In the Latin American architecture and construction context it’s often experienced a communication problem between designers and builders. We have found an interesting opportunity where the use of augmented reality can act upon this issue and facilitate the execution of complex projects. Sometimes builders are finding difficulties in reading the designers indications and often technical guidelines are misunderstood or even skept. Now technology allows to bridge these two positions, designer and builder, where there is no need for blueprints anymore, allowing the constructors to see what they are going to build step by step. By superimposing a computer-generated image on a user’s view of the real world, it is possible to reduce the chances for mistakes and misunderstandings. The advantages of using these augmented tools are numerous, for architecture and product design, complex assembly, hand-on and safety training, and specially the fact that they allow to build complex geometries, to generate new spatial qualities, without the need of expensive robots or cnc machines. This course aim is the exploration of the intersection between design of complex geometries, augmented reality and traditional construction techniques.

IAAC Global Summer School is a full-time two weeks course, 1-14 July 2019, that provides both practical and theoretical knowledge. The program is led by expert tutors, combined with lectures by renowned professionals and academics relevant to the topics to be treated during the course. These will be broadcasted in the different node-cities, all globally connected. Participants will join a global agenda and an international laboratory at their disposal to test their design hypothesis, understanding how design conclusions derived locally can be tested and evolved globally in the different cities where other teams reside.

Global Summer School México 2019 with IAAC Global Summer School managed by the Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia IAAC in collaboration with Centro de Estudios Superiores de Diseño de Monterrey CEDIM, is connecting education and building industry by developing new applications for augmented reality in the construction sector. At the GSS México the participants will be introduced to computational design and augmented fabrication processes to merge the digital world and the built environment. The main digital platform will be Rhino/Grasshopper while the plugin Fologram will be used to establish the AR experience. By working with Microsoft HoloLens, physical prototypes will be constructed in scales 1:1. All participants will be assisted during the whole course by the tutors on digital and physical prototyping sessions.

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