contrast in between the particularities of each Bit and the background that all of them are sharing by the notion of Cracks. A concept which emphasizes the importance of all these circumstances and projects that are subversive and powerful enough to break solid disciplinary conventions in order to open fruitful and unexplored fields of opportunities.

In this edition we are moving our focus of interest: we are not paying attention to the idea of “cracking” a solid and rigid “corpus” of knowledge, but we are focusing on the notion of “Ambiences”, that is to say, in the production of all these vaporous environments in which a game of densities and clusters is able to define several performative ecosystems.

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THEORY FOR ADVANCED KNOWLEDGE

IaaC Lecture Series // Neil Leach

Neil Leach is a Professor at the European Graduate School, Visiting Professor at Harvard University and Tongji University, an Adjunct Professor at the University of Southern California, and NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts Fellow.

INTELLIGENT CITIES AND TERRITORIES

The Human Swarm // Iacopo Neri

Iacopo Neri is an Italian architect, urbanist and researcher. Currently he is developing his “Master City and Technology” at IaaC and participating as assisting faculty in some seminars.

Responsive Cities Symposium // IaaC Research

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.

ADVANCED ARCHITECTURE

IaaC Lecture Series // Philippe Block

The Block Research Group (BRG) at the Institute of Technology in Architecture at ETH Zurich is led by Prof. Dr Philippe Block and Dr. Tom Van Mele. Research at the BRG focuses on several core areas, including analysis of masonry structures, graphical analysis…

ºAtmosphera // Asya Guney

Asya Guney is an architect, researcher and urbanist. During last two years she was developing her 2 years master at IaaC, focusing in the notion of “Atmospheres” as a key argument for advanced architecture.

Torre Baró Self-Sufficient District // IaaC Research

IAAC is an international centre for Education, Fabrication and Research dedicated to the development of architecture capable of meeting the worldwide challenges in constructing21st-century habitability.

DIGITAL DESIGN AND FABRICATION

Interview // Zoe Romano

Zoe Romano is a co-founder of WeMake, a makerspace in Milan. It is a workshop focused on creating innovation at the intersection between digital manufacturing, wearable technology and the development of local fashion brand communities.

INTERACTIVE SOCIETIES AND TECHNOLOGIES

Rethinking mexican techniques // Yessica G. Méndez

Yessica G. Méndez is an is a Mexican architect, researcher and urbanist. During the last two years, she was developing her 2 years master at IAAC, focusing on the notion of “Climate responsiveness” as a key argument for advanced architecture.

Drumming with style // Sergi Jordà

Sergi Jordà is a Catalan innovator, installation artist, digital musician and Associate Professor at the Music Technology Group, Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona.

SELF-SUFFICIENT LANDS

Symbiotic Associations // NOUMENA

Noumena is a collective group focused on design, research and education based in Spain, with nodes in Austria, India and Italy. They investigate between the boundaries of new digital paradigms and design strategies applied to architecture.

Responsive Manifolds // Nina Jotanovic

Nina Jotanovic is an architect, researcher and urbanist. During the last two years, she was developing her 2 years master at IAAC, focusing on the notion of “Responsive Manifolds” as a key argument for advanced architecture.

(New) Resilient Landscapes // Giulia Garbarini

Giulia Garbarini is an architect, urbanist and researcher from Italy. Her actual interest lay on the notion of “Resilient Landscapes” as a key argument to deal with contemporary territories.

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