IAAC’s Master in City & Technology (1 or 2-year program) is a unique program oriented towards redefining the analysis, planning, and design of twenty-first-century cities and beyond. The program offers expertise in the design of digitally enhanced, ecological and human-centered urban environments by intersecting the disciplines of urbanism and data science. Taking place in Barcelona, the capital of urbanism, the Master in City & Technology is training the professionals that city administrations, governments, industries, and communities need, to transform the urban environment in the era of big data.
This thesis investigates how the semantic content of urban climate policy can be computationally coupled with high-resolution geospatial data to anticipate the climate consequences those policies set in motion. The work is situated in the metropolitan area of Barcelona, and the central proposition is that policy text far from being inert prescriptive language is itself … Read more
Starting from unpacking a machine, exploring the machines functionality, critically reporting and creating a machine paradox. In our first week, we were introduced to a bunch of scrap in our backyard. We choose to unpack a vacuum cleaner which was not fully functional. ╭────────────────────────────────────────────╮│ FORENSIC REPORT: UNPACKING TECHNOLOGY │╰────────────────────────────────────────────╯ Reporting Agency: MACT, MAA, MDEFCase Identifier: … Read more
