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Spring 2017 Seminar Visit_Cricursa
As a part of our seminar visits , our spring 2017 students have visited Headquarters of CRICURSA, a leading international producer of curved glass and special laminated architectural glass.
BAC Spring 2017 design studio lecture series_NICOLAS VAUCHER
BAC Spring 2017 lecture series
NICOLAS VAUCHER
Burckhardt+Partner SA
Thursday March 23 at 12:45
BAC, Bruc 59, local
Open to the Public
Born in Geneva, 1965, Nicolas Vaucher studied architecture at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL) where he graduated in 1991. He gained professional experience abroad in Auckland (NZ), New York (Eisenman architects) and in Paris (François Roche).
In 1993, he co-founded BMW architects, winner of the Distinction of Romande architecture 2006 and recognized for the quality of its projects and competition entries.
He became a visiting professor at HEPIA school of architecture in 2007. As an active member of several professional associations, he defends and promotes architectural quality, for both our urban and social environments, convinced that a beautiful city is a city that promotes better living.
Since 2008, he is the Design director for Burckhardt+partner in Suisse romande (French-speaking cantons of Switzerland). He actively develops a common cultural knowledge for urban context and architecture in collaboration with his project teams.
Committee member of the Swiss Architects Federation (FAS) and member of the Swiss Society of Engineers and Architects (SIA) and the Architectural Commission of Geneva (Commission d’architecture de Genève)
Spring 2017 Madrid and Toledo
Some postcards from out travel to Madrid and Toledo with groups from Texas A&M, Clemson and Roger Williams Universities students.
Past Monday, one of the visits was at Arquitectura Viva headquarters. Luis Fernández-Galiano, director of one of the most prestigious European architecture magazine received us and shared with our students secrets of their magazine.
We wish to see our students professional works published here in the near future.
Many thanks Luis Fernández-Galiano, Cuca Flores and all Arquitectura Viva team for this wonderful visit and everyone else and who has received us in their studios, centers and who made part of this trip!
BAC Spring 2017 design studio lecture series_ALEXANDAR IVANCIC
BAC Spring 2017 lecture series
ALEXANDAR IVANCIC
Energy as a Design Driver in Urban Design
Thursday, January 26th at 12:45
BAC, Bruc 59, local
Open to the Public
Aleksandar (Alex) Ivancic
Alex is a mechanical engineer and holds a PhD in Thermal Science. His main professional interest is positioned within energy systems and its environmental impacts, with a particular focus on buildings and urban scale. He is equally committed to teaching, researching, and practicing.
He is currently Senior Consultant at Aiguasol Engineering (Barcelona, Spain). He also serves as a member of the International Keio Institute for Architecture and Urbanism at Keio University (Tokyo). Alex is elected member of the Scientific Society of Serbia. He is member of the editorial team of urbanNext.net
Alex has published more than sixty papers relating to energy systems, urban infrastructures, renewable energies, energy planning and computational fluid dynamics. He also published the book titled EnergyScapes (2010 Gustavo Gili).
Spring 2017 welcome week
We have welcomed students from Texas A&M, Clemson and Roger Williams Universities for another wonderful semester in Barcelona.
Many thanks again to Elton Abbott and Kate Schwennsen for coming to Barcelona to start with us this Spring 2017!
6th edition BAC JAPAN 2017
6th edition BAC JAPAN 2017
Intensive course in Barcelona for Architecture students from Japan.
BARCELONA, SPAIN, SPRING 2017
MARCH 9th 2017 – MARCH30st 2017
Design Studio in Barcelona
“POST OLYMPIC CITY”
Rethinking tourism and maritime sports facility
Theory seminar / Visits to emblematic buildings of BCN /Visits to local professional firms / Optional weekend trips
Early birds discounted registration until January 9th 2017.
Final registration until February 9th 2017
Scholarship applications until February 9th 2017
For more information:
http://www.bacjapan.tumblr.com
contact:
bacjapan@kobfuji.com