Maa libro2 by lina salamanca

2015/2016

MASTER IN ADVANCED ARCHITECTURE

MASTER IN ADVANCED ARCHITEcTURE 2015/2016 RESEARCH LINES INTELLIGENT CITIES SELF SUFFICIENT BUILDINGS DIGITAL MATTER DESIGN WITH NATURE ADVANCED INTERACTION

APPLIED RESEARCH PROGRAM OPEN THESIS FABRICATION IAAC BUILDs

THE INSTITUTE The Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IAAC) is an international centre for research, education, investigation and development oriented toward architecture as a discipline that addresses different scales of territorial analysis and urban development as well as diverse architectural projects, digital processes and information environments. Located in Barcelona, one of the international capitals of Urbanism, the institute develops multidisciplinary programmes that explore international urban and territorial phenomena, with a special emphasis on the opportunities that arise from the emergent territories and on the cultural, economic and social values that architecture can contribute to society. IAAC sets out to take R+D to architecture and urbanism and to create multidisciplinary knowledge networks, and to this end the institute works in collaboration with a number of cities and regions, industrial groups and research centres, including the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), the University of Brighton and the University of Chicago, developing various research programmes which bring together experts in diff erent disciplines such as engineering, sociology, anthropology, architecture and other fi elds of investigation. IAAC has made a name as a centre of international reference which welcomes students and investigators from diverse countries, among which are India, Australia, the USA, Poland, Argentina , Ethiopia, Iraq and others.

THE BUILDING The Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IAAC) is an international centre for research, education, investigation and development oriented toward architecture as a discipline that addresses different scales of territorial analysis and urban development as well as diverse architectural projects, digital processes and information environments. Located in Barcelona, one of the international capitals of Urbanism, the institute develops multidisciplinary programmes that explore international urban and territorial phenomena, with a special emphasis on the opportunities that arise from the emergent territories and on the cultural, economic and social values that architecture can contribute to society. IAAC sets out to take R+D to architecture and urbanism and to create multidisciplinary knowledge networks, and to this end the institute works in collaboration with a number of cities and regions, industrial groups and research centres, including the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), the University of Brighton and the University of Chicago, developing various research programmes which bring together experts in diff erent disciplines such as engineering, sociology, anthropology,

MISsION, VISION& & VALUES building a new human habitat mission

vision

The Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IaaC) is a vanguard academic and research center whose mission is to promote scientific and technological innovation in the conception, design and construction of the human habitat, at all scales (from bits to geography), integrating technological, social and cultural innovations of our time and contributing to the consolidation of Barcelona as a global platform for the urban habitat. To this extent IaaC works with a multidisciplinary approach, facing the challenges posed by our environment and shaping the future of cities, architecture and technology. This is obtained through the focus on select criteria: - Design for Self-sufficiency - Application of ICT (Information and communication technologies) at all levels of daily life. - Constribution to the distributed networks in the conception of the environment. - Advanced digital and parametric design. - Digital and Robotic Fabrication

values Compact

natural

An organisation that is flexible, agile, quick, able to anticipate the new challenges of our time

independent

Holistic

An organisation that is flexible, agile, quick, able to anticipate the new challenges of our time

global

social

An organisation that is flexible, agile, quick, able to anticipate the new challenges of our time

informational An organisation that is flexible, agile, quick, able to anticipate the new challenges of our time

Smart Geometry Conference hosted at IAAC, 2009

objectives iaac objectives IAACâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s activities find their roots in the following objectives: To stimulate, promote and develop research in the diverse areas of advanced architecture, increasing the potential of information gathering teams in architecture and its interaction with other disciplines. To teach, develop, promote and diffuse the knowledge and training of technical and scientific staff in architecture and its interaction with other disciplines. To act as a consultant to public authorities and public or private organizations on questions regarding architecture and its interaction with other disciplines. To establish scientific and academic collaborative ventures with universities and major national and international information-gathering centres specializing in architecture and related disciplines (such as information technology and sustainable development, among others). To establish appropriate collaborative ventures with local, regional and national government bodies and the private sector in terms of their own core activities. To facilitate closer contact between basic and applied research, acting as a centre of technology transfer when appropriate. To organize scientific encounters and national and international forums. To organize exhibitions and promote publications on a local, national and international level.

multiscalar strategy Intelligent city self sufficient building digital matter Advanced interaction design with nature The Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IaaC) is a vanguard academic and research center whose mission is to promote scientific and technological innovation in the conception, design and construction of the human habitat, at all scales (from bits to geography), integrating technological, social and cultural innovations of our time and contributing to the consolidation of Barcelona as a global platform for the urban habitat. To this extent IaaC works with a multidisciplinary approach, facing the challenges posed by our environment and shaping the future of cities, architecture and technology. This is obtained through the focus on select criteria: - Design for Self-sufficiency - Application of ICT (Information and communication technologies) at all levels of daily life. - Constribution to the distributed networks in the conception of the environment. - Advanced digital and parametric design. - Digital and Robotic Fabrication IAACâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s activities find their roots in the following objectives: 1. To stimulate, promote and develop research in the diverse areas of advanced architecture, increasing the potential of information gathering teams in architecture and its interaction with other disciplines. 2. To teach, develop, promote and diffuse the knowledge and training of technical and scientific staff in architecture and its interaction with other

MAA 10-11 Emergent Territories Development Studio FLEXHUB DOCK Carolina Aguirre - Xiomara Armijo - Carlo Caltabiano

intelligent city

Emergent territories senior faculty: Willy muller The IAAC works beyond the conventional scales of territorial design, town planning, building or fabrication in designing a multiscale habitat. As in the design of ecosystems, each level has its own rules of interaction and relation, and at the same time must comply with certain parameters that pertain to the system as a whole. The Emergent Territories group works on projects that range in scale from the territory to the neighbourhood. The idea of Emergent Territories is related to two issues: On the one hand, the IaaC is interested in understanding those countries and cities around the world with emerging economies and cultures that, by virtue of their regional or economic position, can contribute value to the planet as a whole. In recent years we have studied Brazil, Croatia, Taiwan, Romania, Colombia and Tunisia, or in the near future will be studying India and the countries of North Africa, the Persian Gulf and Sub-Saharan Africa. The work done in these countries seeks to identify the particular urban and territorial values of these places in order to construct more intelligent territories anywhere in the world, moving on from the Western idea that there is a single model of city (be it European or American) to work on the basis of more complex and more open values. The other issue related to emergent territories has to do with the creation of intelligent territories that function in a multiscalar way, in order that the relationship between natures, networks and nodes can foment the ‘emergence’ of an urban intelligence. To this end we are interested in pursuing what we call ‘Hyperhabitat’ research as aprocess of developing a general theory of the multiscalar habitat that can be applied anywhere in the world and at any scale, as a basis for the construction of complete complex ecosystems. This group also focuses on Barcelona as a site for ongoing urban experimentation, with a view to contributing to the discussions and refl ections in relation to the urban progress of the city.

