-----------sTAND es una iniciativa fundada por el profesor javier isado en el 2009 para la escuela de arquitectura de la universidad de puerto rico.......sus campos principales de estudio consisten de la transmisión del conocimiento mediante nuevas tecnologías y del uso de la narrativa como herramienta para organizar información-----------
FOUNDED BY ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR JAVIER ISADO IN 2OO9, RESEARCH WORK AT sTAND (STUDIES IN ARCHITECTURAL NARRATIVES AND DIGITAL DESIGN) WAS INITIALLY SUPPORTED BY A START-UP GRANT AWARDED BY THE DEAN OF GRADUATE STUDIES AND RESEARCH (DEGI). AS GUEST EDITOR OF VOLUME 5 OF INFORMA IN 2O1O, ISADO COMPILED A SERIES OF WRITINGS THAT AIMED TO DEFINE AND DISCUSS PUBLICLY THE RESEARCH INITIATIVE’S MAIN FIELD OF STUDY, NAMELY A COMBINATION OF 1- THE POSSIBILITIES OF KNOWLEDGE TRANSMISSION THROUGH NEW MEDIA AND 2-THE USE OF NARRATIVE AS A CREATIVE AND ORGANIZATIONAL TOOL.
(2O18)
LED INDEPENDENT STUDY COLLABORATION WITH OSVALDO DELBREY FOR THE FLUOR FACILITY OF THE FUTURE (F3) 2018 UNIVERSITY CHALLENGE. THIS INITIATIVE WILL LEAD TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF A RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE PROPOSAL IN COLLABORATION WITH THE COMPUTER SCIENCE PROGRAM OF THE COLLEGE OF NATURAL SCIENCES.
(2O15-17)
DESIGN DEVELOPMENT OF AULA-142 OF THE COLLEGE OF NATURAL SCIENCES.
DIGITAL MINILLAS/TALLER INTERDISCIPLINARIO DE GESTION DE PROYECTOS URBANOS EN COLABORACION CON LA FACULTAD DE DERECHO Y LA ESCUELA DE PLANIFICACION
(2O14-15)
ISADO LED A SPECIAL TOPICS DESIGN STUDIO IN COLLABORATION WITH FOUNDATION FOR PUERTO RICO THAT DEVELOPED CONTEXT RELATED APP PROPOSALS FOR THE SANTURCE AREA.
COLLABORATION IN RESEARCH GRANT AWARD: SCHEMATIC DESIGN PROPOSALS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A MEDIA COMMONS FOR THE UPR COLLEGE OF NATURAL SCIENCES
(2O12-13)
ISADO LED AN INDEPENDENT STUDY COURSE THAT DEVELOPED THE SCHEMATIC DESIGN OF A LEARNING MEDIA COMMONS FOR THE LIBRARY OF THE UPR LAW FACULTY.
AN ‘UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH AND CREATIVE INITIATIVES’ AWARD FOR A TRAVEL GRANT IN 2O12 ALLOWED ISADO TO PRESENT AND DISCUSS THE RESEARCH PROJECT AND ITS PUBLICATION WITH DIVERSE FACULTY MEMBERS OF THE ELISAVA SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND DESIGN IN BARCELONA.
THE SESSIONS HELPED FORMULATE THE SCOPE AND CONTENT OF A THIRD-YR DESIGN STUDIO OFFERED IN THE 2O12 FALL SEMESTER. THE THEME OF THE STUDIO, IN COLLABORATION WITH THE STAFF OF THE SCHOOL’S LIBRARY (BSIH) CONSISTED OF A DESIGN PROPOSAL FOR A LEARNING MEDIA COMMONS FOR THE SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE.
WORK PRODUCED AS PART OF THE DESIGN STUDIO WAS PRESENTED AT THE ANNUAL ASSEMBLY OF THE CARIBBEAN ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES AND RESEARCH CENTERS (ACURIL) IN JUNE 2O13.
(2O1O-2O12)
ORGANIZATION OF VISITS TO THE SCHOOL BY INTERNATIONAL GUEST LECTURERS WITH EXPERTISE RELATED TO ITS RESEARCH TOPICS. BOTH IN COLLABORATION WITH THE DEAN’S LECTURE SERIES AND THROUGH INDEPENDENT FINANCING,
ISADO HAS ALSO BEEN THESIS DIRECTOR OF DISSERTATIONS DIRECTLY RELATED TO sTAND (ORTIZ, GUADALUPE), PRESENTED INFORMA 5 LOCALLY (CAAPPR, MAC) AND INTERNATIONALLY (DIMAD), AND PARTICIPATED IN RESEARCH RELATED CALL FOR PAPERS AND EVENTS (UNIBE, 3RA BIENAL LATINOAMERICANA DE DISEÑO, ACSA).
Presentacion de la ponencia: 'Guggenheim vs Kursaal: a mapping of narratives?' en el simposio 'Spanish Architecture: History, Criticism, Practice, and Propaganda (1950s-1990s)' KJCC-New York University, (abril 2O12).
Premio de Honor, otorgado a Publicaciones / Revista (in)forma / "El jurado decide dar el premio a la Revista por el trabajo divulgativo de la investigación propiciando el debate en arquitectura, por el interés en hablar y reflexionar cuestiones urbanas actuales e incidir en los temas de arquitectura digital, exhortando a seguir en el trabajo de la difusión de la investigación y ensayo arquitectónico." 12 BIENAL CAAPPR, 2O11