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Exhibition 26 August until 19 September

Private View 26 August, 10.00–7.00hrs, Fondazione Giorgio Cini

Called Beyond Entropy: When Energy Becomes Form and sponsored by Digital Technology Solutions, RePower and Bersi Serlini, the project and symposium are set in the context of the urgent requirement of global energy and how this issue impacts on politics, economics and cultures across the globe.  In a world first, 24 leading artists, architects and scientists led by AA School architect Stefano Rabolli Pansera are pioneering an enquiry that fuses science, architecture and artistic collaboration to develop new ways of thinking about energy. 

Work created during the first year of the project, including giant self-balancing mechanisms, pedestals for displaying the invisible energy networks and a time machine will be on display at the Fondazione Giorgio Cini on the island of San Giorgio Maggiore from 26 August until 19 September 2010.  

Symposium 27 August, 1.00–midnight, Fondazione Giorgio Cini

Tickets: These are provided free for the public on a first-come, first-served basis. Tickets can be booked before 27 August by emailing beyondentropy@aaschool.ac.uk. Tickets can also be picked up from the entrance to the Fondazione Giorgio Cini from 10.00 on 26 and 27 August.

Schedule
1.00            Brett Steele, Director, AA School
1.10            Gianfranco Bettin, Regional Councillor, Venice
1.20            Hans Ulrich Obrist, Co-Director, Serpentine Art Gallery
1.40            Giovanni Anceschi, Professor of Industrial Design, Iuav
2.00            Bonnie Camplin, Professor of Film, Staedelschule
2.20            Beppe Caccia, Councillor, Venice City Hall.
2.40            Joel Newman, Head of AV, AA School
3.00            Nikolaus Hirsch, Rector, Steadelschule
3.20            Angelo Merlino, Mechanical Engineer, Large Hadron Collider, CERN
3.40            Carlo Carraro, President of the University of Venice
4.00            Marina Lathouri, Director of Histories & Theories, AA School
4.20            Christian Von During, Architect, Geneva Architectural Office
4.40            Javier Castanon, Diploma Master for Technical Studies, AA School
5.00            Joseph Rykwert, Seminar Teacher, Architecture History & Theory, Pennsylvania University
5.20            Alessandro Marini, President, Inn Tec
5.40            Marco Vanucci, Architecture, AKT
6.00            Stefano Boeri, Director, Abitare
6.20            Alessandro Beulcke, Organising Committee Member, Festival Dell'Energia
6.40            Richard Burdett, Centennial Professor, Architecture & Urbanism, London School of             Economics
7.00            Marco Baravalle, Curator, Sale Docks
7.20            Hans Hollein, Architect, Venice Biennale
7.40            Alessio Satta, Executive Director, Conservatoria delle Coste of Sardinia
8.00            Arazzi Laptop Ensemble: Istituto per la Musica of the Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Onlus Fondazione Giorgio Cini
8.20            Reinier de Graaf, Partner, OMA
8.40 Nur Puri Purini, Energy and Commodities Specialist, Intesa Sanpaolo
9.00            Antonio Negri, Professor, European Graduate School
9.20            Judith Revel, Lecturer in Romance Languages Literatures, Universite Paris
9.40            Matteo Pasquinelli, Curator & Researcher, Queen Mary University of London
10.00            Francesco Garutti, Contributor, Mousse Magazine
10.20            Aaron Levy, Executive Director & Chief Curator for Slought Foundation
10.40            Shumon Basar, Architect, The AA School

Speakers biographies at: http://bit.ly/d45xe0

AAIS is still open for applications from prospective students for the new academic year beginning in September. We welcome applications in particular from those with backgrounds in interactive design, graphic design, music, choreography, film and scenography.

Deadline for applications is 31 July 2010.
Apply and read more here

Apply now for:
Bangalore
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Berlin
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Venice
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online application now deadline for applications: 31 July

Introduction Week Monday 20 to Friday 24 September
Autumn Term, 12 weeks, Monday 27 September to Friday 17 December
Student vacation, Saturday 18 December to Sunday 9 January
AA premises closed, Saturday 18 December to Monday 3 January (incl)

Winter Term, 12 weeks, Monday 10 January to Friday 1 April
Student vacation, Saturday 2 to Sunday 25 April
AA premises closed, Saturday 9 to Monday 25 April

Spring Term, 8 weeks, Tuesday 26 April to Friday 17 June
Projects Review Friday 17 June
AA premises closed, Saturday 20 to Monday 29 August

The AA is holding a reception in honour of the life and work of Dennis Sharp, Thursday 1 July, 6.30-8.30 in the Library. The Sharp Prize is established this year to recognise exceptional architectural writing and criticism by AA students. RSVP cristian@aaschool.ac.uk

AA Book will be on sale on the evening of Friday 25 June, the Projects Review opening, at the discounted price of £15 (normally £20). All registered students are entitled to a complimentary copy. Students may pick up their copies from Monday 28 June from the AA Gallery.

