The Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IaaC) launches the digital fabrication summer workshop. The aim of the workshop is to produce an installation focussed on digital fabrication procedures, designed by Guallart Architects, IaaC and the BCN Fab Lab in collaboration with Bestiario that will be presented during the Biennale of Venice.

The Installation Hyperhabitat
Reprogramming the World, will reproduce, in 1:1 scale, a youth dwelling with sharing spaces. It will be fabricated with acrilic and interconnected with informational systems to the networks and urban systems from bigger scales. Multimedia designers, software and hardware programmers, designers and other kind of experts will participate for the production of the installation.

Participation: Architects and students of architecture or design with computer design skills will be admitted.

Aim: The aim will be to fabricate items for the installation, based on digital fabrication, laser cutter machines and other techniques taught during the workshop.

Phases: The workshop is subdivided in three stages
07 - 19 July 2008: Workshop 01
21 July - 02 August 2008: Workshop 02
04 - 11 August 2008: Assembly Workshop (Venice)

Each sub-workshop will be composed by 20 participants. The workshop is subdivided in two workshops of two weeks each one. The applicants can choose to participate in one or both sub-workshops. Among both sub-workshops participants, five people maximum will be selected to travel to Venice for the Assembly Workshop.

Registration Deadline: 25 June 2008. The selected participants list will be announced before 30 of June . All participants that will successfully complete the workshop will be mentioned as participants in the production of the installation in the Venice Biennale.

Accommodation: Participants should look for accommodation options in Barcelona.
Registration Price: 500 Euros each workshop