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Educational Program - Masters in Advanced Interaction

Masters in Advanced Interaction

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75 ECTS

 

The Master in Advanced Interaction is a one-year graduate program offered by IAAC (Institute of Advanced Architecture of Catalonia).

The programm aims to explore creative uses of technology for experimental and practical purposes.

Our learning-by-doing research integrates methods used in design, programming and social sciences to produce projects prototypes and products that will define the outer limits of what is possible to do imaginatively with technology today.

Our approach is playful and exploratory; we encourage experimentation and thus the necessary iterations and failures that accompany it. We strongly believe that taking risks is the only way to create something outstanding, innovative, relevant and that will contribute meaningfully to society.

We are looking for students from different walks of life, with an interest in developing and improving how we communicate through technology. The nature of the program is collaborative and interdisciplinary so we expect well-rounded individuals that are open to sharing and contributing to the development of projects of others. 

With access to the IAAC Studio working space and its prototyping fabrication lab, students have the opportunity to be part of a highly international group, including faculty members, researchers and lecturers. They are encouraged to develop collective decision-making processes and materialize their project ideas. The aim of the Institute is to prepare graduates who, after the completion of the program, will be able to develop their acquired skills in a diversity of professional environments.

Over the last three years, the IAAC has received students from more than 25 different countries, including China, Skopje, United Kingdom, U.S.A, Australia, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Argentina, Puerto Rico, Ecuador, Peru, Germany, Iraq, Thailand, Turkey, India, Poland, Cyprus, Portugal, Italy, Greece, Spain, Guatemala, Bangladesh, Colombia, Korea, making it in an exceptionally international and multicultural place.

The Master in Advanced Interaction is a one-year graduate program offered by IAAC (Institute of Advanced Architecture of Catalonia).
The programm aims to explore creative uses of technology for experimental and practical purposes.
Our learning-by-doing research integrates methods used in design, programming and social sciences to produce projects prototypes and products that will define the outer limits of what is possible to do imaginatively with technology today.
Our approach is playful and exploratory; we encourage experimentation and thus the necessary iterations and failures that accompany it. We strongly believe that taking risks is the only way to create something outstanding, innovative, relevant and that will contribute meaningfully to society.
We are looking for students from different walks of life, with an interest in developing and improving how we communicate through technology. The nature of the program is collaborative and interdisciplinary so we expect well-rounded individuals that are open to sharing and contributing to the development of projects of others. 
With access to the IAAC Studio working space and its prototyping fabrication lab, students have the opportunity to be part of a highly international group, including faculty members, researchers and lecturers. They are encouraged to develop collective decision-making processes and materialize their project ideas. The aim of the Institute is to prepare graduates who, after the completion of the program, will be able to develop their acquired skills in a diversity of professional environments.

Over the last three years, the IAAC has received students from more than 25 different countries, including China, Skopje, United Kingdom, U.S.A, Australia, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Argentina, Puerto Rico, Ecuador, Peru, Germany, Iraq, Thailand, Turkey, India, Poland, Cyprus, Portugal, Italy, Greece, Spain, Guatemala, Bangladesh, Colombia, Korea, making it in an exceptionally international and multicultural place.

Research Studios:

How to Get What You Really Want (Hannah Perner-Wilson and Mika Satori)

Inside/Outside (Chris Sugrue and Arturo Castro).

Faculty

Carolina Vallejo 
Hannah Perner-Wilson
Mika Satomi
Chris Sugrue
Arturo Castro
Carlos Gómez
José Luis de Vicente
Alex Posada
Cristobal Castilla
Tomás Diez
Máximo Castaño
Xavi González
Héctor Sánchez-Pajares
José Hernández
Shin Egashira

 

Lecture Series

The past year IAAC welcomed artists, designers, academics and researchers such as:

Usman Haque (Pachube)
Natalie Jeremijenko
ecoLogicStudio
Carlo Ratti
Theo Jansen 
Jelle Feringa/Hyperbody - TU DELFT
Antoni Brey (Urbiotica)
Enric Ruiz Geli (Cloud9)
DFAB ARCH ETHZ : Michael Knauss
Pierre Belanger
John Palmesino
Philip Ball
(Cittaslow) Pier Giorgio Oliveti
Gunter Pauli
Jane Burry
Lucy Musgrave
Julian Vincent
Michael Sorkin
Michael Weinstock
Abha Joshi-Ghani
Thom Mayne
Peter Cook
Fernando de Porras-Isla
Gunter Pauli
Shigeru Ban
Peter Eisenman
Ignasi Cubina
Farshid Moussavi
Nader Tehrani

The lecture program for the upcoming year will be announced shortly.

 

*The Lecture Series and some of the Workshops will be shared with the Master’s of Advance Architecture students.

 


 

APPLICATION AND SELECTION PROCEDURE

All Master Programme applicants should submit digitally at interactionapplications@iaac.net  the following documents:

  • Completed application form
  • Letter of intent
  • Copy of (valid) passport
  • Legalized copy of your applicant’s degree (Bachelor or higher degree from other professions) officially translated both in English and in Spanish. The legalisation should be done according to the country of origin of the applicant. In the following link can be found all the information about the above requirement: http://www.fundacio.upc.ed/acollida.php?origen=P3_Internacional
  • Two letters of recommendation
  • Portfolio containing representative samples of design work (academic and / or professional). The portfolio should not exceed DIN A4 format.
  • Curriculum Vitae
  • A non-refundable application fee of 120€, payable by bank transfer to:

 

 

TUITION FOR STUDENTS ATTENDING THE MASTER IN ADVANCE INTERACTION  (10months)

Tuition for the year 2012/2013 is 10.500€. The selected candidates must send to the Institute a scanned proof of a down payment of 1.500€ to confirm participation, maximum 6 weeks after their acceptance.. The remaining part of the tuition fee (9.000€) may be paid either in one or two instalments, 60% (5.400€), before 1 September 2012 and 40% (3.600€) before 15 January 2013.

 

 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT AT: 

coordinator@iaac.net