MAA 13-14 Emergent Territories Studio GAS Jose Roberto Diaz Braga

self sufficient buildings Architecture goes beyond buildings. A building is a concentration of activities in a particular location which should be responsive to concrete cultural, social, economic and technological conditions. In the 21st century, the buildings are more than machines for dwelling in. They should be living organisms, capable of interacting with their environment, following the principles of ecology or biology rather than those of mere construction. In effect, a building should be like a tree, which is able to rooting itself in a particular place, generating its own energy, interacting with the natural networks around it and creating complex ecosystems and landscapes together with other trees. The Self-Sufficient Buildings group works on scales that range from the macro-building to the individual home developing principles and techniques that serve to organize the materialization of programmatic nodes of activity based on natural rules and principles. As a result, the building goes beyond being a mere interface for the economic activities it houses to being an environment that stimulates its inhabitants and functions as an active part of the ecosystem in which it is inserted. Buildings also need to respond to specific cultural conditions, and the multicultural global vision that the IaaC represents allows can be applied, via debate and research, to architecture projects anywhere in the world. This group devotes special attention to housing and the new forms of social organization of our time, by way of buildings with shared spaces, or macrobuildings that incorporate all the functions of a city. This group is working to introduce innovative techniques such as local energy generation, the development of self-suffi cient buildings, the incorporation of hydrogen into the building and the use of new materials, responding to each situation with ad-hoc techniques and principles.

MAA 12-13 Social Innovation Incubator A. Sollazzo, A. Diaz de Leon, M. Valenzuela, R. F. Garita

senior faculty: enric ruiz-geli

Digital matter

Intelligent constructions senior faculty: areti markopoulou Today, we are facing a change in paradigm in the field of Architecture. Information Era Technologies and their impacts on architecture are drastically changing, and their relationship calls for new or adapted concepts, where physical space seamlessly intertwines with digital content, and where the language of electronic connections tie in with that of physical connections. We are consequently moving towards a different form of â&#x20AC;&#x153;habitatsâ&#x20AC;?, where architecture is not merely inhabited, but becomes technologically integrated, interactive and evolutional. If computers were once the size of buildings, buildings are now becoming computers, both performative, on I/O Communication protocols, and programmable, at material-molecule nanoscale, or even operational thanks to self-learning genetic algorithms. The methodology of Intelligent Constructions is based on two main paths. On one hand, Intelligent constructions tackles questions regarding Material Intelligence. Smart materials such as shape-memory materials, piezoelectric, thermoelectric or bio-materials able to adjust their properties to different environmental conditions, allow to programme buildings at a nanoscale, and open up a series of applications on an architectural scale and industrial applications. Furthermore, new composite materials that present preset combinations of mechanical properties or multi-functional properties of non-homogeneous materials in shape and composition across a wide range of scales bring forth the exploration of a shift in design culture, taking us to a new level of material awareness. Material Intelligence in combination with Artificial and Computational Intelligence, simulations, sensors, actuators, as well as with bio-mimetic innovations provide revolutionary ideas on growth, adaptability, repair, sensitivity, replication and energy savings in architecture. Should we continue constructing rigid and fixed structures? Or can buildings begin to think? This brings us to the second path investigated through Intelligent Constructions, that of Digital Fabrication. In design, architecture and many other disciplines, Computer Numerically Controlled (CNC) fabrication equipment has given designers unprecedented means for executing formally challenging projects directly from the computer. Digital fabrication gives us the potential and the ability to design and fabricate building components with varied properties of density, translucency, elasticity and much more. Though, until now, Digital Fabrication tools are used by the designers to materialize their design by accessing materials as a library of consistent and physically homogeneous properties. The Intelligent Constructions research line wishes to explore how Digital Fabrication goes beyond assigning material properties into rigid construction components. The group works with digital content, information and fabrication for the generation of new techniques generating the production of 1:1 scale architectural components and prototypes.

design with nature senior faculty: javier pena - rodrigo rubio The IAAC in its commitment to the promotion and advancement of habitability in the world from ecological principles and using all technologies and resources at its disposal has created a research centre of international standing about self-sufficiency, the Valldaura Self Sufficient Labs. Valldaura Self Sufficient Labs is a new concept for sustainability established by IAAC, its aim is to create a sustainable, consciously designed ecology using both cutting-edge technology and traditional craftmanship. Bio-structures Design Studio centres in Valldaura Self Sufficient Labs with the goal to create an opportunity to learn directly from nature in order to bring knowledge to the regeneration of XXI century cities. The course aims to teach students how to design and build self-sustaining habitats, by interweaving the most advanced design, manufacture and distribution means with the most traditional techniques for manipulating matter, energy and environmental interaction. In nature, every organism has to be as efficient as possible with its use of resources. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no way an organism can use more energy than it produces. Design with Nature investigates: -how biomimetic innovations could be applied in architectural structures providing revolutionary ideas on growth, repair, sensitivity, replication and energy savings in architecture -finding pragmatic ways to blur the line between manmade construction and nature with- for instance- the renaturalization of cities, where commercial rooftops and old industrial infrastructure are repurposed into a living part of

the built environment. -new ways of growing the city for the creation of living and active public spaces -self sufficient systems to be applied in architecture and urbanism based on the circle of water,energy, matter and information -new living building materials (biological and intelligent) Students will learn to rethink and produce in a wide range of scales, prototyping simple daily-life objects out of local materials and self-generated energy, to collaboratively produce permanent environmental structures that promote the conservation and wise use of the territory. Within this course architects, designers, biologists and other scientists will rethink how are cities and buildings mesh with the natural world using technological innovation coupled with inspiration from the biological processes of nature. Valldaura Self Sufficient Labs Research Centre is a place at the forefront of developing a new concept of habitability which places people as the centre of all actions.Local selfsufficiency is promoted in the use of the environment and the expansion of knowledge is promoted through participating in global information networks for sharing and generating progress. It has the support of the Avanza program of the Science and Technology Ministry, with companies such as Endesa, Cisco and Roca and centres of education such as MIT, Sci-arc and the UPC.

