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MASTER IN ADVANCED COMPUTATION IN ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN

M ASTER IN ADVANCED COMPUTATION FOR ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN

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MASTER IN ADVANCED COMPUTATION FOR ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN

WHAT? The Master in Advanced Computation for Architecture & Design - MaCAD is a unique online programme training a new generation of architects, engineers and designers with the skills that the industry of Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) demands nowadays.

The programme provides expertise in the application of the latest digital softwares for design simulation, analysis and optimization of digital data in architecture,offering a broad and advanced theoretical and practical knowledge of computational design.

Based on a Data Driven, Learning by doing and Design by Research methodology, the master offers a unique online educational experience.

In contrast to the traditional Online programs, the Master in Advanced Computation for Architecture & Design- a 60 ECTS accredited Master degree consisting in three 15 ECTS postgraduate programs- offers a real-class “virtual” environment, based on a continuous, interactive and collaborative learning process.

WHY? The Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) industry moves rapidly, asking designers across the globe to be equipped with the most advanced tools to address the challenges that they will face during their careers and shift the change towards a more sustainable practice.

Advanced Computation tools such as Structural and Environmental analysis, Building information Modelling (BIM) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) allow a fluent communication between the different agents that take part in the construction process from early stages of design, becoming powerful drivers of change towards a more sustainable, creative and responsive architecture.

Students willing to become the leading professionals of tomorrow must embrace the computational challenges that can empower them to boost innovative approaches to architecture and design.

WHO?

For Architects, Designers, Engineers who want to become experts in Advanced Computation and lead the change in the Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) industry. Do you want to learn new tools and methodologies working with the leading experts and faculty, in an innovative educational structure that puts the students’ needs and creativity at the centre? Do you want to continue your education online and take part in a complete master programme, based on collaborative work and interactive learning?

Then the Master in Advanced Computation for Architecture & Design - MaCAD is made for you!

PROFESSIONAL OPPORTUNITIESThe Master in Advanced Computation for Architecture & Design connects the students to an international network of practitioners, institutions and companies, leading pioneer computational design applications in the Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) field. On the one hand, working in a “virtual class” environment, students have the possibility to interact with faculty and colleagues in a highly professional context getting ready for the operational and working model of a professional practice.

On the other hand, a series of industries and international offices, connected with IAAC and MaCAD offer in an annual basis internship positions and job opportunities for IAAC Alumni.

Minimal Surface_F.Polvi,B.Freitas, I.Kukner,F.Polvi, D.Savicevic, A. Sharma_Faculty R.Aguirre GeneticOptimization_SZapuc_TFadous_DAkyurek_Faculty R.Aguirre

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THE MaCAD EXPERIENCE

AN ONLINE REAL-CLASS ENVIRONMENT

In contrast to the traditional Online programs and tutorials, the Master in Advanced Computation for Architecture & Design offers a real-class “virtual” environment, based on a continuous, interactive and collaborative learning process.The MaCAD is not an solitary experience, as the program gives the possibility to be part of a selected group of international students, seamlessly connected thanks to the most advanced platform for video-conferencing and collaborative working. The limited number of students ensures that each student can be rigorous and continuously followed by the faculty and the academic coordination team, with dedicated hours for academic counselling and administrative support.

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Students can choose to follow the program in Synchronous or Asynchronous format, according to their time-zone or their personal schedule, and based on tutorials and lectures + mentoring sessions

In the Synchronous format, students follow the tutorials and lectures using a video-conference and collaborative work tool (ZOOM). Immediately after, the course continues with the live mentoring group sessions with the faculty and the other students, in order to review the students’ work and project development.

During the rest of the day, students can develop their work individually or interacting with their colleagues, counting on online conferencing tools and the online campus platform, including online forums and chat rooms.

In the Asynchronous format, tutorials and lectures are recorded daily and shared with the students. After having watched the recorded tutorials and lectures, students join the live mentoring group sessions in video-conference with the faculty and the other students, in order to review their work and project development.

During the rest of the day, students can develop their work individually or interacting with their colleagues, counting on online conferencing tools and the online campus platform, including online forums and chat rooms.

