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Bleaching Green

Friday 9 to Saturday 17 July 2010

In its second round, the AA/IE Madrid Summer School, under the name of Bleaching Green, will explore the relation between architecture and energy use in dense cities in the near future. Having Madrid as research ground, case study and headquarters, students will investigate specific urban sustainable challenges.

Moving away from greener clichés the Bleaching Green workshop will venture into uncharted territories blending design intuition and technological invention. By casting a critical eye on current sustainability and environmental strategies, the course objective is to investigate architecture as a blend of artificial and natural systems.

The nine-day workshop (in English) will divide into small unit design studios directed by AA teaching staff. Each design unit will approach the workshop agenda using a distinctive set of design research tools and techniques, to build up a broad introduction to creative design processes, critical forms of thinking and urban research. Participants will work individually and in small groups in a studio environment.

New materials, creative partnerships and prototype pieces will be part of this architectural design research-led workshop. The output will be in the form of animations, kinetic components, built prototypes and elegant drawings, models and renderings.

The course aims to target enthusiastic architectural students at any point of their studies and recent graduates. It will provide a stage for debating contemporary architectural ideas, digital and analogue techniques, with an emphasis on inventive design and experimental manufacturing processes.

For more details, contact and registration info, please visit the Bleaching Green: AA/IE Summerschool 2010 dedicated website Read more…

Leading private US University Brown and IE University are set to run an innovative summer program in Segovia for US pre-university students, aimed at introducing them to the world of business, humanities, international relations, communication and law, while learning Spanish. The course forms part of a collaboration agreement between the two institutions which includes a series of joint programs, student exchanges, and research projects. 

Course participants will be pre-university students selected by Brown University to undergo an intensive 3-week program designed to bring them their first taste of university life. Successful candidates will stand out for outstanding talent across different academic disciplines, despite their young age. Students will be aged between 15 and 17, and will receive classes in modern Spanish and EU history, cultural diversity, economy and art history in the mornings, led by IE University, together with a daily Spanish class. The afternoons will comprise three seminars focused on law and capital punishment, literature and censorship, and media arts, led by Brown University professors Corey Brettschneider, Allison Brettschneider and Ed Osborn, respectively. 

“The thing that is so interesting about this program is that students learn by working in a relaxed and pleasant environment, using the same methodology that they will find at university” explained Miguel Larrañaga, Vice Rector for Institutional Relations at IE University and one of the professors that will be taking part in the project. Other IE professors include José María de Areilza, Dean of IE Law School and Director of the Jean Monnet-IE Chair, and Begoña González Cuesta, Director of the Degree in Communication. During their time in Spain the students will also get to visit Madrid, Cordoba, Seville and Barcelona, with a view to getting a feel for Spanish and European culture. Programmed activities include visits to museums like the Esteban Vicente museum, the Prado, and the Reina Sofia. 

Brown University’s program director, Yolanda Castillo Appollonio, feels that “the most interesting aspect is that participants will be tackling a broad and highly diverse range of subjects that will help them to develop a better idea of the direction they want their university studies to take”, while Elena Lledó, academic coordinator of the Brown University study program, added that “These are forward-looking students who view the future from a highly professional perspective, guided by experienced and competent professors”. Read more…

Barcelona acogerá los días 1,2 y de 3 julio el seminario “ALGOMAD -Algo más que un instrumento: introducción a Métodos generativos en Arquitectura y Diseño”, organizado por los profesores de IE School of Architecture Roberto Molinos, Carlos de la Barrera y Anna Pla, sobre el uso de herramientas digitales avanzadas para generar formas con métodos paramétricos alternativos, automáticos y semiautomáticos.  

De acuerdo con sus promotores, ALGOMAD está pensado como un encuentro de profesores, estudiantes y profesionales de la arquitectura y la construcción que compartan la idea de que los medios digitales son “algo más que un instrumento” en la medida en que abren nuevos caminos de exploración para la exploración formal.

La estructura de ALGOMAD se basa en talleres intensivos  en los que se introducen los métodos y programas más avanzados disponibles en la actualidad para usuarios de ordenadores personales por profesores expertos en estos programas y métodos. Carlos de la Barrera impartirá el taller dedicado al sistema de diseño Generative Components, mientras que Roberto Molinos hará una introducción a la herramienta Grasshopper. Los otros talleres, centrados en programación, serán impartidos por Quim Moya -sobre el lenguaje RhinoScript- y Marcel Bilurbina -sobre el lenguaje Processing-.