11.00 Rehearsal in Bedford Square
1.00 Council Lunch in Library
3.00–4.30 Awards Ceremony
4.30–5.30 Canapés and drinks for parents
5.30 Gates locked
6.30 Projects Review begins

A private opening for Members to view the exhibition. Students will be on hand to answer questions about their work.

The Members’ Evening is preceded by the (invitation only) High Tea for Life and Honorary Members at 3.30–5.30, which will be served in the AA Gallery (not 32 as originally advertised).
Please contact Luisa Miller on 020 7887 4034 or events@aaschool.ac.uk

Digital Prototyping Lab
28 June–2 July, open for laser-cutting and cnc milling only
3–11 July, closed
12 July–21 August, closed for maintenance and summer schools; limited laser-cutting slots available by appointment only
21 August–13 September closed/Holiday
13–17 Sept, by appointment only
Computer Room
Open 10.00–6.00 when the AA is open.
Model Workshop
Closed for maintenance, 28–29 June Open as usual to 20 August and from 19 September.
AA Bookshop
Monday–Friday 10.00–6.30, Saturday 11.00–5.00, except when the AA is closed.
AA Workshop
Monday–Friday, 10.00–6.00 – check in advance in case of closure for machine maintenance.
Digital Photo Studio
Monday 28 June–Friday 23 July, open Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday, 10.00–6.00, then closed to end of August. From September, open Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday, 10.00–6.00. Extended opening hours resume in term time.
020 7887 4080
darkroom@aaschool.ac.uk
Library
Monday 28 June, 10.00–5.00
Tuesday 29 and Wednesday 30 June, 10.00–6.00
Thursday 1 July, 10.00– 5.00
Friday 2 July, 10.00–6.00
Saturday 3 July, Library closed
Monday 5–Friday 30 July, 10.00– 6.00, closed Saturdays
Closed Monday 2 August to Sunday
5 September inclusive
Monday 6–Friday 24 September, 10.00– 6.00, closed Saturdays
Normal term-time hours resume from Monday 27 September: Monday–Friday 10.00–9.00, Saturday 11.00–5.00
Photo Library
Monday–Friday, 10.00–6.00 until Friday 30 July; closed until Friday 3 September. Open by appointment only (020 7887 4066) until 17 September, re-opening as normal for Introduction Week onwards.
aaschool.ac.uk/photolib
AA Bar
9.30–7.00 until Monday 25 July, from 9.45–6.15 until Friday 6 August and
from 9.45–5.00 to closure.
AA Dining Room
Monday to Friday, 12.15–2.15 to Friday 23 July.

The role of external examiners is to look at portfolios submitted by students for RIBA Parts 1 and 2 and exemptions, and to agree to pass lists which are then forwarded to the RIBA. Examiners will view Intermediate student work for AA Intermediate RIBA/ARB Part 1 (Third Year portfolios) on Tuesday 22 June and Diploma student work for AA Finals RIBA/ARB Part 2 (Fifth Year portfolios) on Wednesday 23 June.

Elizabeth Adams graduated from the AA in 1990 and taught there, throughout the school, until 1998. She is a founding director of Adams & Sutherland, a practice known for its work in the public realm, ranging from urban regeneration and landscape design to community and education buildings. Current projects include the Greenway, a major landscape project for the Olympic Delivery Authority, which will provide a key route into the Olympic Park, and the Chandos Centre, a new Olympic Legacy community building and open space in Stratford.

Working with the London Development Agency (LDA) the practice has had a significant role in delivering the award winning East London Green Grid. The practice has initiated investigations into severe learning disability and the built environment, and in working directly with voluntary groups and school children. Elizabeth is a LDA Design Advisor and continues to teach as a visiting tutor in a number of UK schools. She is also an external examiner at the universities of East London and Brighton.

Simon Allford is a founding partner of Allford Hall Monaghan Morris, where he leads a team of architects working on numerous large-scale urban design and architecture projects. The focus of the architecture projects is predominantly in England but increasingly international. AHMM has won numerous awards for buildings and masterplans that encompass public and commercial programmes including offices, housing, arts and educational buildings.

Having taught for 15 years at The Bartlett, Simon is now Visiting Professor at UCL. Simon is a frequent lecturer, visiting critic and external examiner at many schools. He maintains close links with the AA and the RIBA having been formerly Vice President of both and has just retired from being Vice Chair of CABE’s Design Review Committee.