> SYNCHRONOUS CALENDAR

EUROPE and AFRICA - MORNINGS ASIA and OCEANIA - AFTERNOONS

Central European Time (CET/CEST) Lectures & Tutorials – 10.00 to 12.00 Live Group Mentoring – 12.00 to 13.00]

> ASYNCHRONOUS CALENDAR

AMERICA - MORNING EUROPE and AFRICA - AFTERNOON ASIA and OCEANIA - EVENINGS

Central European Time Recorded Lectures & Tutorials – Available from 15:00 onwards Live Group Mentoring – following day, 18:00 – 19:00

US East Coast Time ECT Recorded Lectures & Tutorials – Available from 09:00 AM onwards Live Group Mentoring – following day, 12:00 – 13:00

Tutorials & Lectures

Tutorials & Lectures

RecordedLive LiveLive Online Campus Platform Online Campus Platform

*Please note that final schedule might slightly change and could vary according to local daylight savings time

*Please note that final schedule might slightly change and could vary according to local daylight savings time

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3 Modules + Master Thesis

Credits: 60 ECTS Duration: 10 months October 2020 - July 2021Language: English Format: online (synchronous or asynchronous)

The Master in Advanced Computation for Architecture & Design is accredited with 60 ECTS and it’s articulated into 3 Modules + Master Thesis. Students can apply to each module independently as a postgraduate programme, accredited with 15 ECTS.

Postgraduate in Advanced Computation for Environmental and Structural Design

Credits: 15 ECTS Duration: 3 months October 2020 - December 2020Language: English Format: online (synchronous or asynchronous)

Postgraduate in Building Information Modelling and Smart Construction

Credits: 15 ECTS Duration: 3 months January - March 2021Language: English Format: online (synchronous or asynchronous)

Postgraduate in Artificial Intelligence in Architecture

Credits: 15 ECTS Duration: 3 months April - June 2021Language: English Format: online (synchronous or asynchronous)

FORMATS

IAAC Project_ Cyber Physical Construction_Armin Akbari faculty A.Markopoulou and A.Dubor

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WELCOME TO THE INSTITUTEFOR ADVANCED ARCHITECTUREOF CATALONIA

The Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IAAC) is an international centre for research, education, production and outreach, with the mission of envisioning the future habitat of our society and building it in the present.

Based in Barcelona, the Institute offers multidisciplinary programmes that explore international urban and territorial phenomena, with an emphasis on the opportunities that arise from the emergent territories, and the cultural, economic and social values that architecture can contribute to today’s society.

PUJADES CAMPUS

IAAC ATELIER CAMPUS

VALLDAURA LABS

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IAAC THE INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED ARCHITECTURE OF CATALONIA

IAAC IS EDUCATION

With a wide range of pioneering master programmes, giving the next generation of architects and changemakers the space to imagine, test and shape the future of cities, architecture and technology.

This is also possible through the Fab Academy, a distributed educational model aiming to introduce anyone to Digital Fabrication. Not to mention the workshops and the short programmes, implementing global agendas developed through local solutions, such as the Global Summer School.

IAAC IS HERITAGE

With the Valldaura Labs, a self-sufficient research centre located in the Collserola Metropolitan park, 20 minutes from the centre of Barcelona and surrounded by 140 hectares of forest, where a series of laboratories are implemented for the production and testing of Energy, Food and Things.

IAAC IS RESEARCH

Thanks to a series of projects funded by the European Union and developed in collaboration with public and private European partners, oriented to explore the role of technology in our society and cities.

IAAC sets out to take Research and Development to architecture and urbanism, and create multidisciplinary knowledge networks. To this end, the Institute works in collaboration with several cities and regions, industrial groups, research centres, including the City Council of Barcelona, the Collserola Natural Park, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), the Centre for Information Technology and Ar chitecture (CITA), the Southern California Institute of Architecture (Sci-Arc), as well as diverse companies among which CISCO, Endesa, Kuka Robotics and many others.

In collaboration with these entities, the Institute develops various research programmes that bring together experts in different disciplines such as architecture, engineering, biology, sociology, anthropology and other fields of investigation.

IAAC has made a name for itself as a centre of international reference, welcoming students and investigators from over 60 different countries among which Australia, the USA, India, Brazil, Russia, Ethiopia, all European countries and many others.

IAAC IS COMMUNITY

Beyond its educational and pro-research work, seeks permanent contact and cooperation among the hundreds of teachers, researchers, institutions and companies that have worked with us or that pursue the objective of providing solutions to the great challenges of humanity.

IAAC IS OUTREACH

Through lectures, publications, exhibitions and competitions. Thanks to initiatives such as the IAAC Lecture Series, or the Advanced Architecture Contest, IAAC promotes its values in the discussion about architecture, cities, society and technology, facing the nowadays worldwide challenges.

IAAC IS INNOVATION

With the Fab Lab Barcelona, the first and most advanced digital production laboratory in EU, and the Green Fab Lab, the first digital fabrication laboratory oriented to self-sufficiency: two places where you can build almost anything.