Geodesic Dome - MAA 2010 Valldaura Labs

FabLab House-Solar Decathlon Europe IAAC MAA 2010

Advanced interaction Thinking and developing interaction: Today it is difficult to imagine a discipline without any technological element implicated in it; in fact, this is perhaps what defines us: we are technological entities and is the use of technology that, for better or for worse, defines us. The Research line in Advanced Interaction counts with students coming from diverse disciplines and is based on the analysis and design of devices and inactive systems, oriented to any professional discipline in which the use of technology appears as a necessity. The methodology proposed is based on research, experimentation, and analysis of the use of technology in our society. For the spoken reason, special value is given to the development of these projects that have as main purpose the improvement of the quality of life of all habitats existing on this planet. Using some of the most current routines within the design of software and hardware, students are provided with the tools that are basis of the design and the development of the interaction. The group of Advanced Interaction explores creative uses of technology for experimental and practical purposes. The learning-by-doing research integrates methods used in design, programming and social sciences to produce projects, prototypes and products that will define the outer limits of what is possible to do imaginatively with technology today. Barcelona Hub: Barcelona, the city that has historically been recognized as an international benchmark for design, architecture and urbanism, now stands as the world capital of the mobile. Our city is creating a multi-disciplinary ecosystem of companies that favors cross-industry collaboration in the development of innovative solutions and provides them with the resources necessary for them to deploy their mobile strategies in Barcelona. Mobile World Hub, industrial heart of the MW Capital, will be where this ecosystem takes shape. In this urban laboratory, the students will be able to live and to experience big technological advances.

DeafDrops - IAAC 2012 Antanaityte Gerda

senior faculty: carlos gomez

Geodesic Dome - MAA 2010 Valldaura Labs

MASTER IN ADVANCED ARCHITECTURE The Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia offers a three-term and a six-term Masterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s program in Architecture and Urbanism accredited by the Universidad PolitĂ¨cnica de Catalunya. Institute and Master Program Directors, together with the teaching staff, are committed to a long-term prospectus of creating an international research and academic centre in Barcelona, bringing together international students, tutors and researchers from different fields in order to materialize experimental forms of communication, inhabitation and planning. The program is oriented at graduates who wish to commit and develop their design research skills in the

MAA01: 75 ECTS, 1 year

MAA02: 130 ECTS, 2 years

context of new forms of practice within architecture and urbanism, ranging from large-scale environments to tectonic details. Over the last ten years, the IAAC has received students from more than 33 countries, including China, the UK, the USA, Australia, the Dominican Republic, Mexico, Argentina, Puerto Rico, Ecuador, Peru, Germany, Iraq, Thailand, Turkey, India, Poland, Cyprus, Portugal, Italy, Greece, Spain, Guatemala, Bangladesh, Colombia,Korea and more making it an exceptionally international and multicultural place.

PROGRAM MAA 15-16

PROGRAM ORGANIZATION The Master in Advanced Architecture is an innovative educational format that offers interdisciplinary skills and understanding through the researching of territorial, architectural and parametric design operations for the production of Self-sufficient Habitats. Proposing a dynamic, customized structure, the Institute gives students the opportunity to create single or multi-scalar Studio agendas based on their academic interests within the programme. In this way, the IAAC puts together an experimental and learning environment for the training of architects with both theoretical and practical responses to the increasing complexity of contemporary urban environments, economic forces, information flows, fast-growing cities and massive energy consumption and waste production. With 7 day access to the IAAC Studio working space and its prototypes fabrication lab, students have the opportunity to be part of a highly international group, including faculty members, researchers and lecturers, in which they are encouraged to develop collective decision-making processes and materialize their project ideas. The aim of the Institute is to form graduates who, after the completion of the programme, will be able to develop their acquired skills in a diversity of professional environments, engaging in projects that range from large scale sustainable planning and building construction to the industrialized fabrication of architectural components. The Master in Advanced Architecture comprises the following elements: 1. Introductory Courses IC 2. Research Studios RS 3. Development Studios DS 4. Workshop Seminars S 5. General Workshop W 6. Open Thesis Fabrication OTF (+25ECTS credits optional) 7. Lecture Series LS

The program is organized in four plus one (4+1) phases: - Phase 1: Introductory Term (20 ECTS credits) - Phase 2: Research Studios and Workshop Seminars (19 ECTS credits) - Phase 3: Development Studios and Workshop Seminars (19 ECTS credits) - Phase 4: General Workshop and Final Studio development (15 ECTS credits) - Phase 5: Open Thesis Fabrication (25 ECTS credits, optional). - Lecture Series (along the year) (2 ECTS credits)

PHASE 1 (20 ECTS CREDITS) INTRODUCTORY TERM The 10-week introductory Phase provides a common grounding of knowledge and skills to new IAAC students. It is a formative platform structured by a Design Project and four complementary courses anticipating ideas that will appear during the programme in relation to self-sufficiency, design strategies, innovative forms of planning and contemporary culture. A toolbox of both, theoretical and practical skills for further research work PHASE 1 COURSES AND CREDITS: IS. Introductory Studio (8 ECTS credits) IC1. Introductory Course 1_Practise Fabrication (3 ECTS credits) IC3. Introductory Course 2_Practise Fabrication (3 ECTS credits) IC4. Introductory Course 3_Theory Concepts, (3 ECTS credits) IC5. Introductory Course 4_Digital Tools: (3 ECTS credits)

PHASE 2 (19 ECTS CREDITS) RESEARCH STUDIOS AND SEMINARS Phase 2 is an Open Educational Structure where the students attend a Research Studio and 1 obligatory seminar engadged with the studio plus 2 Seminars among 3 Optional Seminars that they choose according to their academic interests. Phase 2 is focused in three different scales of investigation: territorial, architectural and parametric design. PHASE 2 COURSES AND CREDITS: RS. Research Design Studio (10 ECTS credits) S1. Seminar 1_Practise Fabrication (3 ECTS credits) S2. Seminar 2_Theory Concepts (3 ECTS ) S3. Seminar 3_Theory Instruments (3 ECTS ) S4. Seminar 4_Digital Tools (3 ECTS ) S5. Seminar 5_Digital Tools (3 ECTS ) S6. Seminar 6_Digital Tools (3 ECTS ) Please note: The distribution of students for the Research Studios and Seminars of Phase 2 is done according to the obtained grades acquired in the MAA Phase 1.

