AA Events List Winter Week 2 - 16.1.2012

Evening LecturePeter CookStuff and Nonsense for ArchitectureMonday 16 January, 6.00Lecture HallThe Architecture and Education lecture series co-ordinated by Mark Cousins asks invited speakers to introduce a broad field of architectural issues and issues of architectural education. The point is not to argue for some particular view but to describe the plurality of views within architectural discourse so that the audience becomes more aware of the choices open to them in terms of the central issues of architectural debate.

SED MArchJuryTuesday 17 January, 10.00Lecture HallSustainable Environmental Design MArch candidates present their dissertation projects.

SED Keynote LectureMike Taylor, Klaus Bode, Ed McCann London 2012 Velodrome Tuesday 17 January, 6.00Lecture HallThree key players in the design of the London 2012 Velodrome discuss the methods and solutions underpinning the project. The lightweight, double-curving and cable-net roof structure reflects the shape of the cycling track based on an economical use of materials. Strategically positioned glazed roof lights provide diffuse light throughout the track and infield areas, avoiding direct sunlight. Whilst mechanical systems seamlessly integrated into the building envelope deliver the warm temperatures required for the record breaking races, the Velodrome can be fully naturally ventilated during most of the year, reducing its energy consumption and related carbon emissions. Mike Taylor is a Senior Partner of Hopkins Architects. Klaus Bode is a Director of BDSP Partnership Consulting Engineers. Ed McCann is a Director of Expedition Engineering.

Emtech MArch JuryWednesday 18 January, 10.0036 SFBEmtech candidates present their dissertation projects.

Emtech Keynote LectureBranko KolarevicArchitecture of Change Wednesday 18 January, 6.00Lecture HallThis lecture surveys essential concepts and significant past and current projects that deal with interactive, responsive

environments, ie buildings that can change their configuration, appearance and environmental conditions in response to patterns of occupation and context (and in return can shape those too). The principal argument is that change in architecture is far from being adequately addressed or explored theoretically, experimentally or phenomenologically. Branko Kolarevic teaches architecture at the University of Calgary, where he also holds the Chair in Integrated Design and co-directs the Laboratory for Integrative Design (LID). He has authored, edited or co-edited several books, including Manufacturing Material Effects (with Kevin Klinger), Performative Architecture (with Ali Malkawi) and Architecture in the Digital Age.

DRL MArchJuryThursday 19 and Friday 20 January 10.00, Lecture HallDRL MArch candidates present their dissertation projects over two days

DRL Keynote LecturePhilippe MorelWhat is Computationalism?Thursday 19 January, 6.00Lecture Hall ‘One of the dimensions I am referring to when speaking of Computationalism concerns what I call “The Last Domestic Landscape” – an abstract and physical global landscape based on the computational power of electronic machines (ie computers), a landscape intrinsically associated with the idea of an effective postmodernism and that is still awaiting its theory. In this lecture I will address both the necessity for such a theorisation as well as some of the foundations of my theory of computationalism.’ Philippe Morel is co-founder of EZCT Architecture & Design Research, a collaborative practice created in 2000. He is associate professor at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture Paris-Malaquais (Architectural Theory and Computational Practices) and a studio master at the Berlage. He has written about the consequences of technological phenomena on global disurbanism and has lectured and/or exhibited at Harvard GSD, Mori Art Museum, TU Delft, Columbia GSAPP and MIT, among others.

Graduate School Open DayFriday 20 January, 9.30Lecture Hall This open day offers an introduction to the AA Graduate School with an opportunity for prospective students to meet current students and staff, tour the AA’s facilities and view presentations of current work. There will also be a chance

to attend the AADRL final jury, where teams of students present their thesis design projects to a panel of leading international architects, theorists,critics and designers. Participants are encouraged to attend the Evening Lecture by Hernán Díaz Alonso at 6.00.

DRL Keynote LectureHernán Díaz AlonsoThe Forms of PlentyFriday 20 January, 6.00Lecture Hall Díaz Alonso is the principal and founder of Xefirotarch, a practice based in Los Angeles. He is also the Graduate Programs Chair at SCI-Arc, where he has served for the past several years as Distinguished Professor of Architecture and Graduate Thesis Coordinator. Previously, he taught design studio at Columbia University GSAPP, and was the head studio professor in ‘Excessive’, a postgraduate programme at the Universität für angewandte Kunst in Vienna. He was honoured by Yale University with the Louis I Kahn Visiting Assistant Professorship of Architectural Design in autumn 2010. His work has been widely published in magazines and periodicals worldwide. 2012 will see the publication of a monograph from Thames and Hudson and a solo show at the Pompidou Centre in Paris.