After hosting the FAB10 in 2014, the 10th annual worldwide Fab Lab conference, Fab Lab Barcelona has consolidated his role within the Fab Lab Network as one of the worldwide leaders of the Digital Fabrication Revolution as well as the Coordinator of the Fab Academy Programme.

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The Fab Lab Barcelona and Green Fab Lab are also part of the global network of Fab Labs, set up by MIT’s Center for Bits and Atoms: small scale production and innovation centres equipped with digital fabrication tools and technologies for the production of objects, prototypes and electronics.

Fab Lab’s final mission is to provide access to the tools and the knowledge to educate, innovate and invent using technology and digital fabrication. This initiative aims to allow anyone to make (almost) anything, thereby creating opportunities to improve lives and livelihoods around the world.

FAB LAB BARCELONA

GREEN FAB LAB

at Pujades Campus

at Valldaura Campus

Fab Lab Barcelona is the headquarters of the global coordination of the Fab Academy programme, in collaboration with the Fab Foundation and the MIT’s Center for Bits and Atoms. Fab Lab Barcelona is located in the Pujades Campus, where it supports different educational and research programmes related to the multiple scales of the human habitat.

The Fab Lab Barcelona has produced projects such as Hyperhabitat or the Fab Lab House and is currently developing projects of different scales, from smart devices for data collection by individuals, such as Smart Citizen, to the new production models for cities with the Fab City project being implemented in Barcelona in collaboration with the city council.

The Green Fab Lab is a digital fabrication lab that uses natural resources, part of the Plan Avanza national network of laboratories in Spain. One of its research lines is centred on the development of new materials from natural ingredients such as wood, earth or minerals for building, to make bricks, glass and resins using simple ancestral technologies and modern high-tech processes. The laboratory has several traditional bòvila brickyard kilns of the type traditionally found on large rural estates in Catalonia.

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MaCAD MASTER IN ADVANCED COMPUTATION FOR ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN

Cosmic congregations_ Marchuk, Kuprijanova, Koshelev_ Faculty A.Muñoz /

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The Advanced Computation for Environmental and Structural Design module focuses on a design paradigm that is informed by environmental analysis and strategies for structural optimization. Across this module, students will receive the most advanced knowledge on the latest software developments and tools for environmental simulation and structural optimization at every scale of the design workflow: from building to urban scale.

The Building Information Modelling and Smart Construction module focuses on the recent paradigm of Building Information Modelling (BIM) by reviewing the most relevant paradigms in three different aspects of it: Integrative modelling, collaborative workflows, and cloud-based data management in design. In this postgraduate, you’ll learn the most advanced tools to face this ubiquitous challenge that architects face nowadays.

The Postgraduate in Artificial Intelligence in Architecture module focuses on teaching theoretical and practical knowledge in the use of most advanced tools for the design through machine learning and artificial intelligence. In this postgraduate course, you will learn the most advanced techniques for designing with such tools, using GAN models or deep learning algorithms to assist or fully automate the design at different levels.

The fourth module focuses on the extended research of the Development Studio Project of module three (15 ECTS credits). During this period, students have the opportunity to integrate to their projects more in-depth issues related to the computational agenda, as well as the inherent material, organisational and spatial complexities determined by the chosen working scale and the experience gained during the year’s programme.

MODULE 1 - POSTGRADUATE 1 ADVANCED COMPUTATION FOR ENVIRONMENTAL AND STRUCTURAL DESIGN

MODULE 2 - POSTGRADUATE 2 BUILDING INFORMATION MODELLING AND SMART CONSTRUCTION

MODULE 3 - POSTGRADUATE 3 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN ARCHITECTURE

MASTER THESIS PROJECT

MODULES

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This course teaches design theory based on environmental analysis and structural optimization. The seminar consists of a series of theoretical classes taught by experts in environmental and structural computational design and includes classes in history, theory and analysis of real case studies. The objective is to equip students with theoretical and historical knowledge, as well as the critical thinking capacity to be able to participate comprehensively in this new design paradigm.

The objective of this course is to instruct the student in the use of the most advanced digital tools for analysis and design, based on environmental parameters such as solar radiation, thermal comfort, aerodynamics and exposure to wind (CFD). The inclusion of these parameters in the design process generates a more sustainable, economic and efficient project, which can be quantified using digital simulations.

Students will be instructed in the use of the most advanced digital tools for the optimization of traditional and complex structures through methods of finite element analysis, dynamic relaxation or topological optimization. Considering these parameters in the initial stages of the design process allows the project to not undergo drastic changes in advanced stages and leads to a project where the structure and material are used more efficiently.