PHASE 3 (19 ECTS CREDITS) DEVELOPMENT STUDIOS AND SEMINARS Phase 3 is an Open Educational Structure where the students attend the Development Studio and 1 obligatory seminar engadged with the studio, plus 2 Seminars among 3 Optional Seminars that they choose according to their academic interests. At Phase 3 students are required to attend 1 Development Studio (the one corresponding to the Research Studio which they attended during the Phase 2) and 3 Seminars. PHASE 3 COURSES AND CREDITS DS. Development Design Studio (10 ECTS credits) S7. Seminar 7_Practise Fabrication (3 ECTS ) S8. Seminar 8_Practise Fabrication (3 ECTS ) S9. Seminar 9_Practise Fabrication (3 ECTS ) S10. Seminar 10_Theory Instruments (3 ECTS ) S11. Seminar 11_Digital Tools (3 ECTS ) S12. Seminar 12_Digital Tools (3 ECTS ) Please note: The distribution of students for the Research Studios and Seminars of Phase 2 is done according to the obtained grades acquired in the MAA Phase 2.

PHASE 4 (15 ECTS CREDITS) DEVELOPMENT STUDIO PROJECT/ GENERAL WORKSHOP Phase 4 focuses on the extended research of the Development Studio Project of Phase 3 (13 ECTS credits). The students during this period have the opportunity intergrate to their projects more in depth issues related to the self-suffi ciency agenda, as well as the inherent material, organizational and spatial complexities determined by the chosen working scale and the experience gained during the yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s programme. The transversal workshop (2 ECTS credits) offered by the Master programme is a short term intensive experience, in which the students work together on collective projects organized by local or invited international tutors. Note: According to academic objectives the transversal workshop could take place either in Phase 4 or in any other phase during the academic year.

MAA 15-16 PHASE 01 DESIGN STUDIO AND INTRODUCTORY SEMINARS IS.INTRODUCTORY STUDIO Introductory project on the logics of self organized forms. By means of an intensive model-making and prototyping agenda this course will explore morphological, growth and evaluative processes observed nature. Setting up rules for material organization and performance, these organisms will be re-interpreted in their generative nature and extrapolated into artificial physical forms.

The course will give them the opportunity to test some of these processes, using the machines available at IAAC (CNC lasercut, CNC milling and 3D Printing). Besides the development of technical skills, the ultimate goal of the course is to inquiry how these new fabrication methods are changing the language of design, while challenging the traditional architectural process from conception to construction.

INTRODUCTORY COURSE 2 THEORY CONCEPTS (3 ECTS Credits)

INTRODUCTORY COURSE 1 DIGITAL FABRICATION (3 ECTS Credits)

The Digital Fabrication introductory course is intended to initiate students in the use of advanced digital design methods and fabrication processes in an integrated way, to make physical things from virtual data. It will focus on the design, development of construction of full scale prototypes in a variety of materials, focusing on the transition between computer modeling and materialization. Students will be introduced to the different digital fabrication processes available in the market with a series of comprehensive lectures, including discussions on specifi c case-studies. In the class, they will be guided through the use of Rapid Prototyping and CAD-CAM fabrication devices, by following design assignments specifically conceived to develop their skills.

This seminar course brings together a series of seminal essays on architecture by key thinkers of the twentieth century. In so doing it attempts to show that there is a consistent body of critical thought on architecture that exists outside of mainstream architectural discourse, which offers an effective means of critiquing that discourse. The seminar course covers the key intellectual traditions of thinking in the twentieth century: Modernism, Phenomenology, Structuralism, Poststructuralism and Postmodernism.

INTRODUCTORY COURSE 3 DIGITAL TOOLS (3 ECTS Credits)

In this introductory course we will survey contemporary design tools in order to enable 3D and 2D strategies for design and representation. The tools utilized in this course will facilitate several issues including introducing common platforms for collaboration as well as exposing the student to potentially new workflows and design environments. The primary focus of the class will involve learning 3D modelling with McNeel’s Rhinoceros v4. The adoption of Rhino as the main 3D tool deals with its ability to interface with many different file formats. In many ways Rhino will act as the bridge between many applications, 3D and 2D alike. Rhino also has a rich list of plug-ins and other methods by which to extend its capabilities. Finally, Rhino has a vast community of users, thus allowing for various ways to seek help, find example files, and share the work completed in the class. There are a multitude of other tools that will be utilized throughout the course in order to complement the main 3D and 2D software packages. These tools include plug-ins for the main tools and small applications. Throughout the entire course it is expected that students use the IAAC Blogging system to discuss their work progress. Blogging will also be introduced early on in the course.

INTRODUCTORY COURSE 4 PRACTISE REPRESENTATION (3 ECTS Credits)

Context interventions take place on inscription documents where the architecture designs are negotiated. The change of paradigm from the “modern agreement” (based in anthropocentric principles) to an amplified and networked present time implies a necessary revision of the systems of inscription and the techniques of (re)presentation as the necessary tools to (re) construct the context. Our installation, as cartographers, determines our possibilities of managing the context information and of gaining access to its topological configuration. The construction of every cultural context gets registered and materialized in the maps. It emerges through efficient rhetorical strategies over these surfaces of inscription. These strategies become the conditions of possibility of: the organization of the context information, the mobilization of circular references, the contemporary archive systems, the data gathering, the critic of the common categories, the pragmatic structures, the links between the actors involved, the socialization of the entities, the increase of being. The maps do not re-present the context. They are neither literal nor mechanical adjustments to an external world. They activate links, actions and neighbourhood agreements that advance unprecedented strategies that transform the space. Through the maps we shall (re)produce the context. But also, through the maps, the context will (re)produce us.

