Lecture's IaaC

Yona Friedman_Architect, Urbanist

The closing lecture of the MAA 2011-12 will be dedicated to a historical figure of Architecture: Yona Friedman. During the event a video projection of a interview taken by Willy Müller and Marta Malé-Alemany in Yona Friedman´s studio in Paris. After the projection a round table debate is organized with special guests on the past and future of Architecture :

Dennis Crompton (Archigram founder)

Ricardo Bofill (Ricardo Bofill Architects)

Willy Muller (Director General / CEO, BARCELONA REGIONAL, S.A)

Marta Male-Alemany (Digital Tectonics, IAAC)

Spring Lectures: 

23rd April Melissa Sterry _Design Scientist and Futurist  (E2HUB)

3rd May Panagiotis Michalatos _Architect, (Sawapan and Harvard School of Design)

9th May Nader Tehrani _ Architect, (NADAAA Boston and MIT School of Architecture)

17th May Benedetta Tagliabue_ Architect,  (EMBT | Enric Miralles - Benedetta Tagliabue | Arquitectes associats)

23th Christine Otto Kanstinger_Architect, (Atelier Frei Otto + Partner)

31st May Josep Mias_Architect, (MiAS Architects)

4th June Dominique Perrault_Architect, (DPA, Dominique Perrault Architects)

7th June Bohn & Viljoen_Architects, (Bohn & Viljoen Architects)

13th June Nikos Salingaros _Mathematician, Urbanist & Architectural Theorist (ICTP, CNU, ICAA)

Closing Lecture:

19th June Yona Friedman_Architect, Urbanist*

* video projection and round table debate with special guests : Dennis Crompton (Archigram founder) , Ricardo Bofill (Ricardo Bofill Architects), Willy Muller (Director General / CEO, BARCELONA REGIONAL, S.A), Marta Male-Alemany (Digital Tectonics, IAAC)

Where: IAAC,C/ Pujades 102, Poble Nou, Barcelona
Date: Wednesday the 17th of May

Time: 19.30pm- 21.00pm

Lecture Title: "Stories of the studio"

Benedetta Tagliabue

Benedetta Tagliabue was born in Milan and graduated from the University of Venice in 1989. In 1991 she joined Enric Miralles’ studio where she eventually became a partner. Her work includes a number of high profile buildings and projects in Barcelona: Diagonal Mar Park (1997-2002), Head Office Gas Natural (1999-2006) and the Market and quarter of Santa Caterina, Barcelona (1996-2005), Public Library at Palafolls, Barcelona (1997-2007), as well as projects across Europe, including the School of Music in Hamburg (1997-2000) and the City Hall in Utrecht (1996-2000).

Presently she is teaching at Graduate School of Design Harvard University. In 2010 she taught at Columbia University in New York and she has been workshop professor at TEC de Monterrey (Mexico) the School of Architecture in Venice (IUAV) and at École Speciale d’Architeture  (ESA, Paris) besides being a lecturer nearly once a month in architectural forums all over the world, such as the RIBA, the Architectural Association and the Bartlett School of Architecture in London, the Berlage Institute in Amsterdam and at Columbia University in New York, among others.

Recently she received the RIBA’s International Fellowships for her particular contribution as a non-UK architect she has made to architecture (2009) and an Honorary Doctor of Arts degree from Napier University (2004). She is invited to participate as a jury in international architectural competitions and prestigious awards including the RIBA Stirling Prize 2009.

She won the competition for the new design of Hafencity Harbor in Hamburg, Germany and for the Spanish Pavilion for Expo Shanghai 2010. Currently she is working on a museum for a Chinese Painter in Neijiang and the recently won project for the new Campus of Fudan University School of Management in Shanghai. 

Today under the direction of Benedetta Tagliabue the Miralles Tagliabue-EMBT studio works with architectural projects, open spaces, urbanism, rehabilitation and exhibitions, trying to conserve the spirit of the Spanish and Italian artisan architectural studio tradition which espouses collaboration rather than specialization.

Miralles Tagliabue EMBT has a main office in Barcelona and a branch in Shanghai, operating all over the world.

