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History of Mathematics through its Characters - Science Week 2009 - IE University

30/11/2009

Last Science Week 2009, IE University hosted a lecture title \"History of Mathematics through its Characters\" offered by IE School of Architecture professor Jesús Hernández Benito together with IE School of Biology professor Miriam de la Fuente Martín. Lecture dealt with the role of Mathematics in nowadays technological advaces. According to Prof. Hernández, studying the evolution of mathematics through its characters and its achievements enables a better understanding of mankind progress. Prof. Hernández followed a chronological review on this scientific discipline accordingly to the regular recurrence established by A.N. Kolmogorov (1903-1987), the russian mathematician and physicist who contributed to the definition of the probability theory.

Professors of IE School of Architecture and IE Business School present a communication together at the International Congress City Future�09

30/09/2009

Professors Gonzalo Melián of IE School of Architecture and Gabriel Calzada of IE Business School presented the communication “Freedom, Creativity and the Future of Cities” at the International Congress City Futures´09 celebrated last June in Madrid.
Their work tried to analyze the main problems caused by today’s urban planning models and its results. Then, they explained the different general policy frameworks used to develop urban areas. They offered a figure of the type of urban development and the economic consequences of every alternative, and finally, the authors analyzed the scope that is granted to human creativity, entrepreneurship and social cooperation in each case.

For further information: www.cityfutures2009.com

Professor Mart?z de Guere?t University of California-Berkeley.

30/04/2010

Laura Martínez de Guereñu una comunicación en el congreso Spaces of History/ Histories of Space. Emerging approaches to the Study of the Built Environment que se celebrará durante los días 30 de abril y 1 de mayo de 2010, en el College of Environmental Design, University of California at Berkeley, San Francisco.

Su comunicación tratará de explicar la importancia del aprendizaje de una teoría de proyecto basada en cuestiones estudiadas a lo largo de la historia de la arquitectura, que invitan a entender cómo los edificios, las ciudades y los paisajes se ven transformados por las contingencias de la vida cotidiana. Se trata de analizar y descubrir cómo se pensó una obra de arquitectura para satisfacer una determinada necesidad, cómo se adaptó a las ideas y circunstancias de un determinado período y en último término, poder así cuestionar su validez actual. Es la base para poder desarrollar las habilidades críticas y para poder concebir y formalizar la obra de arquitectura.

http://arch.ced.berkeley.edu/events/spacesofhistory2010

Martha Thorne and John Patkau, key actors of the Hay Festival

29/07/2009

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IE at the Shanghai World Expo

29/04/2010

IE is one of the many key Spanish institutions that will play a part in promoting Spanish culture in the Pavilions of Spain and Madrid. In order to achieve this objective, IE will be organizing two activities in Spain´s Pavilion on May 11 and 14, and a further event on October 26. The first of these has been organized jointly between IE and ESADE, bringing together the deans of both schools with the deans of leading Chinese business schools and universities, including CEIBS, Fudan and Beijing University. The meeting will serve as a platform for an in-depth discussion about the global challenges facing business schools.

Another of the activities focuses on social networking, and will be led by Professor Enrique Dans on May 14 in Spain´s Pavilion. In the same Pavilion, but at the later date of October 26, Professor Gonzalo Garland will present Caso España, an interactive case study which shows the landmarks of Spain´s political and economic landscape from 1973 to the present day, using macroeconomic data and an analysis of the main decisions made by the different governments that have presided over Spain during that time.

IE will also run two further academic activities in the Madrid Pavilion. The first will be held on June 4 as part of IE´s international Executive Education program: China an inside view. The activity will comprise academic sessions led by Professor Eduardo Morcillo and European students participating in the program. Moreover, the Dean and Vice Dean of Architecture at IE University will be participating in the Madrid Pavilion´s ´Madrid Urban Forum 2010´, where they will be exchanging knowledge and experiences with other international experts in areas like sustainability and the environment, infrastructures, transport, energy and social equilibrium.

Finally, on August 17 the Dean of IE University´s School of Architecture, Javier Quintana, will present the results of the summer workshop on sustainability and urban density held in Madrid, organized by IE School of Architecture and the Architectural Association of London.