MAA 15-16 PHASE 02 RESEARCH STUDIOS AND SEMINARS OBLIGATORY SEMINAR 1,2,3,4,5 (3 ECTS credits) Seminars 1-5 (Computational Design Seminars) are obligatory Seminars related with the five Research Studios. The seminars are focused to provide expertise in the research objectives of the Studio class

SEMINAR WORKSHOP 8 FABRICATION (3 ECTS credits) Seminar 8 is part of a series of seminars related with digital and personal fabrication. The focus will be towards advanced CAD/CAM technologies, DIY thinking, local fabrication as well as open source and collaborative design.

NOTE: Apart from the obligatory Seminars 1,2,3,4 and 5 all students will be requested to choose 2 more seminars from Workshop Seminars 6,7 , 8 and 9.

SEMINAR WORKSHOP 9 DESIGN (3 ECTS credits) Seminar 9 is part of a series of seminars related with design and digital tools. The focus will be towards advanced design strategies and their intephase with digital intelligence.

SEMINAR WORKSHOP 6 ENERGY (3 ECTS credits) Seminar 6 is part of a series of seminars related with environmental design and sustainability concepts. The focus will be towards energy analysis, parametric softwares of solar analysis and production of prototypes able to capture energy and perform in a self sufficient mode. SEMINAR WORKSHOP 7 INFORMATION (3 ECTS credits) Seminar 7 is part of a series of seminars related with information of all types from geographical information to code information. From Bits to Geography. The focus will be towards specific software, parametric design and digital tools as well as interaction and new embaded technologies to objects or buildings.

MAA 15-16 PHASE 03 DEVELOPMENT STUDIOS AND SEMINARS OBLIGATORY SEMINAR 10-15 (3 ECTS credits) Seminars 10-15 (Computational Design Seminars) are obligatory Seminars related with the five Development Studios. The seminars are focused to provide computational expertise in the development of the Studio class.

SEMINAR WORKSHOP 18 FABRICATION (3 ECTS credits) Seminar 18 is part of a series of seminars related with digital and personal fabrication. The focus will be towards advanced CAD/CAM technologies, DIY thinking and producing,local fabrication as well as open source and collaborative design

NOTE: Apart from the obligatory Seminars 10,11,12,13,14 and 15 all students will be requested to choose 2 more seminars from Workshop Seminars 16,17,18 and 19

SEMINAR WORKSHOP 19 RESEARCH TRIP (3 ECTS credits) Seminar 19 will be developed as part of the MAA Research Trip (optional), or related activities.

SEMINAR WORKSHOP 16 ENERGY (3 ECTS credits) Seminar 16 is part of a series of seminars related with environmental design and sustainability concepts. The focus will be towards energy analysis, parametric softwares of solar analysis and production of prototypes able to capture energy and perform in a self sufficient mode. SEMINAR WORKSHOP 17 INFORMATION (3 ECTS credits) Seminar 17 is part of a series of seminars related with information of all types. From geographical information to programming code information. From Bits to Geography. The focus will be towards specifi c software, parametric design and digital tools as well as interaction and new embaded technologies to objects or buildings.

MAA 15-16 PHASE 04 DEVELOPMENT STUDIOS WORKSHOP PHASE4 (15 ECTS credits) MASTER DESIGN PROJECT GENERAL WORKSHOP

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Phase 4 focuses on the extended research of the Development Studio Project of Phase 3 (13 ECTS credits). The students during this period have the opportunity intergrate to their projects more in depth issues related to the self-sufficiency agenda, as well as the inherent material, organizational and spatial complexities determined by the chosen working scale and the experience gained during the yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s programme. The transversal workshop (2 ECTS credits) offered by the Master programme is a short term intensive experience, in which the students work together on collective projects organized by local or invited international tutors. Note: According to academic objectives the transversal workshop could take place either in Phase 4 or in any other phase during the academic year.

open thesis fabrication OTF PROGRAM 2015-25ECTS CREDITS In design and architecture, Computer Nu- merically Controlled (CNC) fabrication equipment has given designers unprecedented means for executing formally challenging projects directly from the computer. The impact of digital production in these fields allows the production of complex geometries and opens up a wide field of research and experimentation. IAAC, through the Open Thesis Fabrication (OTF) agenda, is placing a new emphasis on translating research into technologies that can address pressing social, environmental and economic needs by promoting and powering innovation. Success in innovation appears to entail working closely with the industry, in both basic and applied research simultaneously. Thus, the OTF program emerges as an intensive applied research platform that combines academy and industry seeking for the development of innovative solutions in a wide range of fields (architecture, design, contsruction, interaction, technology etc). The program focuses on the development and completion of full scale prototypes using advanced CNC machinery, applying experimental materials and testing smart energy solutions. TEACHING STAFF Consultants and reviewers will be guests from all over the world specialised in the fi eld of digital design, fabrication and manufacturing. PROGRAM STRUCTURE/CALENDAR The OTF program will be structured for a total duration of 16 weeks, from September to December. Participants without prior experience in digital fabrication will be given the opportunity to take an intensive 1-week introductory workshop in the Fab-Lab BCN, which will support the development of material constructions within the duration of the program. Within the duration of the OTF program, several parallel activities will be proposed and organized, with the objective to provide participants a wider vision on the specific applications and the scope of professional realities concerning digital production techniques. These may include: _Factory / Institutional visits _Building / Construction Site visits _Exhibitions visits _Events / Special Lectures All activities are obligatory.

