The Master in Advanced Ecological Buildings and Biocities (MAEBB) postgraduate program is an 11-month immersive academic program focused on learning how to design and build a new generation of buildings and cities to respond to the planet’s emerging climate challenges. The program is carried out in Valldaura Labs, in Barcelona, a 135 He property located in the Collserola forest. Here, students will live and work surrounded by nature while using the most advanced technologies and design techniques in the pursuit of what is also IAAC’s long term initiative, to create self-sufficient and ecological environments.
Atticus Cummings MAEBB02 2025/2026 Professor Davide Rovera A startup is a temporary tool for gaining an understanding of a market and business model. In the IAAC business Entrepreneurship Seminar we learned about how to explore a potential startup idea, validate the problem, engage and validate customers, quantify a market opportunity, evaluate competition, fund a startup, … Read more
When one mentions an origami, images come to mind easily – that of animal-shaped paper, the kind that fits inside your palm. However, the geometrical aspects and advantages of folding structures have been explored on a larger scale for some time now, with impressively practical results. In architecture, an apparently complex yet harmonious facade … Read more
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