IE in China

IE runs a range of international programs through its international office in Shanghai (asiapacific.blogs.ie.edu). One such program is the residential period of IE´s International Executive MBA online, held at Fudan School of Management, taking place in June and November. Said residential period features lectures by Chinese professors from Fudan School of Management on subjects related to Chinese culture, history and business practices, coupled with visits to companies that bring students into direct contact with Chinese corporate realities.

IE´s International Executive MBA Biweekly also includes a week in Shanghai together with students of IE´s Global MBA. This program is also run at Fudan School of Management, and comprises talks by senior managers of foreign firms operating in China - with a special focus on Spanish or European firms - who share their experiences of working in Asia.

In the executive education field IE has forged alliances in China with Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business with whom it partners for two programs. The first is Europe: an Inside View, designed for Chinese directors who want insights into corporate realities in the Western world, and which has been run at IE´s Madrid Campus for the last four years. The other program is the abovementioned China: an Inside View, which is the reciprocal program for western managers who want to learn more about Chinese corporate practices. It has been held in Beijing or Shanghai for the last four years. Both programs include not only class sessions but also visits to firms to round off the experience.

Shanghai World Expo 2010, which commences on May 1 and runs until October 31, is focused on the quality of life in cities. Shanghai, with a population of 20 million, will host the largest Expo in history. Spain has pinned all its hopes on the belief that the Expo will serve to showcase Spain in China, and has invested 55 million Euros in the project. This budget has enabled Spain to have the second largest Pavilion, with more than 7,000 m2, the largest being that of the host country, with a surface area of 100,000m2.

The Universal Expos have always had a tourist and leisure slant. The fact that this year the Expo is being held by China, the country with the greatest economic potential in the world, means that it is a unique opportunity for foreign countries, including Spain, to promote themselves.

IE/TUG Madrid Summer School 2012 is up and running!

28/03/2012

A new edition of IE Summer School is already up and running. This year it will be made in alliance with the prestigious Austrian school TU Graz under the name IE/TUG Madrid Summer School 2012.

This summer workshop will take place in Madrid from 6th to 13th of July 2012.

All the information on this course is available on the microsite:

http://ie_tugsummerschool.ie.edu/welcome?lang=en

Second year students of the Bachelor in Architecture of IE University visit the headquarters of ENDESA in Madrid.

27/11/2009

ENDESA is the largest private electricity provider in Latin America. The outing was coordinated by professor Andy Bäcker of IE School of Architecture.

These type of visits help students relate the theories learnt in class to real life experiences. Professor Bäcker explained that the ENDESA building uses several cooling systems both passive and semi-passive, such as air moisturizer, natural ventilation or the usage of thermal mass to reduce temperature fluctuation. Additionally, the building has a lot of natural light and uses innovative systems like ventilation displacement.

After Several year in operation, Bäcker explained that students also learned that some measure that architects had taken have not been successful - some having extremely costly maintenance. The students were impressed with the structuring of such a big building, with very modern facilities that enable two thousand people to work in fresh air, pleasant temperatures. The recycling system was also a highlight.

Last September, the students visited the headquarters of IDOM, currently under construction, and it is expected that they visit INTEMPER that manufactures indoor and garden walls, among other systems.

Anna Pla at Manifesto 09: Toward A Theory of Misbehavior

27/04/2012

Anna Pla participates at Manifesto 09: Toward A Theory of Misbehavior

Storefront for Art and Architecture will present \"Towards a Theory of Misbehavior,\" a Manifesto Series event showcasing different generational approaches towards architecture theory on the occasion of the release of The Sniper\'s Log: Architectural Chronicles of Generation X by Alejandro Zaera Polo on Friday April 27, 2012 from 7 to 9pm at the Storefront gallery.

The event will include a live staging of manifestos that will present different hypothesis and methodologies towards architectural acts of disobedience. The presentations will be followed by a discussion between the presenters moderated by Stan Allen.

Storefront\'s ongoing Manifesto Series is part of an effort to encourage the formulation of positions in relation to selected topics and instigate spirited discussion and exchange in a dynamic and polemical context. The format therefore differs from that of a typical symposium.

Rather than a synthetic lecture, participants are invited to present a concise, point-by-point manifesto of 4 minutes of length and a maximum of ten points, with the hope that the ideas exposed will provide a ground for discussion to test and discuss different hypotheses in real time. This is the 8th event in the Manifesto Series.