COLLABORATIVE COMPANIES The program seeks to develop projects that could possibly continue developing in collaboration with Industry Companies. Therefore,representatives of several companies will be participating in the program following the projects. Some of the collaborative companies are: KUKA (Robotic Technologies Manufacturer) www.kuka.es CRICURSA (Complex Glass Manufacturer) www.cricursa .com SANTA&COLE (Urban Furniture) www.santacole.com DUPONT (Corian Manufacturer) www.dupont.com STORA ENSO (Wood Supplier) www.storaenso.com BREINCO (Concrete Products) www.breincobluefuture.com CERĂ&#x20AC;MICA CUMELLA (Ceramics Products) www.cumella.cat PROGRAM RESEARCH AGENDA Participants of the OTF Program will be asked to choose an individual research topic, based on the following: 1. 3D printing in Architectural Construction 2. Intelligent Building Constructions 3. Smart Urban Elements

AIMAT The program is aimed at graduates and professionals from a variety of compatible fields, such as: Architecture, Engineering, Design, Fine Arts, Landscape Architecture Open Thesis Fabrication is also aimed at: - Fab Academy Diploma Graduates - Professionals with ITC application interests

Exoskeleton, Joel Letkemann OTF 2010

LANGUAGE OF TEACHING English

MAA 15-16 LECTURE SERIES LECTURE PROGRAMME (-2 ECTS credits) Since 2000 the Masterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s in Advanced Archi- tecture runs an international lecture programme in which architects and experts from a variety of disciplines present their work at IAAC. The lectures are open to public. Some of the Guest Lecturers for Lecture Se- ries of previous 2 years were: _ Shigeru Ban _ Nicholas Negroponte _ Eric Owen Moss _ Michel Rojkind _ Matthias Kohler _ Peter Eisenman _ Farshid Moussavi _ Bjarke Ingels _ Peter Cook _ Ben Van Berkel _ Gunter Pauli _ Enric Ruiz-Geli _ Thom Mayne _ Matthias Kohler _ Jelle Feringa _ Carlo Ratti _ Jane Burry _ Mike Weinstoch _ Julian Vincent _ Josep MiĂ s _ Lucy Mushgrane _ Yona Friedman _ John Palmesino and Hernan Diaz Alonso _ Brett Steele _ Mette Thompsen _ Benjamin Ball _ Mariano Marzo _ Fabian Scheurer _ Neil Leach _ Dominique Perrault

PAST LECTURE SERIES PREVIOUS LECTURERS Shigeru Ban, Michel Rojkind, Matthias Kohler, Peter Eisenman, Farshid Moussavi, Bjarke Ingels, Peter Cook, Ricardo Bofill, Ben Van Berkel, Gunter Pauli, Enric Ruiz-Geli, Brett Steele, Pepe Ballesteros, Laura Cantarella, Santiago Cirugeda Parejo, Luca Galofaro, Lourdes García Sogo, Adriaan Geuze, Xaveer de Geyter, Toyo Ito, Francisco Jarauta, Young Joon Kim, Kamiel Klaasse, Anne Lacaton, Duncan Lewis, Greg Lynn, Winy Maas, Josep Lluís Mateo, Fernando Menis,

Alfredo Payá, Jaime Salazar, Max Sanjulián, Charles Renfro, Amadeu Santacana, Carlos Sant’Ana, Kelly Shannon, Alejandro Zaera, José María Torres Nadal, Mark Wigley, Yung Ho Chang, ILSA & Andreas Ruby, Jacub Szczesny, Jou Min Lin, Lucy Bullivant, Momoyo Kaijima, Manuel Bailo + Rosa Rull, Andres Cánovas, Andrés Jaque, Carlos Arroyo, Angel Borrego, Colectivo Zuloark, Ana Salinas, Maria Auxiliadora Galvez, Isabela Wieczorek, Ecosistema Urbano, Claudia Pasquero,

Marco Poletto, Bernhard Franken, Sabine Müller, Bostian Vuga, Axel Kilian, Benedetta Tagliabue, Alejandro Gutierrez, Juan Herreros, Winka Dubbeldam, Hanif Kara, Neil Leach, Minsuk Cho, Alfonso Vegara, Behrok Khoshnevis, Stephen Wolfman, Caterina Tiazzoldi, Jaime Lerner, Massimiliano Fuksas, Rajendra Kumar, Ariadna Alvarez Garreta, Manuel de Landa, and many others.

FAB LAB BARCELONA WHAT IS A FAB LAB? Digital Fabrication Laboratories, Fab Labs, are a platform for cooperation between people and organizations from different countries around the world. Fab labs are conceived and designed to encourage the idea that anyone can fabricate/make anything anywhere in the world by sahring technological and social knowledge and by using machines of digital manufacturing. The project emerged from a program launched by The Center for Bits and At- oms (CBA) of MIT and is led by physicist Neil Gershenfeld (director of CBI). The project of Fab Labs has extended from laboratories in downtown Boston to rural India, South Africa, Norway, Spain, Afghanistan, Kenya and more. All Fab Labs work in coordination through the Internet and a video conference network, and they meet annually in a global event. The Fab Lab programme explores how the content of information relates to physical representation. The Fab Labs are laboratories of personal digital fabrication in which it is possible to make almost anything, from a computer measuring 1 cm by 1 cm to an intelligent house. These labs are distributed in various parts of the world and connected to each other by way of the Internet and video conferencing, which allows the sharing of experiences and with it the creation of a network of distributed knowledge. The Fab Labs use advanced techniques and technologies which are being made acces- sible to everyone. They are equipped with state-of-the-art equipment such as laser cutters, 3-dimensional printers and milling machines and electronic components for creating artificial intelligence.

IAAC develops different research and special projects along the Academic Year. Students will be asked to participate in some of those initiatives in parallel to their studies. The Fab Lab House is a new generation Fab Lab home whose goal is to not industrialize but allow any person to manufacture anywhere in the world, from the platform of Fab Labs, or fabrication laboratories. The production methodology of the house is founded in a structure fabricated from common materials sourced globally (plywood panels, etc.), and in the use of locally found machinery (laser cutting and/or milling ma- chine). It is definitely a very affordable housing solution, designed with a combination of simple construction, geometric sophistication and technological wealth, both in its creation as an energy system as well as in the active and passive management of the house. It was produced in 2010 for the Solar De- cathlon Europe. IAAC is also developing the project ENERGRID with the Spanish power company ENDESA in order to develop â&#x20AC;&#x153;the Internet of Energyâ&#x20AC;?. Prototypes of this system will be developed in IAAC during the following months and finally they will be brought in Can Valldaura House. In November 2011 IAAC has produced its second Solar House in collaboration with ENDESA and within the Smart City Expo Congress 2011. The last 2 years IAAC is also working in the project City Protocol, a project about defining the criteria to evaluate the performance of the cities with the goal for more sustainable cities. Other projects developed by IAAC are exhibitions, such as the Fabrication Laboratory exhibition at the Disseny Hub Barcelona.

Fab Lab House, June 2010, Solar Decathlon Europe 2010

WHAT IS A FAB LAB?