In this seminar students will learn advanced strategies for the conception of the form of non-traditional projects. The course focuses on the selection and proper combination of various digital tools for creating complex energy-sustainable shapes and structures. Additionally, the seminar focuses on the study of the different digital manufacturing construction solutions that can allow the realization of these non-traditional projects, geometries and shapes.

In the Design Studio the students will put in practice the theoretical and practical knowledge and the tools learned inside the first module, with a learning-by-doing methodology based on the development of one or more architectural projects.

Environmental and Structural Design - Theory 3 ECTS

Digital Tools for Environmental Analysis for Architectural Design 3 ECTS

Digital Tools for Structural Optimization Strategies 3 ECTS

Digital Tools for Complex Forming 3 ECTS

Environmental and Structural Design - Studio 3 ECTS

MODULE 1 ADVANCED COMPUTATION FOR ENVIRONMENTAL AND STRUCTURAL DESIGN15 ECTS

Cellulose based Bio-Material_Y.Wei_Faculty A.Markopulou

Minimal Surface_F.Polvi,B.Freitas, I.Kukner,F.Polvi, D.Savicevic, A. Sharma_Faculty R.Aguirre

Form Follows Flow_Ami Nigam_Faculty Viu, Pages

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In this subject the theory behind the BIM concept is taught and current references in this workflow are analyzed. The seminar consists of a series of theoretical classes taught by experts in BIM and Smart Construction and includes classes in history, theory and analysis of real case studies. The objective is to equip students with theoretical and historical knowledge, as well as the critical thinking capacity to be able to participate comprehensively in this new design paradigm.

The objective of this course is to instruct the student in the use of digital tools specialised in the generation of a comprehensive project model, which contains not only the geometry of the architectural design but also additional data such as costs, measurements and schedules, data necessary to carry out its execution.

The objective of this subject is to instruct the student in the use of the most sophisticated digital tools for collaboration within the architectural project. These tools allow the project information to be transported between different specific platforms required by the various actors in the construction process.

The objective of this course is to instruct the student in the use of digital tools for managing information in the Digital Cloud. Mastering the project data flow enables the designer to collaborate regardless of location and maintains a “virtual” project instance where the various actors in the design and construction process can collaborate without conflict.

In the Design Studio the students will put in practice the theoretical and practical knowledge and the tools learned inside the second module, with a learning-by-doing methodology based on the development of one or more architectural projects.

BIM and Smart Construction - Theory 3 ECTS

Digital Tools for Integrative Modelling 3 ECTS

Digital Tools for Collaborative Workflows 3 ECTS

Digital Tools for Cloud-based Data Management 3 ECTS

BIM and Smart Construction Studio 3 ECTS

MODULE 2 BUILDING INFORMATION MODELLING AND SMART CONSTRUCTION15 ECTS

Carts_Ivan Marchuk_Faculty A.Dubor, R.Krenmüller

BIM Solar Analyis _ K.Kuprijanova, A.Koshelev, P.Borse, M.Jain_Faculty P.Poinet

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In this seminar students will learn the theory behind the concepts of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and machine learning and will analyse current references and different strategies of the application of similar concepts in architecture. Through the seminar, experts in the field will be invited, both in research and in practice, to generate a comprehensive discussion of this recent design paradigm.

In the Digital Tools Generative Building Design seminar students will learn how to use digital tools based on Artificial Intelligence (AI) for the generation of algorithm-based proposals, generated by the parameterization of quantitative and qualitative aspects of design through different scales (furniture, plants, facades, lotification). In this seminar the student will learn to code design problems and navigate in a design space generated by the algorithm to find the optimal solution.

In the Digital Tools for Computer Vision & Urban Space seminar students will learn how to use digital tools and algorithms based on Computer Vision for the analysis of images that incorporate urban elements or that represent complex urban flows. The inclusion of these tools in urban planning, on the one hand allows the overlapping of different databases for a more precise and inter-relational analysis and, on the other hand, enables a process of “learning” of the algorithms for the creation of smarter predictive modeling.

In the Digital Tools for Algorithmic Geometrical Optimization seminar students will learn how toThe objective of this subject is to instruct the student in the use of specialized digital tools in the optimization and rationalization of complex (non-standard) geometries for their production through a wide catalog of machine learning algorithms (Machine Learning). By implementing these algorithms in programming, the student will learn the logic behind these algorithms in order to demonstrate the correlation between the design and production of highly geometric complex shapes.

