Within the current global context of rapid change, integrated with the potentials of digital technologies, IAAC’s Master in Advanced Architecture (MAA) is committed to the generation of new ideas and applications for Urban Design, Self Sufficiency, Digital Manufacturing Techniques and Advanced Interaction.
In this context IAAC works with a multidisciplinary approach, facing the challenges posed by our environment and the future development of cities, architecture and buildings, through a virtuous combination of technology, biology, computational design, digital and robotic fabrication, pushing innovation beyond the boundaries of a more traditional architectural approach.
Deep diving into Gaudi's Algorithmic Legacy
After Gaudí: From Computation to Composition examines how Antoni Gaudí’s structurally equilibrated design strategies, developed for the Sagrada Família Basilica, anticipate contemporary computational approaches to architectural form-making. The seminar explores how geometric systems such as hyperboloids, helices, bifurcations, perforations, and perturbations enable complex yet explicable architectural compositions that balance structural logic, material efficiency, and spatial expression. Through parametric thinking and controlled variation, students investigate how small changes in geometric variables can generate rich formal, structural, and environmental outcomes, continuing Gaudí’s legacy through computation-driven design.
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This project develops a parametric façade system inspired by the geometric logic of the Sagrada Família sacristy, translating Gaudí’s generative principles into a contemporary computational workflow. The tower form emerges from iterative transformations of a radial geometry using ruled surfaces and rotational operations, producing a continuous structure defined by gradual variation. A diamond-based grid organizes … Read more