Presenters include:

Kenneth Frampton, Peter Eisenman. Bernard Tschumi, Cynthia Davidson, Jeff Kipnis, Stan Allen, Sylvia Lavin, Sanford Kwinter, Alejandro Zaera Polo, Michael Meredith, Anna Pla Català, Bjarke Ingels, Eva Franch i Gilabert

IE and \"la Caixa\" sign a contract of colaboration for scientific and cultural diffusion

27/04/2009

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Prefab life as an alternative, by Fernando Rodr?ez and Pablo Oriol

27/02/2012

The MO house project, designed by IE School of Architecture and Design professors Fernando Rodriguez and Pablo Oriol (FRPO) is an example of how to make good architecture with limited means through an intelligent design strategy that is at the same time efficient. Many media have echoed this project, such as El Pais, in his edition of last February 16 devoted an article to this type of projects among which was the MO house of FRPO.

\"The bones of Fisac\" by Ferm?Gonz?z Blanco

27/02/2012

Recently, the jury of Arquia / thesis, chaired by José Manuel López-Peláez and composed by Elisa Valero Ramos, Cristina Gaston Guirao, Emilio Tunon Alvarez and Carlos Marti Aris, director of the collection Arquia / thesis, as secretary, has awarded the thesis \'the bones of Fisac??\' by IE School of Architecture and Design professor Fermin Gonzalez Blanco.

The students of the IE School of Architecture visited, on Friday 23rd October, the construction works of Niemeyer Center in Aviles.

26/10/2009

The students of the IE School of Architecture visited, on Friday 23^rd October, the construction works of Niemeyer Center in Avilés, a complex building designed by the own Niemeyer. Telefonica Foundation holds an exposition about his complete works in its headquarters in Gran Vía, Madrid.

The building is an important cultural center of international relevance, and it tries to contribute to the economic and urban regeneration around the river of Avilés. This area is suffering nowadays an industrial transformation. The inauguration of Niemeyer center is foreseen for 2010.

The visit, organized by professors Rafael Iñiguez de Onzoño and Julián García is part of the subject Construction Systems I

For further information about the center: www.niemeyercenter.org

For further information about the exposition: http://www.fundacion.telefonica.com/en/arteytecnologia/exposiciones/niemeyer.htm

The exhibition Madrid 100% Architecture, in COAM Foundation, shows selected buildings from the Associate Dean of IE School of Architecture, Jose Maria Churtichaga and from professor Jes?arc?Herrero, among others.

26/10/2009

The exhibition Madrid 100% Architecture arrives to COAM Foundation after having travelled through several countries in South America. It shows 100 selected buildings in Madrid from 100 Spanish architects.

Among the shown works, we can find projects from the Associate Dean of IE School of Architecture, Jose Maria Churtichaga and from professor of Architectural Expression Jesús García Herrero.

The exhibition is located in Piamonte 23, and it is opened from 10 to 14 and from 19 to 21h. The exhibition has been also published with the book Madrid 100% Arquitectura.

For further information: http://www.coam.org

Anna Pla Catala from IE School of Architecture participates in F2F : A International Symposium on the desing and fabrication of innovative forms in a continuum. Hosted by CMA, Chania. Greece.

26/10/2009

The symposium aims at putting together teachers at schools of architecture in Europe, architects/designers and building industries who operate with electronic media from design to manufacturing. The symposium is also open to those teachers, architects and building industry agents who wish to know more about this process.

Its topic is the file-to-factory continuum, the domain of design-to-manufacturing from the file produced in a school lab or an architect\'s studio to the factory to be fabricated. The conference will be based on paper presentations as well as debates among participants to exchange research results, information, ideas, techniques, methods and expertise.

For further information: http://www.f2f-continuum.eu/

FRPO selected for the second phase of international competition Cosandey Campus Place EPFL, Switzerland.

26/04/2012

FRPO, the office of IE professors Fernando Rodriguez and Pablo Oriol, has been invited to participate in the second phase of the international competition for the new spaces and pavillions on the EPFL campus Cosandey Place, next to the Rolex Learning Center in Lausanne.