In the Design Studio the students will put in practice the theoretical and practical knowledge and the tools learned inside the third module, with a learning-by-doing methodology based on the development of one or more architectural projects.

Artificial Intelligence in Architecture - Theory 3 ECTS

Digital Tools for Generative Building Design 3 ECTS

Digital Tools for Computer Vision & Urban Space 3 ECTS

Digital Tools for Algorithmic Geometrical Optimization 3 ECTS

Artificial Intelligence in Architecture - Studio 3 ECTS

MODULE 3 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN ARCHITECTURE 15 ECTS

IAAC Project_Building Engine _ O.Lopez Avalos, T.Kashko, F.Feng

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Re-iconic surveillance_ Marsute, Rodriguez, Ruiz, Feng, Kashko_faculty A.Sollazzo

Form Follows Flow_Ami Nigam_Faculty Viu, Pages

GeneticOptimization_SZapuc_TFadous_DAkyurek_Faculty R.Aguirre

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Directed by: DAVID ANDRÉS LEON

David Andres Leon is an architect with focus the research, training and development of computational tools for the AEC industry.

He currently works for McNeel Europe providing support for third- party developers pushing the boundaries of interoperability and computational design globally. He is also part of the faculty of the Masters for Advanced Architecture in IAAC where he teaches in the Digital Matter studio alongside Areti Markopoulou. David also teaches programing for architects at the MPDA Masters programme of the UPC.

David holds a Master of Science Degree from the Institute for Computational Design and Construction (ICD) in Universitat Stuttgart and a Masters Degree in Advanced Design and Digital Architecture from the Escola Superior de Disseny i Enginyeria de Barcelona (Elisava). He has been involved in several research undertakings of which stand out his participation in German research platform FAT-LAB in Stuttgart and his collaboration as a research assistant in the Centre for Information Technology and Architecture (CITA) for the EU-Horizon 2020 Future and Emerging Technologies Proactive Action project Flora Robotica.

MASTER IN ADVANCED COMPUTATION FOR ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN FACULTY

Academic Director: ARETI MARKOPOULOU

Head of Studies: MATHILDE MARENGO

Coordinated by: MARCO INGRASSIA

The Master in Advanced Computation for Architecture & Design connects the students to an international network of faculty, including:

JANE BURRYENVIRONMENTAL AND STRUCTURAL

ANGELOS CHRONISENVIRONMENTAL AND STRUCTURAL DESIGN / ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN ARCHITECTURE

ALDO SOLLAZZOARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN ARCHITECTURE

MAITE BRAVOBIM AND SMART CONSTRUCTION

BELEN TORRESARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN ARCHITECTURE

RODRIGO AGUIRREENVIRONMENTAL AND STRUCTURAL DESIGN

MINIMAL SURFACE

A minimal surface is the surface of minimal area between any given boundaries. In nature, such shapes result of an equilibrium of homogeneous tension. This project explores minimal surfaces that intertwine and create a loop within their geometry, starting from low poly meshes. The final geometry consists of an array of Costa’s minimal surface, with varied heights and rotations. It is anchored in one plane and the striping is two directional. The loops within the geometry create interior and exterior spaces that are interconnected, and the openings bring natural light into the volume. We place this structure in a secluded space around water and vegetation, where it could be an observatory of the local nature, with various lookout points.

COMPLEX FORMINGTutor: Rodrigo Aguirre

Assistant: Anton Koshelev

Abhishek Sharma / Brenda Freitas / Dusan Savicevic / Francesco Polvi / Ibrahim Kukner

mesh mesh graph MST kruskal 1 MST kruskal 2 strips 1

valence

checkerboard

curvature

strips 2

connections:nuts and bolts

FABRICATION STATISTICS

Material: polypropylene 1050x750x0.8mm, 13 sheets (8 white and 4 translucent)Number of strips: 246 (144 White + 102 Translucent)Number of holes: 2181Connectors: 1053 nylon and 1128 metal screwsCut time: 5 hours 30 minutesAssembly time: 12 hoursFinal model’s dimensions: 1028x1028x563mm

1.053NYLON3mm x 5mm

1.128 METAL3mm x 5mm

full model

connection detail

edge detail

base curves base curves faces from edges low poly mesh subdivided meshrefined mesh

planarizetangential smooth

edge lengthsoap film

kangaroo meshlow poly mesh from edges of the base curves

base mesh

single Costa’s minimal surface

ITERATIONS GEOMETRY

FABRICATION

FORM FINDING

Minimal Surface_F.Polvi,B.Freitas, I.Kukner,F.Polvi, D.Savicevic, A. Sharma_Faculty R.Aguirre

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