El último día, 3 de julio, habrá una jornada de presentaciones en la que todos los participantes podrán compartir sus experiencias. Enb esta jornada particiaprá la profesora Ana Pla, que hablará sobre “Cultura Digital en la Escuela de Arquitectura”. 

ALGOMAD tendrá lugar en la Escuela de Arquitectura del Vallés (c/ Pere Serra, 1. 08173 Sant Cugat del Vallès (Barcelona) 

Más información:

http://www.algomad.org.

IE University  organizes a training program aimed at IE professors about the different learning methods based on participation. This program responds to the initiatives by IE University to adapt the institution into the European framework.

The program will take place between June 8^th and June 10^th in the Campus de Santa Cruz de la Real de Segovia and will be organized by the Vicerrectorado de Claustro and the Vicerrectorado de Ordenación Académica at IE University and the Vicedecanato de Claustro Asociado y VIsitante at IE Business School, in collaboration with the Junta de Castilla y León and the Agencia para la Calidad del Sistema Universitario de Castilla y León (ACSUCyL).

The program responds to the changes from the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) that modifies the educational system from a teaching method based on the figure of the professor to a more dynamic teaching method focused on the student and the learning process. The program is aimed at university professors, counselors and high school teachers interested in the Bologna Process and the changes that its application imply.

Dentro de las diferentes iniciativas que desarrolla para adaptar la docencia al marco europeo, IE University organiza un curso de formación de profesorado sobre los modelos de aprendizaje basados en la participación.

El curso se desarrolla del 8 al 10 de junio en el Campus de Santa Cruz la Real de Segovia, organizado por el Vicerrectorado de Claustro y el Vicerrectorado de Ordenación Académica de IE University y el Vicedecanato de Claustro Asociado y Visitante de IE Business School, con la colaboración de la Junta de Castilla y León y la Agencia para la Calidad del Sistema Universitario de Castilla y León (ACSUCyL). 

El curso responde a la orientación del Espacio Europeo de Educación Superior (EEES), que cambia los parámetros de una docencia centrada en el profesor y la enseñanza a una más dinámica y participativa enfocada hacia el alumno y el aprendizaje. Los destinatarios son profesores universitarios y orientadores y profesores de enseñanza secundaria interesados en la adaptación del sistema universitario al Proceso de Bolonia.

Descargar: Curso_Formacion_Profesorado_2010

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Seminar “The European Concert”: David Rennie.

IE Law School.

27-05-2010. Pinar 7, 1º, 14h30

David Rennie joined The Economist in 2007 as European Union correspondent, based in Brussels. Previously he was on the foreign staff of the Daily Telegraph, with postings in Sydney (1998), Beijing (1998 to 2002), Washington DC (2002 to 2005) and Brussels (2005 to 2007). Before that he worked for the Daily Telegraph in London (1996 to 1998), and the Evening Standard. David has extensive TV and radio experience, including BBC, Fox News, CNN, Arte TV and ABC. 

Nuevo Seminario BlogEuropa.eu  bajo el título  “The European Concert” que será impartido por David Rennie, periodista de The Economist. Le responderá J. Ignacio Torreblanca.

David Rennie es periodista británico y columnista de The Economist, donde escribe en la sección “Charlemagne”. Se incorporó a The Economist en 2007 como corresponsal  de la Unión Europea con sede en Bruselas. Ha sido corresponsal del Daily Telegraph en Sydney, Pekín  y Washington. Tiene una amplia experiencia en TV y radio, BBC, Fox News, CNN Arte TV and ABC. 

J. Ignacio Torreblanca es director de la Oficina en Madrid del “European Council on Foreign Relations” ECFR. Es también Profesor Titular en el Departamento de Ciencia Política y de la Administración de la UNED.  

El seminario, patrocinado por el Centro de Estudios Europeos-IE,  se celebrará en inglés el próximo Jueves 27 de Mayo a las 14h30 en Pinar, 7, 1º.