How to Evaluate Business Opportunities and Build Scalable Ventures
During the MAEBB02, IAAC gives students the opportunity to create individual Studio agendas and develops Thesis Projects based on ecological design, thermodynamics applied to buildings, new fabrication techniques, material experimentation, solar technologies and more. In this way, IAAC puts together an experimental and learning environment for the training of professionals with both intellectual and applied responses to the increasing complexity and environmental pressures of contemporary urban environments.
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MycoPot: A Mycelium-Based Alternative to Plastic Plant Pots
MycoPot is a biodegradable planter grown from mycelium and agricultural waste, designed to replace the millions of plastic pots discarded every year by nurseries and plant retailers. It offers a practical, scalable, and regenerative material solution for the horticulture industry—one of the most overlooked contributors to plastic waste. Why We Started: The Problem Across Europe, … Read more
Business Innovation 2025
The Business Innovation seminar last week was intense in a good way. It was clear, structured, and very hands‑on: we moved from identifying opportunities to business models, validation, basic unit economics, and finally pitching a “venture starting package” built around our own projects. For someone coming from architecture and material research, it was helpful to … Read more
