Skip to content
  • About
  • How to Apply
  • People
  • Facilities
  • Contact
  • Barcelona
  • Alumni
  • WORK WITH US
  • COVID-19
1 - IAAC
SUBSCRIBE
FacebookTwitterLinkedinInstagramYouTube
IAAC
Institute of Advanced Architecture of Catalunya
IAACIAAC
    MENUMENU
    • RESEARCH DEPARTMENTS
          • Advanced Architecture Group
            • ABOUT
            • Educational Programmes
            • People
            • EUROPEAN FUNDED RESEARCH
            • Publications
            • Projects
          • FAB LAB BARCELONA
            • About
            • Educational Programmes
            • People
            • European Funded Research
            • Publications
            • Projects
            • FAB CITY
          • Valldaura Self-sufficient Labs
            • About
            • Educational Programmes
            • People
            • Publications
            • Projects
          • URBAN SCIENCES LAB
            • About
            • Educational Programme
            • Online Platform
            • Publications and Reserarch
            • People
    • EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMES
          • MASTER PROGRAMMES
          • Master in Advanced Architecture
          • Master in City & Technology
          • Master in Advanced Ecological Buildings & Biocities
          • Master in Design for Emergent Futures
          • Master in Robotics & Advanced Construction
          • Master in Advanced Computation for Architecture & Design
          • Master in Mass Timber Design
          • MDDI – Master in Design for Distributed Innovation
          • MASTERS EN ESPAÑOL
            • Maestría Online en Ciudades: El Urbanismo Próximo
          • POSTGRADUATE PROGRAMMES
            • 3DPA - Postgraduate in 3D Printing Architecture
            • Postgraduate Diploma in Fab Academy BCN
            • Fabricademy BCN - Textile & Technology Academy
          • PhD
            • IAAC-SWIN offshore PhD programme
          • SUMMER PROGRAMMES
            • GSS – Global Summer School
          • VISITING SCHOOLS
            • CIEE – Global Architecture & Design
          • WHY TO STUDY AT IAAC?
            • About
            • Academic Blog
            • How to Apply
            • Alumni
            • FAQ
          • WORKSHOPS
            • FAB LAB WORKSHOPS
            • Workshops for professionals
            • VALLDAURA WORKSHOPS
            • GREEN FAB LAB WORKSHOPS
    • PROJECTS & DEVELOPMENT
          • EU PROJECTS
            • Creative Europe
            • Erasmus +
            • Horizon 2020
          • INFORMATION SOCIETY
            • Citizen Participation
            • Citizen Technologies
            • Governance / Policies
            • Open Source
          • LARGE-SCALE MANUFACTURING
            • 3D Printing
            • Material Research
            • New Technologies
            • Robotics
          • RESPONSIVE DESIGN
            • Interactive Spaces
            • Material Research
            • Performance Facades
            • Responsive Technology
          • SELF SUFFICIENCY
            • Buildings
            • Energy
            • Food
            • Matter Cycles
            • Things
          • URBAN TECHNOLOGIES
            • Big Data
            • Devices
            • Mapping
            • New Interfaces
    • EVENTS & PUBLICATIONS
          • LECTURE SERIES
            • UPCOMING
            • PAST
          • EVENTS
          • EXHIBITIONS
          • COMPETITIONS
            • Advanced Architecture Contest
            • Scholarships Competition
          • PUBLICATIONS
            • Urban Sciences Lab
            • Fab Lab Barcelona
            • Advanced Architecture Group
            • Valldaura Self-Sufficient Labs
          • PAPERS
            • Urban Sciences Lab
            • Fab Lab Barcelona
            • Advanced Architecture Group
            • Valldaura Self-Sufficient Labs
          • OPEN DAYS
            • MASTERS OPEN DAYS
            • FAB LAB OPEN DAYS
          • PRESS
            • Press Releases
            • Newsletters
            • PRESS KITS
  • RESEARCH DEPARTMENTS
    • Advanced Architecture Group
      • About
      • People
      • Educational Programmes
      • European Funded Research
      • Publications
      • Projects
    • Fab Lab Barcelona
      • About
      • People
      • Fab City Web
      • European Funded Research
      • Publications
      • Projects
    • Valldaura Self-sufficient Labs
      • About
      • People
      • Publications
      • Projects
      • Valldaura Labs Web
    • Urban Sciences Lab
      • About
      • People
      • Urban Sciences Bachelor Degree
      • Publications
      • Projects
  • EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMES
    • Master in Advanced Architecture
    • Master in City & Technology
    • Master in Robotics and Advanced Construction
    • Master in Advanced Ecological Buildings
    • Master in Design for Emergent Futures
    • Master in Advanced Computation for Architecture & Design
    • Master in Mass Timber Design
    • MDDI – Master in Design for Distributed Innovation
    • Maestría Online en Ciudades: El Urbanismo Próximo
    • Post Grad in 3D Printing Architecture
    • Postgraduate Diploma in Fab Academy BCN
    • Fabricademy BCN, Textile & Technology Academy
    • IAAC-SWIN offshore PhD programme
    • How to Apply
  • PROJECTS & DEVELOPMENT
    • EUProjects
      • Creative Europe
      • Erasmus +
      • Horizon 2020
    • Information Society
      • Citizen Participation
      • Citizen Technologies
      • Governance / Policies
      • Open Source
    • Large-scale Manufacturing
      • 3D Printing
      • Material Research
      • New Technologies
      • Robotics
    • Responsive Design
      • Interactive Spaces
      • Material Research
      • Performance Facades
      • Responsive Technology
    • Self Sufficiency
      • Buildings
      • Energy
      • Food
      • Matter Cycles
      • Things
    • Urban Technologies
      • Big Data
      • Devices
      • Mapping
      • New Interfaces
  • EVENTS & PUBLICATIONS
    • Lecture Series
      • Upcoming
      • Past
    • Open Days
      • Master Open Days
      • Poblenou Open Days
      • Iaac Fab Lab Open Days
    • Expos
    • Events
    • Competitions
      • Advanced Architecture Contest
      • Scholarship Competition
    • Publications
      • Urban Sciences Lab
      • Fab City Research Lab
      • Advanced Architecture Group
      • Valldaura Self-Sufficient Labs
    • Papers
      • Urban Sciences Lab
      • Fab City Research Lab
      • Advanced Architecture Group
      • Valldaura Self-Sufficient Labs
    • Press
      • Press Releases
      • Newsletters
      • Press Kits
  • Search
  • About
  • People
  • European Funded Research
  • Publications
ZoomDetails

