Participation of the AiEM research group in the research project “Design of a filtering and photocatalytic slat system for sanitizing building ventilation air (L2D)”. Competitive project, funded by the Agency for Management of University and…

AiEM has been awarded the Silver Emporia prize for the best lighting of an ephemeral space for its intervention “Lluminera” for the “Festa de la Llum” in Manresa. Authors: Javier Albo, Judit López, Marta López, Xavier Solsona. Arquitectura Energia i Medi…

On May 8, 9, and 10, the 5th edition of the International Workshop on “Mediterranean Urban Morphology” MOET will take place in Rome. The workshop is organized by the SOS Urban Lab research group of…

New publication “Climatic performance of urban textures: Analysis tools for a Mediterranean urban context” in the journal Energy and Buildings. The urban heat island effect is almost always neglected in building energy simulations due to the difficulties…

From January 8 to 11, the Master’s students lived in the ITER Bioclimatic Houses, located in the ITER Technological Park on the island of Tenerife. The Park is an internationally renowned research center in renewable…

The AiEM group was invited by the organization of the Lluèrnia festival to participate in the creation of an ephemeral intervention, in tune with the context and subtitle of the festival “Festival of fire and…

The AiEM group was invited by the Universitat Politècnica de València to create an ephemeral intervention for the ETSA·TOPIA Architecture Festival “360º” held from April 19 to 21, 2018, at the Escola Tècnica Superior d’Arquitectura de València. The…

On May 14 and 15, the 4th edition of the International Workshop on “Mediterranean Urban Morphology” MOET will take place in Rome. The workshop is organized by the SOS Urban Lab research group of the…

The AiEM group was invited by the Manresa City Council to participate in the ephemeral intervention festivals Ponts de Llum and Jardins de Llum on February 17, 18, and 20, 2018. As Manresa held the…

On October 6, 7, and 8, 2017, the A Cel Obert festival of ephemeral interventions took place in Tortosa, centered around the leitmotif perspective. The Xarxa Transversal d’Activitats Culturals invited the AiEM group to participate…

Between September 20 and 24, 2017, the International Workshop Mediterranean blind & Japanese sudare took place in Barcelona. The workshop began on Wednesday the 20th with an event at the Mies van der Rohe Pavilion and continued…

The Barcelona School of Architecture (ETSAB) and Waseda University of Tokyo are jointly organizing the international workshop Mediterranean Blind & Japanese Sudare, which will take place in Barcelona between September 20 and 24, 2017. In this…

The third edition of the International Workshop Mediterranean Urban Morphology. Tuscolano Reloaded took place on May 7-8-9 at the Faculty of Engineering of Sapienza University of Rome. The work carried out was based on the…

On April 19, students from the Master’s courses taught by the AiE research group visited the facilities of iGuzzini in Sant Cugat del Vallès. During the visit, they were able to learn firsthand about the…

On March 17, the ceremony for the Emporia Awards, National Ephemeral Architecture Awards, took place at Casa Golferichs in Barcelona. The AiEM group received two awards: Gold Emporia in the category best lighting of an…

Every year on February 20th, the people of Manresa go to collect the water that trickles through the cracks of the vault in Carrer d’en Botí. They know it is not ordinary water; it is…

AiEM has been awarded the Gold Emporia prize for best lighting of an ephemeral space for its installation “Lavagueram” at the Olot festival of light “Lluèrnia” and has received a special mention for the intervention…

Smart Communities symposium UPC-KEIO. Towards the Next stage of Collaboration. The First Smart Communities symposium aims to act as a bridge towards the next stage of collaboration between UPC Barcelona and Keio University. In March 2016,…

Ona Arquitectònica podcast interview with Judit López on Mediterranean light and Access Spaces to Architecture. If you are interested in learning more about these topics, don’t hesitate to take some time to listen to the…

The objective of this article is to describe the tools that have been decisive in the planning of the Metropolitan Area so far, and then to understand the current state of the art in order…

It is widely accepted that vegetation improves the environmental conditions of cities. Tree shade directly affects the thermal conditions of the immediate environment for people using public space, as it prevents solar radiation from reaching…

The appearance of a city is strongly tied to many aspects such as climate, culture, and sociological background. In cities with a prevalence of clear skies, one of the determining factors is the climatic condition,…

Within the framework of the “Lluèrnia” Festival of Fire and Light, the AiEM Research Group presented an installation on November 12, 2016, in Olot under the motto Lavagueram: Olot’s subsoil is in turmoil. The overproduction of…

The lack of specific urban climate data is currently one of the main limitations for an accurate estimation of building energy performance in urban contexts. The urban climate is substantially modified by the “heat island”…

The city is a complex system where many parameters converge, making a precise analysis of all of them highly difficult, along with the subsequent evaluation of the phenomena that occur and their impact on the…

The urban canyon model has been recurrently used as a basis for many solar access studies. However, its conception as endless structures ignores the effect of street intersections, despite their being characteristic elements of urban…

New publication in the Open Access journal Energies!! This article focuses on cases where scarcity is not the issue in daylight management, such as in Mediterranean cities. The aim of the study is to analyze…

New publication in the Open Access journal Energies!! This study considers the possibility of understanding future city models as a transformation of existing urban centers. With this objective, a methodology is developed to intervene in…

Michele Morganti has won the 2016 Doctoral Extraordinary Award with his thesis SUSTAINABLE DENSITY. Form, Built Environment, Energy. Congratulations!!!