IAAC Lecture Series 2019 Archives - Architecture Walks and Tours in Barcelona

Carlo Ratti Lecture “The Eyes of the City” at IAAC Lecture Series 2019

An architect and engineer by training, Carlo Ratti practices in Italy and teaches at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he directs the Senseable City Lab. He graduated from the Politecnico di Torino and the École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées in Paris, and later earned his MPhil and PhD at the University of Cambridge, UK.

Carlo holds several patents and has co-authored over 250 publications. As well as being a regular contributor to the architecture magazine Domus and the Italian newspaper Il Sole 24 Ore, he has written for the BBC, La Stampa, Scientific American and The New York Times. His work has been exhibited worldwide at venues such as the Venice Biennale, the Design Museum Barcelona, the Science Museum in London, GAFTA in San Francisco, MoMA in New York and MAXXI in Rome.

Carlo has been featured in Esquire Magazine’s ‘2008 Best & Brightest’ list and in Thames & Hudson’s selection of ‘60 innovators’ shaping our creative future. In 2010 Blueprint Magazine included him as one of the ‘25 People Who Will Change the World of Design’, Forbes listed him as one of the ‘Names You Need To Know’ in 2011 and Fast Company named him as one of the ’50 Most Influential Designers in America’.

IAAC Lecture Series 2018/19

22nd of May 2019
Carlo Ratti
MIT Senseable City Lab / Carlo Ratti Associati / IAAC

The Eyes of the City

@ 19.30, IAAC Auditorium
Free and Open to the Public

Carme Pigem Lecture – RCR Arquitectes at IAAC Valldaura Labs

The official opening of the Barcelona Architecture Week will take place next May 9th. On that date, in the exceptional setting of the Valladura Labs, the Pritzker Prize Carme Pigem of RCR Arquitectes will give an open lecture presenting the most representative works of her career.

Aranda, Pigem and Vilalta founded the practice RCR Arquitectes in 1988. Their works range from public and private spaces to cultural venues and educational institutions, and their ability to intensely relate the environment specific to each site is a testament to their process and deep integrity.

Event’s schedule:

18:00 > Valldaura Metro Station – Valldaura Labs bus transfer
18:30 – 19:30 > Carme Pigem Open Lecture
19:30 – 20:30 > Refreshments
20:45 > Valldaura Labs – Valldaura Metro Station bus transfer

The lecture is free and open to the public. The 3,00 € ticket covers the cost of the transportation from the Valldaura Metro Station to the Valldaura Labs.

The Valldaura Labs are located in the Natural Park of Collserola: we kindly ask those attending the lecture to take advantage of the bus service and avoid the use of the private vehicles.

The attendants are asked to take the green metro line and arrive to the Valldaura Metro Station.

The bus to the Valldaura Labs will leave at 18:00 from the parking situated at 230 mt from the metro station, at the roundabout between Paseo de Valldaura and Avenida Estatut de Catalunya.

After the lecture, the bus will leave the Valldaura Labs at 20:45 and bring the attendands back to the roundabout.

Eventbrite registration is mandatory in order to assist to the event. HERE