IAAC builds TOVA: Spain’s first 3D printed prototype using earth

3D Printing, LARGE-SCALE MANUFACTURING, Material Research, New Technologies, RoboticsBy AliceFebruary 21, 2022Leave a comment

IAAC presents TOVA, Spain’s first 3D printed building made with earth, one of the most environmentally friendly construction forms that can be applied today.

IAAC WASP OTF
ZoomDetails

Building Architecture Continuity

3D Printing, LARGE-SCALE MANUFACTURING, Material Research, New Technologies, RoboticsBy AliceMay 28, 2019Leave a comment
The 2019 Open Thesis Fabrication (OTF) research aims at achieving a sustainable and structurally stable construction system using km-0 robotic additive manufacturing. Building Architecture Continuity employs…
Digital Adobe
ZoomDetails

Digital Adobe

3D Printing, LARGE-SCALE MANUFACTURING, Material Research, New Technologies, RoboticsBy AliceMarch 13, 2019Leave a comment
Digital Adobe is an innovative research agenda oriented to producing architectural solutions with natural materials and additive manufacturing or 3d printing. The technology, developed in…
minibuilders
ZoomDetails

MINIBUILDERS

LARGE-SCALE MANUFACTURING, New Technologies, RoboticsBy Chris RheestonMay 3, 2018
The Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IAAC), based in Barcelona, has, for some time now, been exploring and investigating the potentials of additive manufacturing…
mataerial-iaac
ZoomDetails

MATAERIAL

3D Printing, LARGE-SCALE MANUFACTURING, Matter Cycles, New Technologies, SELF SUFFICIENCYBy Chris RheestonMay 2, 2018
MATAERIAL is a brand new method of additive manufacturing. This patent-pending method allows for creating 3D objects on any given working surface, independently of its…
project-terraperforma
ZoomDetails

TERRAPERFORMA – OTF 2016/2017

3D Printing, LARGE-SCALE MANUFACTURING, Material Research, Material Research, New Technologies, Performance Facades, RESPONSIVE DESIGN, Responsive Technology, RoboticsBy Chris RheestonMay 2, 2018
TERRAPERFORMA3D Printed Performative Wall The project, TerraPerforma, focuses on large-scale 3D printing, the influence of additive manufacturing on building with a traditional material - unfired…
iaac-bb-make-
ZoomDetails

BB MAKE

3D Printing, LARGE-SCALE MANUFACTURING, Material Research, New TechnologiesBy Chris RheestonApril 30, 2018
BB MAKE – A COLLABORATIVE AND OPEN STRUCTURE by IAAC Beijing Design Week 2014 In 2014, Barcelona had the honour of being the guest city for…
torre-baro-self-sufficient
ZoomDetails

Torre Baró Self Sufficient District

3D Printing, Buildings, Citizen Participation, Citizen Technologies, Energy, Food, Governance / Policies, INFORMATION SOCIETY, Interactive Spaces, LARGE-SCALE MANUFACTURING, Material Research, Material Research, Matter Cycles, New Technologies, Open Source, Performance Facades, RESPONSIVE DESIGN, Responsive Technology, Robotics, SELF SUFFICIENCY, ThingsBy Chris RheestonApril 17, 2018
As part of the Self Sufficient neighbourhood project, the City Council of Barcelona invited the Design and Architecture Schools of Barcelona to participate in a…
On Site Robotics
ZoomDetails

On Site Robotics

3D Printing, LARGE-SCALE MANUFACTURING, Material Research, Matter Cycles, New Technologies, Robotics, SELF SUFFICIENCYBy madsystemsJanuary 25, 2018
ON SITE ROBOTICSBringing Robotics to the Construction Site to Manufacture the Future On Site Robotics is a collaborative project of IAAC and TECNALIA, which demonstrates…
3D Printed
ZoomDetails

3D printed bridge

3D Printing, LARGE-SCALE MANUFACTURING, Material Research, New TechnologiesBy madsystemsJanuary 25, 2018
The first pedestrian bridge printed in 3D in the world was inaugurated last December 14 in the urban park of Castilla-La Mancha in Alcobendas, Madrid.…
12

Institut d'Arquitectura Avançada de Catalunya - Pujades 102 baixos, Poble Nou, 08005 Barcelona
tel. (+34) 93 320 95 20

This website uses technical and analytics cookies to ensure we give you the best experience our our website.
By continuing to use this site, you accept our use of cookies. Please read our policy for more information.
Accept Read More
Privacy & Cookies Policy
Necessary Always Enabled

JOIN OUR MAILING LIST

  • APPLY NOW