The Innovation and Artificial Intelligence Lab (UBA IALAB) of the University of Buenos Aires and the Web3 data platform Archisinal have entered into a partnership. The organizations are working together to create a Polkadot-based initiative that will modernize the UBA’s legal facilities.
To adapt blockchain technology to design and urban planning, Archisinal will collaborate with UBA’s Web3, Blockchain & IA Lab. The Faculty Hearing Room will be transformed into a smart classroom through a competition open to students, architects and members of the academic community who want to get involved in the project.
Archisinal will manage the competition and leverage Polkadot’s blockchain framework through its blockchain platform. It will identify the necessary actions to carry out the task and manage the project using group financing through blockchain technology.
The project will act as a pilot for Archisinal, allowing it to demonstrate the value of its MVP in a collaborative and academic setting. The project provides a model use case for the use of blockchain technology in the education sector. It will lead and encourage volunteer work in Buenos Aires and support the maintenance and renovation of public facilities.
Through its Web3, Blockchain & AI Lab, the University of Buenos Aires has already started exploring the potential benefits of applied blockchain technology. Solidly based on the Polkadot ecosystem, Archisinal will extend this framework and find new applications for blockchain technology at UBA.
UBA IALAB, in collaboration with adLIB! and its director Marina Marchesotti, formed a relationship with the Polkadot Blockchain Academy in January 2023. The UBA Faculty of Law hosted the second version of this academic proposal, which was created by Dr. Gavin Wood. The academic and Polkadot communities have benefited greatly from working with the Polkadot Blockchain Academy due to their continued and close involvement.
The collaboration between Archisinal and UBA will serve as a catalyst for many other upcoming university projects in the works. Archisinal, a recent winner of a grant program from the Decentralized Futures of the Web3 Foundation, has won three hackathons in 2024.
The collaboration between UBA IALAB and Archisinal will support academic research and produce future industry leaders by serving as a case study for blockchain implementation. In doing so, it will create a technologically advanced and creative space at one of Argentina’s top educational institutions, adding value to law students.