The BIArch Open Lectures part of the Institute’s public program, which complements the MBIArch Master’s degree program. Stay tuned for more information on our Spring 2010 agenda.

In the meantime, enjoy the videos:

BIArch Open Lectures: Smiljan Radic “Un Ruido Naranjo” from BIArch on Vimeo.

BIArch Open Lectures: Yoshiharu Tsukamoto, “Architectural Behaviorology” from BIArch on Vimeo.

The second of the Barcelona Institute of Architecture’s Open Lectures, Yoshiharu Tsukamoto’s “Architectural Behaviorology” is now available in a full-length video on the BIArch website. Tsukamoto is one of the founding partners of Tokyo-based Atelier Bow-Wow. His lecture was analytical and detailed, yet refreshingly lighthearted –a demonstration of what has become something of a signature style for Bow-Wow.  “Architectural Behaviorology” alludes  to the way buildings — just like people or climatic conditions — express certain types of “behavior” by bringing together human and environmental interactions at every scale, from a single building to an entire city.

The introduction by Dominique Boudet, French architecture critic, fomer editor in chief of AMC Le Moniteur, and early client of Rem Koolhaas (he and his wife commissioned the famous Villa Dall’Ava, in Saint Cloud, Paris) can also be viewed online.

This coming Tuesday, November 10th, BIArch will host the second of its Open Lectures. This time, we have invited Yoshiharu Tsukamoto of Atelier Bow-Wow, who will deliver a lecture entitled “Architectural Behaviorology”. The term refers to the experimental analysis of behavior (of buildings, in this case). Atelier Bow-Wow, which Tsukamoto co-founded with partner Momoyo Kaijima in 1992, is one of contemporary Japan’s most unique, active young architectural practices. Bow-

Wow’s body of work covers books that chart informal urbanisms in Tokyo, dog-shaped chairs, houses built to fit on tiny irregular plots, and portable infrastructures for “micro-public-spaces”.

Details of the event are available on BIArch’s website, and you can RSVP through our Facebook page. The lecture will be held at the Auditorium of La Pedrera de Caixa Catalunya (Passeig de Gràcia, 92). Once again, entrance is free and open to the public, but capacity is limited, so make sure you arrive at least a little before 8 pm.