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Archive for October, 2009
Digital Fabrication – Fabricated Lamp
Monday, October 19th, 2009 Posted in Digital Fabrication | No Comments »
In todays Digital Fabrication class student teams presented faculty Marta Malé-Alemany with their laser cut wooden lamps. Lamp components took on many different geometrical shapes, and sizes, each of the ... Read more..Design Studio I – ArboReal Home – Desk Crits
Monday, October 19th, 2009 Posted in ArboReal Home | No Comments »
Friday´s Design Class I held desk crits to review student team progress on their tree measurements. Here the teams discuss with faculty Areti Markopoulou and Luis Fraguada their 2D detailed ... Read more..2009 Solar Decathlon in Washington
Monday, October 19th, 2009 Posted in Research | No Comments »
In this foto (from left to right stands) Director of the Solar Decathlon Europe Sergio Vega, IaaC Director Vicente Guallart, UPM´s International Relationships Vice-rector Jose Manuel Paez and from the Spanish Embassy ... Read more..IaaC Lecture Series 2009-2010 > Julian Vincent
Friday, October 16th, 2009 Posted in Lectures | No Comments »
¨Is it good to be Bent?¨questions Julian Vincent professor of Biomimetics at the University of Bath and director of Biomimetic and Natural Technologies. During his lecture Vincent reviewed his work ... Read more..Hp – ¨Innovations at Work¨ hosted by IaaC
Friday, October 16th, 2009 Posted in Special Events | No Comments »
Hp´s¨Innovations at Work¨was hosted by IaaC yesterday. They are the main collaborators on IaaC´s "Self-sufficient Cities," 3rd annual International Architecture Competition and therefore presented on ¨New Printing Technologies¨and ¨Smart Solutions ... Read more..Green Dictionary – 2nd Class – 5 Terms
Friday, October 16th, 2009 Posted in Green Dictionary | No Comments »
In it´s first session IaaC Director Vicente Guallart handed out books that will serve as research material for developing green dictionary terms. Students choose from a comprehensive mix of such ... Read more..Digital Tools – Points, Curves and Surfaces
Friday, October 16th, 2009 Posted in Digital Tools | No Comments »
The second class taught the students how to use points, curves and surfaces to create 2D and 3D models in Rhino. In collaboration with Digital Fabrication their first assignment is ... Read more..Solar House Team – Work Studio Design/Build
Thursday, October 15th, 2009 Posted in Solar house | No Comments »
Here the Solar House Team are starting work on building their own design workshop. Creating their own work space is the first necesary tool they´ll need to develop work on ... Read more..Design Studio I – ArboReal Home – Visit Ciutadella Park
Thursday, October 15th, 2009 Posted in ArboReal Home | No Comments »
Fridays field trip investigated trees in Barcelona´s Ciutadella Park. Student teams were each given a different centenarian tree to research, such as the Magnolia along with other exotic specimens. Many ... Read more..1st Solar House Team Meeting
Wednesday, October 14th, 2009 Posted in Research | No Comments »
The Solar House Team will be developing a "zero carbon" house using the latest digital technology to present at the Solar decathlon on May 2010 in Madrid. Here they are ... Read more..