Hooke Park Permaculture Session Saturday 21/Sunday 22 JanuaryHooke ParkThe permaculture sessions aim to build the knowledge and infrastructure for a newly productive and self-sustaining forest landscape at Hooke Park. As step one, volunteers are invited to help establish a new kitchen garden within the development masterplan. Further details can be found here: http:// designandmake. aaschool.ac.uk/permaculturePlease apply via email to [email protected] Applicants will be considered on a first come, first served basis.

Exhibitions are open from Saturday 14 January to Saturday 11 FebruaryMonday to Friday 10.00–7.00, Saturday 10.00–5.00

Critical TerritoriesGroundlab and Plasma StudioAA Gallery Critical Territories presents the work of two practices, Groundlab and Plasma Studio, which share a transdisciplinary approach and operate at multiple scales, from product and building design to landscape and masterplanning. The installation – a site-specific grid

arrangement of light boxes covered with technical drawings – has been conceived to immerse visitors in the systemic approach of the practices and their preoccupation with grids, ground and context. A plethora of conceptual and presentation models floating loosely within this grid communicate recurring aims, ideas and spatial and phenomenological effects. Among the projects on show are the Xian International Horticultural Expo and the Longgang Masterplan.

ecoLogicStudioH·O·R·T·U·S Front Members’ RoomH·O·R·T·U·S (Hydro Organisms Responsive to Urban Stimuli) is a new exhibition from ecoLogicStudio that engages with the notions of renewable energy and urban agriculture through a new gardening prototype. Over a four-week growing period, flows of energy (light radiation), matter (biomass, carbon dioxide) and information (images, tweets, stats) will be triggered to induce multiple mechanisms of self-regulation and evolve novel forms of self-organisation. H·O·R·T·U·S proposes an experimental hands-on engagement with these notions, illustrating their potential applicability to the masterplanning of large regional landscapes and the retrofitting of industrial and rural archi-tectural types, as exemplified in the project ‘Regional Algae Farm’ developed by ecoLogicStudio for Österlen on Sweden’s Baltic coast. ARTitectural Production Curated by Friedrich GräflingAA BarThe title ARTitecture evokes the close connections between fine art and architecture from the medieval period till today. In this exhibition three artists – Jorinde Voigt, Anne Hardy and Hynek Martinec – will offer their perspectives on the links between the disciplines, opening up a broader discussion that asks: Where are the contact points between architecture and art today? How do they compete or profit from their close relationship? The exhibition will be accompanied by a roundtable discussion at the AA on Wednesday 8 February. Both the exhibition and the roundtable event are sponsored and supported by the Czech Centre London and Kleine Wundertüte.

Forthcoming in Winter TermLina & Gio – The Last HumanistsThe Work of Lina Bo Bardi: Photographs by Iñigo Bujedo AguirreHomes of the American Dispossessed: Photographs by Ben MurphyPrivate views, Friday 24 February; open Saturday 25 February to Saturday 24 March

AA Annual General MeetingThe AA Annual General Meeting has been rescheduled to Monday 5 March. The previously scheduled meeting on Monday 23 January will now be used for an ordinary meeting of Council. Starting time for both meetings remains at 6.30.

AA Bookshop ClosureThe AA Bookshop will be closed for a week from 16 January to allow for its relocation to the back room of 32 Bedford Square. It will reopen on Monday 23 January.

AA Library Athens Access AvailableAthens is an access management system that provides remote access to the online databases and journals subscribed to by the AA Library. To set up an Athens account, please email Simine Marine at [email protected] or fill out a form at the library issue desk.

AA ModelshopThe Modelshop is now located in the basement area of 16 Morwell Street.

Student Forum DarkroomThe opportunity has arisen for a possible AA-run darkroom (black/white and colour) offsite in Bethnal Green, run by students for students. In order for this to go ahead, the Student Forum needs to gauge the level of interest in the school. If you have any prior experience of working in a darkroom or are interested in using it or helping out, please email [email protected]

January Progress ReviewsDates for January Progress Reviews are First Year: Wednesday 18 January Intermediate: Monday 16 January Diploma: Tuesday 17 January Students who are repeating the year are required to attend these reviews. All other students will have been notified by their Unit Masters/Tutors if they are required to attend the reviews.

