BIAW 2011 | ETSAV

WHAT IS BIAW 2011?

BIAW 2011 is a week-long workshop fashioned after a similar experience that took place in 2010 in Milan, MIAW 2010. It is devoted to experimental design and aims at the creation of a European network of schools dealing with contemporary subjects.

It consists of five groups of 10-14 students, each of them led by a foreign guest professor invited and assisted by a local professor. Each guest professor proposes and tutors an urban or architectural exercise dealing with a key-word common across all groups.

WHAT WILL IT BE ABOUT?

The key-word for BIAW 2011 is SCARCITY. The goal of the seminar is to open up as many relevant meanings as possible of SCARCITY, all dealing with its positive implications for architecture, society and the city.

WHEN WILL IT TAKE PLACE?

BIAW 2011 will take place from Monday 5th September through Friday 9th, ending with the presentation of the works and the opening of an exhibition on Saturday 10th.

WHERE WILL IT TAKE PLACE?

BIAW 2011 will be held at ESCOLA D'ARQUITECTURA DEL VALLÈS-UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA, in its Sant Cugat Campus (etsav.upc.edu).

WHO WILL THE GUEST PROFESSORS BE?

The guest professors invited at BIAW 2011 are:

markus bader (www.raumlabor.net) + tomeu ramis
andrea gritti (www.grittiarchitetti.it) + enric massip-bosch
david kohn (www.davidkohn.co.uk) + sergi serrat
david van severen (www.officekgdvs.com) + xavier vancells
markus vogl (www.querkraft.at) + mariona benedito

WHO CAN APPLY?

All UPC architecture students in their fourth or fifth year are welcome to apply for a place in one of the groups. Erasmus students willing to join ETSAV are specially recommended to apply as a fast-track to get to know the school, its rhythms and the local students.

BIAW 2011 pre-application is open from May 30th through June 17th. You can pre-apply either on-site at ETSAV administration or sending a message to biaw2011etsav@gmail.com. Since places are limited, we advise to include a 2-A4 pdf with your short cv and a motivation note.

BIAW 2011 is organized by DEPARTAMENT DE PROJECTES ARQUITECTÒNICS-UPC. Enrolment in BIAW 2011 is considered part of the academic curriculum.