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1000001 Labs @ the Master in Advanced Architecture 2013/2014

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The Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia invites Luigi Ceccaroni to be part of the international jury board for the final presentations of the Self Sufficient Buildings Research Studio within the Master in Advanced Architecture (MAA13-14). 
MAA Final Presentations take place on the 21st of June in the auditorium of the IAAC Barcelona, from 11:00 to 14:00 and from 15:00 to 18.00.
The Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia is a cutting edge education and research center dedicated to the development of an architecture capable of meeting the worldwide challenges in the construction of habitability in the early 21st century. Based in the 22@ district of Barcelona, one of the world‘s capitals of architecture and urbanism, IAAC is a platform for the exchange of knowledge with faculty and students from over 40 countries. Students work simultaneously on multiple scales (city, building, manufacturing) and in different areas of expertise (ecology, energy, digital manufacturing, new technologies), pursuing their own lines of inquiry on the way to developing an integrated set of skills with which to act effectively in their home country or globally. IAAC has the most advanced digital production laboratory of any educational institution in southern Europe: FabLab Barcelona, with laser cutters, 3D printers, milling machines and a platform for manufacturing electronics.
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Self Sufficient Buildings

Saturday, 21st of June 2014 // 10h00 – 18h00, IaaC Auditorium

 

International Jury Board:

Jaume Coll, ETSAB

Gonzalo Delacámara, IMDEA Agua

José María Torres Nadal, Arquitecturas Torres Nadal

Javier Peña, Xpiral – IAAC Faculty

Luigi Ceccaroni, 1000001 Labs

Rodrigo Rubio, Margen Lab – IAAC Faculty

Silvia Brandi, IAAC Academic Coordinator

 

Tutors:

Enric Ruiz Geli

Mireia Luzárraga

 

Assistants:

Maria Kupstova

Dori Sadan

 

 

Citclops @ the 8th GEO European Projects Workshop

2014.06.12. Luigi Ceccaroni talks about ecological status and its measurement in surface marine waters at the 8th GEO European Projects Workshop taking place in Athens, at the Divani Caravel Hotel, on June 12th, 2014.

Measuring simple indicators, such as transparency and color, contributes to determine the ecological status of surface marine waters. These indicators are related to chlorophyll, algal biomass and organic compounds. To determine the ecological status of surface waters, the quantification of the presence of pollutants, such as accumulations of plastic debris, is also necessary. Currently, transparency and color measures are based on optical imaging, the Secchi-disk depth and the Forel-Ule (FU) scale. Measures of accumulations of plastic debris are based on analysis of images of the sea surface.

To improve the assessment of the ecological status of water bodies, the Citclops (Citizens’ Observatory for Coast and Ocean Optical Monitoring) European action (2012-2015) has developed a mobile application that allows citizens to contribute to measuring water bodies’ optical properties via participatory science.

This event, the 8th GEO European Projects Workshop, brings all those interested in and actively contributing to the Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS) from all over Europe together. Almost 70 talks, structured in 14 plenary and thematic sessions, covers a number of issues of high relevance to the Group on Earth Observations (GEO) and related European earth observation (EO) activities such as, for example, the exploitation of the wealth of GEOSS data and information, the contribution of GEOSS-related projects to the different Societal Benefit Areas (this year with a special focus on Natural Hazards Monitoring and Disaster Management) or the benefits that GEO Global Initiatives can bring to European policy makers and citizens. The first steps taken for the new 10–year Implementation Plan for GEO, Citizen’s contribution to the GEOSS, Horizon 2020 and Copernicus also have an important role in the workshop.