11.30 Housing and UrbanismShaping the Modern CityHugo Hinsley & Nick BullockH&U Studio

2.00 Housing and UrbanismCities in a Transnational WorldJorge FioriH&U Studio

2.00 AAIS33 FFB

6.00 Evening LecturePeter CookStuff and Nonsense for ArchitectureLecture Hall

10.00 HTS First YearHistory of Architecture – A Critical OutlineIntroduction to the History of Architecture and to Its Categories: Form, Space, Project, Politics and SubjectivityPier Vittorio Aureli with Mollie Claypool, Emma Jones, Alison Moffett and Zaynab Dena Ziari 36 SFBPlease note associated seminars will take place in 36 SFB and 38 FFF/FFR – change in venue for this week only.

10.00 Sustainable Environmental Design (SED) MArch JuryPresentation of thesis projectsLecture Hall

11.00 History and Critical ThinkingThe Post-Eurocentric CityJohn Palmesino32FFF

2.00 History and Critical ThinkingContemporary Forms of Architecture and AgencyDouglas Spencer32FFF

6.00 SED Keynote LectureMike Taylor, Klaus Bode, Ed McCann London 2012 Velodrome Lecture Hall

10.00 Emtech MArch JuryPresentation of thesis projects36 SFB

11.30 SEDRefurbishing the City Part II: Introduction to Term 2 Events & Project BriefProgramme Staff32 FFB

2.00 Landscape UrbanismCritical TerritoriesDoug SpencerNew Soft Room

2.00 Projective CitiesTheories of the Contemporary CitySam Jacoby and Chris Lee32 GFB

3.00 Housing and UrbanismThe Reason of UrbanismLarry BarthH&U Studio

6.00 Emtech Keynote LectureBranko KolarevicArchitecture of Change Lecture Hall

10.00 DRL MArch Jury (Day 1)Presentation of thesis projectsLecture Hall

10.00 HTS Second YearArchitectures – Their Pasts and Their CulturesThe Engineer and Infrastructure Mark Cousins with Ryan Dillon, Ross Adams, Daniel Ayat and Roberta Maraccio 32 SFBPlease note seminars will take place in 32 SFB, 32 FFF/FFB and 33 FFB 10.00 HTS Third YearArchitectural Coupling (+)Delirious NY vs Manhattan TranscriptsMollie Claypool and Ryan Dillon with Ivonne Santoyo Orozco, Shumi Bose, Orit Goldstein-Mayer and Emanouil Stavrakakis 36 SFBPlease note seminars will take place in 36 SFB and Studios 1 and 2 – change in venue for this week only 10.00 TS First YearFirst Applications – Environmental GroupGiles Bruce 33 FFF

10.00 TS First YearFirst Applications – Materials GroupChristina Doumpioti 37 FFF 10.00 TS First YearFirst Applications – Structures GroupMarissa Kretsch 38 FFF 2.00 TS First YearFirst Applications – All GroupsOne-to-one work First Year Studio 2.00 TS Second Year Option course: Materials – SteelCarolina Bartram 36 SFB 3.00 Housing and UrbanismCritical UrbanismLarry BarthH&U Studio

3.30 TS Second Year Option course: Environmental Design in PracticeThe climate outside our buildings and why it mattersGiles Bruce 36 SFB

6.00 DRL Keynote LecturePhilippe MorelWhat is Computalisation? Lecture Hall

9.30 Graduate School Open DayLecture Hall

10.00 First Year JuryJury continues on Monday 23 January38 SFB

10.00 Intermediate 8 Jury38 FFF

10.00 DRL MArch Jury (Day 2)Presentation of thesis projectsLecture Hall

10.00 Building Conservation/Year 1Introduction To Timber FramingRichard Harris33 FFF

2.00 Building Conservation/Year 1 Damp Exercise VisitDavid Hills & Karen Butti

10.00 Building Conservation/Year 2Georgian InteriorsJohn Redmill 33 FFB

2.00 Building Conservation/Year 2 Colour in Interiors ‘The Past is a Foreign Country’Ian Bristow33 FFB

2.00 AAISStudio 2

6.00 DRL Keynote LectureHernán Díaz AlonsoThe Forms of Plenty Lecture Hall

Hooke Park Permaculture Session First of two weekend permaculture sessions at Hooke Park. Continues on Sunday.Hooke Park

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