Institute - Objectives

Iaac’s activities find their roots in the following objectives:

1. To stimulate, promote and develop research on the diverse areas of advanced architecture, increasing the potential of information gathering teams in architecture and its interaction with other disciplines.

2. To teach, develop, promote and diffuse the knowledge and training of technical and scientific staff in architecture and its interaction with other disciplines.

3. To act as a consultant to public authorities and public or private organizations on questions of architecture and its interaction with other disciplines.

4. The establishment of scientific and academic collaborative ventures with universities and major national and international information-gathering centres specializing in architecture and related disciplines (such as informational technology and sustainable development, among others).

5. The establishment of appropriate collaborative ventures with local, regional and national government bodies and the private sector in terms of their own core activities.

6. To facilitate closer contact between basic and applied research, acting as a centre of technology transfer when appropriate.

7. To organize scientific encounters and national and international forums.

8. To organize exhibitions and promote publications on a local, national and international level.