Where: IAAC,C/ Pujades 102, Poble Nou, Barcelona
Date: Monday the 23rd of April

Time: 19.30pm- 21.00pm

Lecture Title: Building A Bionic City: The Place Where Science Fiction Becomes Fact

Melissa Sterry is a Design Scientist and Futurist to the built environment, utilities, manufacturing, design, publishing, media and communications industries. Published in over 50 international titles, including sustain’ magazine of which she is an editorial board member, Melissa is Director and Head of Technology at 360 media group Earth 2 Hub Ltd, which aims to re-establish a harmonious relationship between humanity and nature using art, science and digital creativity. A PhD researcher at the Advanced Virtual and Technological Architecture Research group at University of Greenwich, she is developing The Bionic City™: a sustainable smart city it transfers knowledge from Earth's ecosystems to a blueprint for a metropolis with resilience to extreme meteorological and geological events. A Visiting Fellow of Sustainable Innovation in Design & Media and Assembly member at University of Salford, Melissa is a Visiting Lecturer and Guest Critic at universities including the AA School of Architecture and a member of the scientific committee of the International Society of Bionic Engineering. A multi-award winning social entrepreneur she was listed in the Future 100 (2008), as one of the young business leaders changing the face of everyday business and improving commerce’s impact on the wider world, is an inductee of the Global Women Inventors and Innovators Network Hall of Fame and was the recipient of the Mensa Education and Research Foundation International Award for Benefit to Society 2010 for exceptional commitment to enhancing intelligence which benefits society. 

Where: IAAC,C/ Pujades 102, Poble Nou, Barcelona
Date: Wednesday the 3rd of May

Time: 19.30pm- 21.00pm

Lecture Title: "Interfaces for design"

Panagiotis Michalatos is an architect and lecturer in architecture at the Harvard Graduate School of design. He has worked for London based structural engineering consultancy firm AKT in the development of many high profile projects. His research together with Sawako Kaijima at AKT has focused on the integration of structural and material information in the design process through the development of integrated computational solutions and software. He also works in the field of media arts especially in collaboration with Stockholm based dance company CCAP. His teaching at the GSD [numerical descriptions, optimizations and quantitative aesthetics] explores the various facets of computational methods in design beyond geometry generation. 

Where: IAAC,C/ Pujades 102, Poble Nou, Barcelona
Date: Wednesday the 9th of May

Time: 19.30pm- 21.00pm

Lecture title : "DA DA A NADAAA"

NADER TEHRANI

Nader Tehrani is a Principal and Founder of NADAAA, a practice dedicated to design innovation, the cultivation of new methods of fabrication, interdisciplinary collaboration, and a productive dialogue with the construction industry. He also is a Professor and the Head of the Department of Architecture at MIT School of Architecture and Planning.  As the founding principal of Office dA, Nader Tehrani’s work received many awards, including the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Award in Architecture, the American Academy of Arts and Letters Architecture Award, the United States Artists Architecture and Design Award, and thirteen Progressive Architecture Awards.

Where: IAAC,C/ Pujades 102, Poble Nou, Barcelona
Date: Wednesday the 23th of May

Time: 19.30pm- 21.00pm

Christine Otto Kanstinger was born in Berlin. She studied Architecture at the University of Stuttgart. Since 1983 she is collaborating with Frei Otto, Atelier Warmbronn. In 1990 visiting lecturer at School of the Maeda Formfinding Workshop in Hooke Park, AA, School of Architecture, London. Since2007 she is a partner in Atelier Frei Otto + Partner, Kunstler + Ingenieure Christine Kanstinger has published «128 Modelle für den neuen Stuttgarter Hauptbahnhof 1997 bis 2008 entstanden im Atelier Frei Otto Warmbronn.» Since 2011 she is collaborating with SL-Rasch/special and leightweight structures, Oberaichen. 

