IaaC researchers are always in need for material for their fabricated projects , digital fabrication tutors provided them with a list of different type of material suppliers all over Barcelona .
These maps were found to help them finding areas of concentration these material suppliers and find the shortest metro line and nearest metro station to get the there and get the material they need .

Heat map showing the areas of concentration of all material suppliers all over Barcelona ( shown in red color )

These types of maps can help researchers to find easily the area where each type of material can be found in Barcelona and also the areas where you can find more than one type of materials so it can be helpful in terms of time saving and energy consumption .

Adding Iaac as reference point and adding the location of each suppliers depending on its type is even more helpful in term of having an idea of the distance to get to this material supplier and therefore choose the best transportation method depending on every researcher’s time and need .

Mapping material suppliers in Barcelona is a project of IaaC , Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia developed at Master in Advanced Architecture in 2015-16 by :

Students :

Michel alAzzi 

Faculty :

Luis Fraguada