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We are Architects of Change, Prototyping the Future.
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The Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IAAC) is a center for research, education, production and outreach, with the mission of imagining the future habitat of our society and building it in the present. IAAC follows the digital revolution at all scales to expand the boundaries of architecture and design and meet the challenges faced by humanity. IAAC is an experimental and experiential center where one learns by doing, through a test methodology that promotes real solutions. IAAC is open, independent and radical; inspired by the values of Barcelona, the capital of architecture and design. The institute offers the following programs:

- Master in Advanced Architecture (MAA)
- Master in Advanced Ecological Buildings and Biocities (MAEBB)
- Master in City & Technology (MaCT)
- Master in Design for Emergent Futures (MDEF)
- Master in Robotics for Advanced Construction (MRAC)
- Master in Advanced Computation for Architecture & Design (MaCAD)
- Master in Mass Timber Design (MMTD)
- Master in Design for Distributed Innovation (MDDI)
- Maestría en Ciudades: El Urbanismo Próximo (MOeC)
- Post Grad in 3D Printing Architecture (3DPA)
- Post Grad in FabAcademy
- Post Grad in Fabricademy

20/10/2026

Earlier this month, IAAC opened its 2026/27 academic year.

More than 280 students from +40 countries joined the institute’s on-campus and online programmes – bringing together architects, engineers, designers, artists and researchers from across the globe.

Daniel Ibáñez, Director of IAAC, and Areti Markopoulou, Academic Director, alongside the rest of the programme directors, welcomed the new cohort – marking the start of a new year for the community of makers, researchers and architects that defines the institute.

From the main campus in Poblenou to the forested campus at Valldaura, in Collserola Park – this is where the future of architecture gets built.

Welcome, Class of 2026/27. 🌍

Discover our Educational Programmes at the link in bio. 🔗

15/10/2026

Your future starts with a decision. 🔴

Early Decision is now open – apply to IAAC before 31 January 2027 and unlock an exclusive discount on your master’s tuition for the 2027/28 academic year.

Five programmes. One city. One deadline that makes the difference.

🏙️ Master in Advanced Architecture
🌳 Master in Ecological Architecture & Advanced Construction
🚀 Master in AI for Architecture and Business Innovation
🌐 Master in Advanced Computational Design for Architecture
✨ Master in Design for Emergent Futures

The earlier you decide, the more you save.

Apply at the link in bio. 🔗

01/10/2026

IAAC awarded the first Bosch Aymerich International Scholarship (Fundació Bosch Aymerich) grants to Amanda Luisa Koivisto Nevado and Álvaro Mieres de Santiago. 🌍

85 applications. Two winners. Six months at MIT (MIT) Six months at IAAC Barcelona.

Both selected for their research proposals around the sustainable transformation of architecture and the relationship between territory, resources and productive systems.

Congratulations, Amanda and Álvaro. Barcelona to Boston – and back.

More at the link in bio. 🔗

04/08/2026

Two years after the programme, Andrei runs his own practice.

He came to IAAC with no architecture background. No formal training. Just the drive to learn the tools that actually matter in the industry today – and in the years to come.

At the Master in Advanced Computational Design for Architecture, he didn’t just learn software. He learned how to think differently about design itself.

Discover MaCAD at the link in bio.

29/07/2026

On 3 July, IAAC celebrated its Graduation Ceremony 2026 at L’Hivernacle – honouring more than 200 students from over 70 countries who have spent the past year making, prototyping and pushing the boundaries of architecture, design and urbanism.

Powerful speeches, shared emotions and the energy of a generation ready to build what comes next.

To all our graduates from the 2024–25 and 2025–26 programmes: this is not the end. You are now part of a global community of architects of change. 🌍

More at the link in bio. 🔗

28/07/2026

Forest Shepherd – Mobile Exhibition Prototype. 🌿

Students of IAAC’s Master in Ecological Architecture & Advanced Construction 2025–26 present their final project: a mobile exhibition structure built with recycled timber from the MWC 2026 pavilion and sheep wool, designed to house the IAAC 25th anniversary exhibition and the winners and finalists of the 11th Advanced Architecture Contest 2026.

A prototype that embodies what the programme stands for: building with what exists, designing for what comes next.

Final Presentation
Wed 29 July · 19:30 · La Rambla 1, Barcelona

Tutors: Vicente Guallart & Daniel Ibáñez

28/07/2026

AI for ALL: Architecture & the Built Environment is an exhibition that sets out to demystify artificial intelligence and bring it within reach of everyone.

Developed by students of IAAC’s Master in AI for Architecture and Business Innovation, in collaboration with the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, and presented as part of Barcelona 2026, World Capital of Architecture – six interactive installations that translate generative systems, data-driven environments and algorithmic logic into spatial, hands-on experiences anyone can touch, navigate and question.

Open until 10 September. More at the link in bio. 🔗

20/07/2026

Meet the first Bosch Aymerich International Scholarship recipients. 🚀

Amanda Luisa Koivisto Nevado and Álvaro Mieres de Santiago have been selected as the first two scholars of this first-of-its-kind fully funded research scholarship connecting Spanish graduates with MIT faculty.

This September, they head to Boston to develop advanced research at MIT – fully funded. In March 2027, they return to Barcelona to continue their work at IAAC.

Two scholars. Two research lines. One mission: to push the boundaries of architecture and the built environment.

Congratulations, Amanda and Álvaro. The future starts now. 🌍

More at the link in bio. 🔗

15/07/2026

IAAC’s Exhibition 2025/26 – Architects of Change. Prototyping the Future – took over the IAAC Atelier Building, showcasing the experimental prototypes developed by students across all of IAAC’s master’s programmes.

Two floors of work that rethinks architecture, technology, urbanism, design and ecology – from bio-based materials and robotic construction to AI-powered design, regenerative buildings and data-driven cities.

The opening was also the moment to celebrate the IAAC Academic Awards Ceremony, recognising the most outstanding work of the 2025–26 academic year.

Each programme has its own vision. Together, they form something bigger: a generation of architects who don’t wait for the future – they build it.

The exhibition remains open until September. More info at the link in bio. 🔗

14/07/2026

MDEFest 2026 brought together students from the Master in Design for Emergent Futures for a one-day festival of possible futures.

Under the theme Myths Of Tomorrow: Unfolding New Beliefs, first and second year students opened their projects, installations and live activations to the public – using design to question the present and bring speculative worlds to life.

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