Where: IAAC,C/ Pujades 102, Poble Nou, Barcelona
Date: Thursday the 31st of May

Time: 19.30pm- 21.00pm

JOSEP MIÀS, Architect, COAC 24797-9. Graduated in 1992 in ETSAB_UPC, Escola Tècnica Superior d’Arquitectura de Barcelona_Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. From 1990 till 2000 he worked as Associated Architect with Enric Miralles, developing the following projects Círculo de Lectores in Madrid, Sports Hall in Huesca, Centro de Alto Rendimiento in Alicante, Library in Palafolls, Parc dels Colors in Mollet del Vallès, Cemetery in Igualada, Scotish Parliament in Edimburg, Diagonal Mar Park, Santa Caterina Market and Gas Natural Building en Barcelona. In 2000, Josep Miàs founded his own studio, working in landscape and urbanism projects, architecture and interiorism and industrial design, such as the refurbishment of the old city of Banyoles, Barceloneta Market, Golf Fontanals de Cerdanya Clubhouse, Funicular Station and restoration of the Old Historical Building in Tibidabo Amusement Park, Annexa-Puigbert Primary School and iGuzzini Illuminazione España Headquarters. Other projects which are now being finished are the Plug-in 22@ building and a Housing building in Torrebaró, both in BCN and a Pedestrian Bridge in Palafolls.

Among other prizes those which should be underlined are AJAC Best Young Architect Award 2004, Special Mention in Girona Architecture Award 2005, First Prize in Girona Architecture Award 2007, City of Barcelona Architecture and Urbanism Award 2007, Catalonia Construction Award 2009 and Architecture Aplus Award 2011 for the Best Educational Building in Spain. Recently he has received the BUILDING OF THE YEAR 2011 Award, given by the most prestigious architecture website of the world Archdaily, for the iGuzzini Barcelona Corporate Building.

From 1999, he has developed teaching activities in Architecture Schools in Europe, America and USA: Design Department Professor at School of Architecture ETSAB, Design Department Professor at School of Architecture La Salle BCN, Director of the Design Department and Assistant Director at School of Architecture ESARQ_UIC and Professor in UCL London The Bartlett School of Architecture, UNISS Facoltà d’Architettura Alghero, Frankfurt Stadelschule and Harvard GSD.

He has been invited to give lectures and head up workshops in a large number of universities in Spain, Italy, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Belgium, Switzerland, United States, Mexico, Uruguay, and Panama among others.

His work, as well as his writings, have been published in international magazines and books, and his work has been exhibited in many architecture exhibition halls as COAC_Barcelona, Nuevos Ministerios_Madrid, Cité de l’Architecture_París, Stadelschule_Frankfurt, Architektur Forum_Zurich  and TU University_Berlín.

Currently, he is Professor at the ETSAB Barcelona, UNISS Alghero and Bartlett_UCL London

Where: IAAC,C/ Pujades 102, Poble Nou, Barcelona
Date: Monday the 4th of June

Time: 19.30pm- 21.00pm

Lecture Title: UNDERGROUND

Figure of French architecture, Dominique Perrault gained international recognition after having won the competition for the National Library of France at the age of 36.

This project marked the starting point of many other public and private commissions abroad, such as the Velodrome and Olympic swimming pool of Berlin, the Court of Justice of the European Communities in Luxembourg, the Olympic Tennis Centre and the Arganzuela Footbridge in Madrid, the Ewha Womans University in Seoul and the Fukoku Tower in Osaka...

For Dominique Perrault, the complexity of territories can no longer be grasped through the classic vocabulary of architecture: “wall”, “door”, “façade” and “roof”. Architecture should be instead conceived as an integral part of the landscape. As his approach is to transform the landscape and territories, Perrault’s work as an architect is strictly related to his role as an urban planner. He was appointed curator of the French Pavilion in the 12th Architecture Biennale in Venice, being the subject of the installation METROPOLIS ?.

Poster Image : SEOUL_Ewha-Womans-University©Andre-Morin

Where: IAAC,C/ Pujades 102, Poble Nou, Barcelona
Date: Wednesday the 7th of June

Time: 19.30pm- 21.00pm

Lecture title :WHAT ABOUT URBAN AGRICULTURE? Designing productive urban landscapes for sustainable cities

Bohn&Viljoen Architects is a small London-based architectural practice run by architects Andre Viljoen and Katrin Bohn. Set up in 1998, the practice specialises in low energy architecture and sustainable urban design - with a focus on urban agriculture - having completed built as well as design research projects. Bohn&Viljoen have taught, lectured, published and exhibited widely on the design concept of CPUL [Continuous Productive Urban Landscape] which they contributed to the international urban design discourse in 2004.