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.

Ho Chi Minh City / Vietnam

Vietnamese Vernacular Architecture Case Study 01 – Jackfruit Village Resort by 1+1 > 2 Case Study 02 – Diamond Island Community Center by VTN Architects Composition Exercise Projection Methods Exploration Pattern Analysis Grid Logic: Superposition of patterns Pattern 01 Pattern 02 Pattern 3 Compiled Grid Catalogue Selected Iteration Development Robotically Fabricated Test Voussoir Robotically Fabricated … Read more

VARMÁRLAUG

/VAR-MÁR-LAUG/ Noun The Icelandic word that  translates to a “Warm Spring Pool” INTRODUCING REYKJAVIK Iceland, located in a climatically critical part of the North Atlantic, is an island where earth, air, fire and ice literary meet, and its environs are a key region of ocean–atmosphere interaction, atmospheric dynamics and cyclogenesis. Reykjavík is located in the … Read more