Educational Program - Productive City_2013

IAAC Is pleased to announce the 2013 Global Summer School Program.  Applications will open early 2013.

GLOBAL SCHOOL 2013 SITE: http://www.iaac.net/globalschool/2013

2013 Locations:

The Global School programme seeks to investigate common agendas in global locales.  For the 2013 edition, we are seeking participation from institutes in Australia, Asia, Europe, Africa, South America, and North America.  More information on global host locations to be published along with the launch of the applications on February 4th, 2013.

2013 GSS Agenda: Productive City

The production of energy, alimentation, and objects are key elements which establish the basic necessities to create self-sufficient habitats. The world's population now largely resides in urban environments disconnected from where energy, alimentation, and objects are typically produced. The 2013 Edition of the IAAC GSS wants to address this disconnect and investigate which opportunities exist in urban environments for the production of these key elements.

As with each Global School, a multiscalar, and multi-site approach will be utilized to explore how the agenda unfolds with the particular economic, biological, and social factors of each locale.

-At the urban scale, we will identify potential productive regions in our urban habitats.

-At the building scale we will reconstruct a 'smart city block,' capable of producing and mitigating its production to and from the city.

-At the tectonic scale we will explore productive facade systems which are responsive to their location and local necessities.

The 2013 IAAC GSS seeks to generate a series of fabricated prototypes which address the agenda through multiple scales.

Key Dates:

2012.12.17 - Program Announcement

2013.02.04 - Applications Open

2013.05.31 - Applications Close

2013.06.14 - Payment Deadline

Program duration: July 15th - July 26th, 2013

Application Requirements:

- IaaC GSS Application Form

- Curriculum Vitae

- A copy of valid passport (valid copy of I.D. is accepted)

-A copy of a non-refundable application fee of 50€, payable by bank transfer to:

Bank: Santander

Agency: 6784

IBAN: ES58 0049 6784 3424 1615 3702

BIC/SWIFT: BSCHESMM

Holder: Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia

*Applications Materials to be published on February 4th, 2013.

Costs:

Barcelona: 1,800€

Scholarships:

The IaaC GSS offers scholarships in order to recognize outstanding participants across the world. Each host location will offer one 100% and one 30% scholarship*. In addition to this, the Mohamed Omer Scholarship** will be offered for Barcelona.

*Scholarships can be awarded after a local site has reached a minimum of 10 participants.
** Honoring the memory of Mohamed Omer, IAAC Alumni 2008-09 from Sudan we have created the Mohamed Omer Scholarship that will be offered to the best student application from Africa, to cover his/her full tuition in the IaaC GSS in Barcelona. The selection of the candidates will be undertaken by IaaC’s admission commission and decided by the directors of the program. Students interested in applying for the scholarship should send along with their application documents a letter of intent stating the reasons of applying for the scholarship and presenting their vision and expectations about the program.

Contact:

If you have any specific queries, please direct them to applications@iaac.net or call (+34) 93 320 95 20.