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BIArch Journal: Energy, Session 02

By BIArch | Published: November 18, 2009

The second session of BIArch’s Energy seminar featured talks by Matthias Schuler, adjunct professor at the Harvard GSD and founder of Transsolar, and Philippe Rahm, principal ofPhilippe Rahm Architects, and was moderated by Juan Gallostra Isern, general director of Barcelona-based Grupo JG. With respect to the prior session, this one was more focused on the practical aspects of energy in [...]

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BIArch Journal: Energy, Session 01

By BIArch | Published: November 9, 2009

Last Friday October 30th, BIArch held its first public seminar on the subject of “Energy” in the L’Entresol room of La Pedrera de Caixa Catalunya. The two-day seminar was divided into three sessions. The fist session featured lectures by Julio Martínez Calzón, Principal of MC2 Estudio de Ingeniería; Aleksandar Ivancic , coordinator of energy projects at Barcelona Regional; and a [...]

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Forthcoming: Energy

By BIArch | Published: October 20, 2009

Most of the catchwords associated with early 21st-century “green technologies” are tied to energy: biofuels, carbon neutrality, ecological footprints, microclimates, zero emissions, and so on. Despite the vagueness surrounding it, energy is no passing fad, and it cannot be taken lightly. We’ve seen Sydney turn red under billows of dust, ice caps melt, and entire [...]

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