The offices selected for this second phase of the competition are:

2b architectes, Lausanne

Barkow Leibinger Architekten, Berlin

Carlorattiassociati Srl, Torino

Harry Gugger Studio, Basel

Jakob+MacFarlane, Paris

Kuma & Associates Europe, Paris / Tokyo + Holzer Kobler Architekturen, Zurich

Groupement d’architectes 168 Saint-Denis, Paris / New-York / Lausanne

Berger & Berger, Paris

Convergeo / Waldvogel & Huang, Lausanne

FRPO Rodriguez & Oriol, Madrid

HHF Architects + AWP Architectes, Basel / Paris

Made in, Geneva

Theoretical Currents II: Architecture and its Geographical Horizons

26/02/2012

IE School of Architecture and Design professor Concha Diez-Pastor participates in the conference \"Theoretical Currents II: Architecture and Its Geographical Horizons\" to be held at the University of Lincoln (UK) in April. Professor Diez-Pastor participates with her article \"Architectural Koinè and the Cultural Values of Landscape\", which discusses the effects of indiscriminate globalization of architecture. In this article, through intense criticism from a theoretical point of view, she discuss the role of landscape in architectural and cultural contexts from the ideas and concepts developed by social and architectural theorists.

Jose Maria de Churtichaga\'s work (ch+qs) at the New York Times

23/04/2012

A project by the firm architects at ch+qs (the team Josemaría de Churtichaga , Associate Dean at IE and Cayetana de la Quadra-Salcedo) was featured in the NEW YORK TIMES style magazine online version recently.

Here is part of what it said:

The Cineteca, located in Madrid\'s cultural center, \"El Matadero\" is a sleekly designed film center dedicated to nonfiction and experimental cinema. This is the latest section of this century-old structure to be remade into a cultural attraction. The Spanish architects transformed the space into the cool cinematic laboratory it is today. As if out of a scene out of “Metropolis,” the film archive is encased in a mesh of space-age hoses and gray wood paneling, and the effect is all shadows and filtered light.

Link to the publication:

http://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/04/04/madrids-killer-cinema/

Gonzalo Meli? F.A. Hayek Visiting Scholar at George Mason University.

22/09/2010

Associate Professor Gonzalo Meli?will stay at George Mason University as F.A. Hayek Visiting Scholar until February. During his stay at GMU he will be working in different paper on cities and economics with the Professor Peter Boettke (Adam Smith Award (2010) by The Association of Private Enterprise Education). Furthermore, Gonzalo Melian, PhD. will participate in the Workshop in Politics, Philosophy and Economics of Professor Boettke and in other seminars of the Economics Department of George Mason University.
More info at:
http://econfaculty.gmu.edu/pboettke/index.html

The department of Acheology of the IE University in a new campaign at the Achealogical bed of Tiermes (Soria)

22/07/2009

The territorial delegate, Carlos de la Casa, and the experts of the Tiermes development team [...] presented this morning the consolidation project in the Museo de Tiermes (Fondos Building) as well as the objective to make a museum of the Foro de Tiermes - both actions will see daylight in the next months, financed with a €550,000 investment by the Castilla y Léon Region. Click here to see the article (in Spanish)

Chipperfield presents his innovative vision of architecture at IE University

21/12/2008

More than 500 people attended the presentation of the Master Plan of the Circle of Art and Technology (in Spanish, CAT), which took place yesterday in IE University´s Aula Magna. The project seeks to position Segovia at the leading edge of technological innovation.

The presentation was made by prestigious British architect David Chipperfield, winner of the international competition held by Segovia´s city hall to build an architectural complex on the outskirts of the town. The complex will comprise an R&D building, a knowledge centre, museum, and a commercial and leisure centre for entrepreneurs together with a conference centre.

David Chipperfield yesterday recognised at IE University that he was \"very excited\" about the project, the main challenge of which \"is to project an idea through buildings\" with a broad range of designs. The presentation of the \"CAT Master Plan\" of Segovia marked the end of the second edition of the Architecture Week organised by IE School of Architecture, the division of the Charter of Architects in Segovia and Segovia City Hall.

Chipperfield, who has studios in London, Berlin, Milan and Shanghai, was joined in the event by the Vice-Dean of External Relations of IE School of Architecture, the architect Martha Thorne, and the representatives of the other three studios that won awards in the competition: Andrés Perea, Jerónimo Junquera, Juan Carlos Sancho and Sol Madridejos.

The event was attended by the Mayor of Segovia, Pedro Arahuetes, representatives from IE School of Architecture and the Charter of Architects, and numerous architecture students from IE University and other universities.