FabLab house has won Peoples Choice Awards at the Solar Decathlon Europe Competition in Madrid. A pioneer in a different approach to design and technology, The FabLab house has incorporated different systems of social spaces, where self-sufficient habitats are able to produce energy, food and other goods. It is developed on a network of fabrication laboratories using CNC machines to design and produce houses that can be customizable by the inhabitants, and at the same time adaptable to the environmental conditions. More about the FabLab house can be found at www.fablabhouse.com .
FabLab House wins Peoples First Choice Award
FabLab House in Madrid
Aerial view of the FabLab house in Madrid
FabLab house interior
The fablab house in Madrid: A preview of the future of how design can be manipulated and used according to the technology and know how that has provided us with limitless possibilities. The interior of the house is composed of a social space, a bedroom, kitchen, a small FabLab, a bathroom and an elevated small room for invited guests to sleep. The house’s control system is designed to provide detailed real-time monitoring of its behaviour and its interaction with the environmet, creating historical profiles which can be shared socially. More of the FabLab house can be found at www.fablabhouse.com.
FabLab House In Madrid
The FabLab House in Madrid construction site
The FabLab House is in Madrid Construction site, ready for the Solar Decathlon Europe 2010 Competition. IaaC Faculty, FabLab House researchers, FabLab team, IaaC students and collaborators are all in Madrid. The competition will stay from the 17th of June till the 27th of the same month. Presentations will also be held on the 22nd. More of the FabLab House construction process can be found at picasa.fablabhouse and www.fablabhouse.com
Fab Lab house Construction in Madrid
Fab Lab House is under construction in Madrid, piece by piece everything is getting fixed to its place. More to see through out the end of the construction period and the opening for the Solar Decathlon Europe .
Fab Lab House-Construction In Madrid
The FabSolar house under construction in Madrid
Team Working through out the night to mount the pieces together
FabSolar house in Madrid
Few of the last pieces of panels being mounted from IaaC to the truck
After travelling all the way from Barcelona (IaaC), to Madrid (Construction site), The FabSolar House is now under construction in Madrid. All pieces are there and now being fit together; despite the pouring rain the Solar house team, directed by Daniel Ibañez and Rodrigo Rubio, is working hard to have the house on time for the competition.
Fab-Solar House Presentation in IaaC
Fab Solar House presentation in IaaC
IaaC Director Vicente Guallart Presenting the house to various journalists
Presentations on details of the Fab solar house
-sponsors, researchers, members of the fab solar house team
Before attending the Solar Decathlon competition in Madrid, Fab Solar house has been opened to the public on the 4th of june, 2010 at IaaC. The partners and members of the Fab Solar house – Schnieder Electric, Endesa and Visoren amongst others – ,sponsors of the project, politicians and members of institutions like the Mies Van Der Rohe foundation had all been present to see the house under construction. Presented by Iaac Director Vicente Guallart there have been discussions on why and how the fab solar house has been aspired to be built, its technicalities and its aims for the future. Fabhouse researchers, students of Iaac & Fabacademy and collaborators have all been present during this event also discussing on their future trip to Madrid which will start at the end of this week.
Master Project-Theme III
With the idea of producing multiple versions of a single result, students progressed on their projects having to choose their site, create the program and giving it context. Within this realm , they consulted with Jordi Pagès i Ramon and Lluis Viu on how their designs could possibly be adopted, as well as multiplied in different scenarios. Their projects are going to be based on Grasshopper where their results could variate according to the parameters given to it.
Solar House construction – The fabhouse team
The workers house – fabhouse team having lunch at iaac
Organized by the Iaac fabhouse team, all who are working at the Solar Fabhouse construction at IaaC had lunch at the IaaC premises. There are more than 45 people working on the solar house fabrication, local carpenters from Barcelona, and students from 20 countries are involved in this process. The solar house is furthering ahead with construction.
D-HUB Modules
Working prototypes
The various prototypes for the D-HUB exposition www.dhub-bcn.cat are being fabricated at the FabLab cut with 3-axis milling machine. Using Alucobond 5mm, which provides lightness as well as stiffness, these prototypes can be attached to multiple forms of organization providing ample flexibility for the space. After being cut they are then manually folded and then secured with bolts inside.
The models are developed by Areti Markopoulou and Panagiota Tsekoura.
Solar House Construction at IaaC
As the time for the Solar Decathlon competition is approaching, IaaC is filled with energy of students (both IaaC and FabAcademy), Solar house researchers, faculty and participants finishing its assembly which is composed of over 1500 pieces milled from 2.5mx12m LVL (Laminated Veneer Lumber) panels. The construction of every part requiring different techniques. They have been designed and fabricated so that they fit HV/AC ventilations, bolts, and tension cables holes and windows.Sanding, Spraying ,coating, milling and cutting all done simultaneously, all done as a team in the institute.