Solar House 2.0, Smart City Expo 2011

IAAC SPECIAL PROJECTS

Solar House 2.0, Smart City Expo 2011

Hyperhabitat-Reprogramming the World, Venice Biennale

Smart Citizen 2012

VALLDAURA CAMPUS SELF SUFFICIENT LABS IAAC FOREST CAMPUS Valldaura Campus - Self Sufficient Labs is a research center for self-sufficient habitats, located on an historic 130 hectare farm in the Collserola Natural Park, twenty minutes from downtown Barcelona. It is powered by the IAAC with the support of the “Avanza Plan”, the MIT YC and several organizations and companies. Can Valldaura has an interesting history: it is the place which in the XII century hosted the first Cister Monastery of Catalonia. La- ter, it became a royal hunting palace, becoming an independent municipality that includes Mataró, and finally it ended up being a farm. Our project promotes a process of nature conservation and rehabilitation of architectural and landscape heritage. To develop the conservation estate, a special plan to improve the property was presented, including forestry, agriculture, livestock, heritage and environmental and functional aspects. The “Masía Can Valldarura” was built in 1888 with an agricultural structure, a system of irrigation and forest management, that will be restored. The project will take place in several phases and will be developed in three areas: a research center located near the farmhouse, a restaurant and event center located near Cerdanyola Road, where the Can Valldaura Restaurant stands now, and an historical center that will develop a program of archaeological research. The Self-Sufficient Habitat Center establis- hes the relationship of Man, Environment and Planet defined as “self-connected man.” We promote education and research programs for people of all ages, in a multidisciplinary environment that seeks to become an international benchmark. Within the Valldaura environment, research and action will be undertaken on food, energy and objects, the three basics needs that humans require to be self sufficient. Activities will also take place related to recovering ancestral knowledge on management of resources we have in our environment, as well as sharing knowledge globally through information networks. The inauguration will took place on December 4, 2012, coinciding with the day it was founded in 1150.

applications rEQUIRED DOCUMENTS AND TUITION FEES APPLICATION AND SELECTION To apply for a place in one of IaaC’s programs you must fill out the online application form and submit digitally the following documents: - Letter of intent (maximum two pages DIN A4 format) - Copy of (valid) passport - Legalized copy of the applicant’s University degree (Bachelor or higher degree from different professions) The legalisation should be done according to the country of origin of the applicant. -An Official Translation to Spanish of your diploma (all the others documents should be in English) - Two letters of recommendation - Portfolio containing representative samples of design work (academic and / or professional). The portfolio should not exceed 8MB in DIN A4 format. - Curriculum Vitae - A non-refundable application fee of 120€, payable by bank transfer to: Bank: Santander Agency: 6784 IBAN: ES58 0049 6784 3424 1615 3702 BIC/SWIFT: BSCHESMM Holder: Institut d’Arquitectura Avançada de Catalunya Note: Make sure that bank transferring SUBJECT is the applicant’s name, and not the person who orders the transfer. Also make sure to select the SWITF instructions code “OUR” when ordering the bank transfer. This means that you have to pay the transfer charges

TUITION FOR STUDENTS ATTENDING THE MAA_01 (9months, 75ECTS) Tuition for the year 2015/2016 is 17,400€. The selected candidates must send to the Institute a scanned proof of a down payment of 2,500€ to confirm participation, maximum 4 weeks after their acceptance. The remaining part of the tuition fee (14,900€) may be paid either in one or two instalments, 60% (8,940€), before September 1st, 2015 and 40% (5,960€) before December 1st, 2015. All payments must be paid by bank transfer only to: Bank: Santander Agency: 6784 Address: Via Augusta, 182. CP 08021. Barcelona. Spain CCC: 0049 6784 34 2416153702 IBAN en formato electrónico: ES58 0049 6784 3424 1615 3702 BIC/SWIFT: BSCHESMM Holder: Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia Note: Make sure that bank transferring SUB- JECT is the applicant’s name, and not the person who orders the transfer. Also make sure to select the SWITF instructions code “OUR” when ordering the bank transfer. This means that you have to pay the transfer charges.

TUITION FOR STUDENTS ATTENDING MAA_01 AND OPEN THESIS FABRICATION (75ECTS +25 ECTS) The tuition for the Students that will decide to enter both the Master in Advanced Architecture and the Open Thesis Fabrication program for the year 2015/2016 is 22.800€. The selected candidates must send to the Institute a scanned proof of a down payment of 2,800€ to confirm participation, maximum 4 weeks after their acceptance. The remaining part of the tuition fee (20,000€) may be paid either in one or two installments, 60% (12,000€), before September 1st, 2015 and 40% (8,000€) before December 1st, 2015. All payments must be paid by bank transfer only to: Bank: Santander Agency: 6784 Address: Via Augusta, 182. CP 08021. Barcelona. Spain CCC: 0049 6784 34 2416153702 IBAN en formato electrónico: ES58 0049 6784 3424 1615 3702 BIC/SWIFT: BSCHESMM Holder: Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia Note: Make sure that bank transferring SUBJECT is the applicant’s name, and not the person who orders the transfer. Also make sure to select the SWITF instructions code “OUR” when ordering the bank transfer. This means that you have to pay the transfer charges

TUITION FOR STUDENTS ATTENDING THE MAA_02 (18months,130ECTS) Tuition for the year 2015/2017 is 28,500€. The selected candidates must send to the Institute a scanned proof of a down payment of 3,000€ to confirm participation, maximum 4 weeks after their acceptance. The remaining part of the tuition fee (25,500€) may be paid either in one installment; or divide it into 3 installments: 35% (8,925€) before September 1st, 2015; 30% (7,650€) before December 1st, 2015 and 35% (8,925€) before September 1st, 2016. All payments must be paid by bank transfer only to: Bank: Santander Agency: 6784 Address: Via Augusta, 182. CP 08021. Barcelona. Spain CCC: 0049 6784 34 2416153702 IBAN en formato electrónico: ES58 0049 6784 3424 1615 3702 BIC/SWIFT: BSCHESMM Holder: Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia Note: Make sure that bank transferring SUB- JECT is the applicant’s name, and not the person who orders the transfer. Also make sure to select the SWITF instructions code “OUR” when ordering the bank transfer. This means that you have to pay the transfer charges.

more STUDY EXPENSES Study-related expenses such as the purchase of books, graphic reproduction, printing and model- making are not included in the tuition fee. For field trips and excursions an individual financial contribution may be required. MATERIALS Students are expected to bring their ownly a laptop computer no more than two years old, with the following specifications: PIV at 2.4 GHz (or similar in the case of an AMD processor). 1024 Mb RAM. WIFI Internet connection. 1280 x 1024 screen display resolution. NON EUROPEAN STUDENTS Non-european students accepted to the program are advised to contact the nearest Spanish Embassy to start the visa procedure. Be aware that the application procedure for a student visa can take up to 3 months. MEDICAL INSURANCE Participants are responsible for their own health insurance and other personal insurance. It is mandatory to acquire a Medical Insu- rance to cover your stay here in Barcelona. The Catalan Public Health System does not cover students, and will charge you for any visit or consultation. Please note that the IAAC is not liable for loss or damage to personal belongings.

