IAAC – Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia
Global Summer School Program 2025
In person workshop at IAAC, Barcelona
Duration: 7th July – 18th July, 2025
GSS25 Advanced Architecture, Design and Urbanism
Syllabus
Course key topics: Advanced Architecture, Design, Prototyping, Digital Fabrication, Urbanism
The IAAC Summer School offers an intensive, research-oriented workshop that engages participants in the exploration of avant-garde methodologies in architecture, design, and urbanism. Hosted by the Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IAAC) in Barcelona, this in-person program serves as a platform where theory and practice converge to address the pressing challenges of the contemporary built environment.
Based on hands-on and a research-by-design methodology, the program introduces participants in cutting-edge topics such as new narratives for design, digital and robotic fabrication, computational design, material ecologies, and nature-based strategies. The programme is structured around studio work, expert lectures, and critical dialogue, and participants will interrogate the intersection of technology, sustainability, and spatial innovation.
Location
Participants will assist to classes, learn and prototype at the Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IAAC), in the recently created district known as 22@, a focus for companies and institutions oriented toward the knowledge society. The neighbourhood is close to the historic centre, the seafront, the Plaça de les Glòries and the Sagrera APT station, making it one of the most dynamics enclaves in the city.
IAAC Main Hall, Pujades 102, Barcelona (Spain).
Workshop schedule
The detailed schedule of the workshop will be shared with the participants prior to the workshop’s beginning.
Workshop Fee
GSS25 On Site workshop fee is 1200€ for early bird offer within 31st May 2025, final application deadline is 30th June. After that the standard fee of 1500€ will be applicable. It includes all material costs needed for the course. No additional registration fee is required. Flight tickets, accommodation and food are not included in the fee. Each participant should bring his/her own computer with the software installed. Further details about the software will be given to the participants closer to the workshop’s beginning.
IAAC will reserve the right to cancel the on site workshop in case the minimum number of students for the workshop won’t be reached. The GSS coordination ([email protected]) will inform you if this possibility could happen and IAAC will refund the entire fee to the participant.
Accommodation in Barcelona will not be included. IAAC will advise participants on accommodation, if required.
Transportations between IAAC facilities is in charge of IAAC. Upon arrival, participants will be equipped with the IAAC students access card and IAAC welcome kit.
Previous Knowledge / Students background requirements
The GSS25 OnSite workshop is open to creative and innovative people who are interested in fields such as architecture, urban planning, digital fabrication, design, arts searching for a multidisciplinary experience in an international environment. No previous knowledge in parametric softwares is compulsory, any knowledge of Rhino and Grasshopper are welcome. The official language of the course is English.