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Barcelona participates in the Ferrari of the future

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Barcelona is still going strong. The city is from the last century, a benchmark of modernity, luxury and avant thanks to artists like Antoni Gaudí. Now he wants to go one step further and remain at the forefront in design terms. To do nothing better than to associate his name to the great brand of motorsport, Ferrari and design the car of the future.

A group of students from the European Institute of Design in Barcelona in the final fight of the Ferrari World Design Contest , which is how they know this competition against 7 other schools in the U.S., Germany, Italy, Britain, India and Korea by be responsible for designing the so-called "hyper Ferrari." These young Catalans have managed to reach the final by beating about 50 schools of the best design schools around the world.

The seven finalists must now create virtual 3D models of your proposed by hyper Autodesk Alias, Autodesk software (leading 3D engineering and design associated with the contest). Also have to build physical prototypes in 1:4 scale model of your car. The target set by Ferrari is to a revolutionary car that includes the latest technological and design. Thus, its main requirements are that of being a fast car, lightweight, environmentally friendly and very intuitive.

Catalan students have proposed a model that brings the futuristic technology with which you can count on now and the next generation of materials to have the best car possible. All Ferrari to show they can do things that go very seriously and that its design is undoubtedly the best.

This is the first time that Ferrari is organizing a contest like this. For its development and evolution is supported by Autodesk, the leader today in engineering and 3D design. Users of different fields such as architecture, manufacturing, construction and media and entertainment use Autodesk software to design, visualize and simulate their ideas.

From Autodesk are delighted to be part of this initiative. "Autodesk is proud to be the partner of Ferrari in the creation of this international competitionand help demonstrate the potential that has the new generation of designers with the inspiration and the right tools. " This was stated educational director, Joe Astroth, who also stressed the importance of the event. "This contest gives students a real experience of design team work, project deadlines and presentation of results is to a company like Ferrari."

The award consists of $ 10,000 and a 3-month scholarship at the Ferrari headquarters, and a prize for the team that Autodesk has best used his software to communicate and design your hyper. The name of the winners will be announced on July 19th in Maranello Ferrari factory.