ACCOMODATION IAAC does not provide accommodation for students, although can provide information and assistance related to rental procedures. IAAC recommends some websites for students looking for information about accommodation options and costs or rental procedures in Barcelona: www.loquo.com www.idealista.com www.easypiso.com www.fotocasa.com www.airnbn.com www.pisocompartido.com www.bcn4students.net www.residencias.eu www.habitatgejove.com www.rentabedroom.com www.melondistrict.com www.habitservei.com

iaac faculty The 15th edition of the MAA emerges as an Innovative Structure focusing on 5 select Research Lines (Intelligent Cities, Self Sufficient Buildings, Digital Matter, Design with Nature, Advanced Interaction) all led by internationally renound experts, and mixing students and faculty from different disciplines and origines, towards the creation of a Networked Hub for Research and Innovation for the Habitability of the XXIst Century. Some of the IAAC renound faculty are: Research and Development Studios: Manuel Gausa (Architect) Willy Muller (Architect) Areti Markopoulou (Architect) Enric Ruiz-Geli (Architect) Hernan Diaz Alonso (Architect) Mette Ramsgard Thompsen (Architect) Luis Fraguada (Architect) Mireia Luzárraga (Architect) Claudia Pasquero (Architect) Marco Poletto (Architect) Javier Peña (Architect) Rodrigo Rubio (Architect) Silvia Bures (Biologist) Xavi Gonzales (Interaction Designer) Carlos Gomez (Interaction Designer) Alex Posada (Telecommunication Engineer) Guillem Camprodon (Computer Scientist) Seminars: Vicente Guallart (Architect) Neil Leach (Architect) Dennis Dollens (Architect) Lluís Viu Rebés (Architect) Jordi Pages Ramon (Architect) Enrico Dini (Engineer)

Manja van de Worp (Engineer) Silvia Brandi (Architect) Josep Mias (Architect) Tomas Diez (Urbanist) Maite Bravo (Architect) Edouard Cabay (Architect) Alexandre Dubor (Architect) Anastasia Pistofidou (Architect) Ricardo Devesa (Architect) Fabian Scheurer (Computer Scientist) Marc Viader (Architect,Computer Scientist) David Dalmazzo (Computer Scientist) Valérie Bergeron (Architect) Victor Arribas (Material Engineer) Spyros Stavoravdis (Architect) Gonzalo Delacámara (Economist) Mathilde Marengo (Architect) Pablo Ros (Architect) José Ballesteros (Architect) George Jeronimidis (Architect) Tom Pawlofsky (Architect) Petr Novikov (Architect) Sasha Jokic (Architect) Dave Pigram (Architect) Iain Maxwell (Architect) Cristobal Castilla (Designer) Gerard Passola (Ecologist,Biologist) Julian Vincent (Biologist) Pierre Belanger (Achitect/Urbanist) Michel Rojkind (Architect) Michael Knauss (Architect) Cristina Sendra (Chemical Engineer) José Pérez de Lama (Architect) Luis Lafuente Molinero (Mathematic) Salvador Rueda (Biologist) Andreu Ulied (Engineer) Christine Otto Kanstinger (Architect) Aaron Betsky (Architect and Critic)

iaac team IAAC FOUNDATION BOARD OF TRUSTEES Oriol Soler, President Andreu Blay, Secretary Francesc Joan Josep Coll (Director UPC School) Robert Brufau (UPC) Sebastiá Sallent (UPC) Ramon Ruiz Francesc Fernandez Willy Müller Lucas Cappelli Rafael Diez Torelló (ROCA) José Maria Milá Mencos (Santa&Cole) Lluís-Xavier Comerón Graupera (COAC) EXECUTIVE BOARD Oriol Soler Lucas Cappelli Ramon Ruiz Andreu Blay Sebastià Sallent

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE Vicente Guallart, President (Architect, Chief City Architect of Barcelona) Nader Tehrani (Architect, Director MIT School Architecture, Boston) Juan Herreros (Architect, Professor ETSAM, Madrid) Neil Gershenfeld (Physic, Director CBA MIT, Boston) Hanif Kara (Engineer, Director AKT, London) Willy Müller (Director of Barcelona Regional) Aaron Betsky (Architect & Art Critic, Director Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati)

IAAC team Dean Manuel Gausa

Assistant Manager Ana Martí - management@iaac.net

Research & Development Masters Program Director Areti Markopoulou - areti@iaac.net

IaaC Community Luciana Asinari - luciana.asinari@iaac.net

Academic Coordinator Silvia Brandi - coordinator@iaac.net Fab Lab BCN Director Tomas Díez - tomasdiez@iaac.net Fab Lab BCN Coordinator Anastasia Pistofidou -anastasia@fablabbcn.org Fab Lab BCN Manager Luciano Betoldi - luciano@fablabbcn.org Green Fab Lab Managrer _Valldaura Jon Minchin Research & Development Guillem Camprodon - guillem@iaac.net Research & Development Alexandre Dubor - alexandre.dubor@iaac.net Computation Tech Advisor Luis Fraguada - fraguada@iaac.net Comunication & Publications Mathilde Marengo - mathilde.marengo@iaac.net

Secretary Maria Jose Piñeiros- secretary@iaac.net Administration Albert Espada- administration@iaac.net Technical Support Jorge Ramirez Web Master Xavi Gonzalez - xavi@iaac.net Advanced Architecture Contest Lucas Cappelli - lucascappelli@iaac.net Publication Advisor Ramon Prat - ACTAR

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