Ben van Berkel studied architecture at the Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam and received the AA Diploma with Honours in 1987. In 1988 he and Caroline Bos set up practice in Amsterdam. The Van Berkel & Bos Architectuurbureau has realised, among other projects, the Karbouw office building, the Erasmus bridge in Rotterdam, museum Het Valkhof in Nijmegen, the Moebius house and the NMR facilities for the University of Utrecht.

In 1998 he and Caroline Bos established UN Studio (United Net), which presents itself as a network of specialists in architecture, urban development and infrastructure. Current projects include restructuring the station area of Arnhem, the Mercedes-Benz museum in Stuttgart, a music theatre for Graz and the design and restructuring of the Ponte Parodi harbour in Genoa. He has lectured and taught at architectural schools around the world. Currently he is professor in conceptual design at the Staedelschule in Frankfurt am Main. Central to his teaching is an inclusive approach to architectural works, integrating virtual and material organisation and engineering constructions.

Frank Barkow was born in 1957 in Kansas City and studied architecture at the universities of Montana State and Harvard, where he has been visiting professor several times at the Graduate School of Design (GSD). In 2008 he was visiting professor at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, in the School of Architecture & Urban Planning.

Since 1993 he has run Barkow Leibinger Architects with Regine Leibinger in Berlin. From 1995 to 1998 he was a unit master at the AA. He was a visiting professor at Cornell University in 2003, and also from 2005 to 2006 at State Academy of Art and Design, Stuttgart.

Bernard Cache, born in 1958, developed the concept of ‘non-standard architecture’ in his book Earth Moves (MIT Press, 1995), a concept that was given the name ‘objectile’ by Gilles Deleuze in his book on Leibniz, The Fold. In 1996 Cache founded the company Objectile together with his partner Patrick Beaucé, in order to conceive and manufacture non-standard architecture components. Since 2005 he has been investigating the possibility of constructing a contemporary tradition on the basis of Vitruvius’ De Architectura.

Mike Cook studied mechanical sciences at Cambridge University. His PhD, awarded at Bath University, is titled ‘Design of Air Supported Structures to resist Wind Loading’. Mike joined Buro Happold in 1982, and became a principal in 1994. He is a chartered engineer and Fellow of the Institution of Structural Engineers. He was resident engineer for the cable net roof of the Tsim Sha Shui Cultural Centre, Hong Kong. In September 2007 he became a visiting professor at Imperial College, London.

Jeremy Dixon graduated from the AA in 1963 and has been working as a principal in private practice since 1977. He won first prize with Edward Jones in 1972 for an international competition for Northamptonshire County Offices and the two formed The Jeremy Dixon and Edward Jones Partnership in 1989. Current projects include the Panopticon Building for UCL, a masterplan for Exhibition Road, the Portrait Gallery of Canada,Ottawa, and major commercial and cultural developments in Liverpool and London.

Recently completed schemes include the redevelopment of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, an extension to the National Portrait Gallery, and the Saïd Business School, Oxford. Jeremy Dixon has served on various architectural juries, recently the competition for Tate Britiain in 2006. He lectures and teaches widely and his work is regularly published and exhibited.

Paul Wesley Nakazawa is an advisor and strategist to practices in the fields of architecture, landscape architecture and urbanism. He established his practice in 1993. He is a founding member of firms including AMO and e/Prime, and is a member of the board of directors for the New York office of Snøhetta.

Nakazawa served as chairman of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts’ Designer Selection Board, advising selection committees on major institutional projects in the US and UK, and sits on the board of directors of the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative (masstech.org), an economic development agency. He is a faculty member of the Harvard GSD and a management advisor to the College of Architecture, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago.

Nakazawa received his BA and MBA degrees from the University of Chicago, and a Masters in architecture from Harvard University. He is a member of the American Institute of Architects, Boston Society of Architects, Urban Land Institute, American Physical Society (American Institute of Physics), and
the New York Academy of Sciences.

Carol Patterson completed her undergraduate study at the University of California-Berkeley and received her Masters degree with honours from Columbia University in New York. She has worked for many highly acclaimed offices around the world including Rogers Marvel in New York and Norman Foster and Arup in London. She worked with Rem Koolhaas and the Office for Metropolitan Architecture, in Rotterdam from 2000–03 and again in London since 2006. She had primary responsibility on the Seattle Public Library and has been the lead architect on the extensions for the Whitney Museum and Los Angeles County Museum of Art. She currently oversees the design and construction for a new headquarters for Rothschild Bank, a conservation site in the CIty of London on which Rothschild has been located since 1808. This will be the first completed UK building by OMA.

Deborah Saunt established the architectural studio DSDHA in 1998 with David Hills. Their work blurs the boundaries between landscape and architecture, art and urbanism, and questions our preconceptions of the city. Projects range from a gateway residential building for London’s Olympic Village, the mixed-use Silver Building in Soho, a landmark retail building on South Molton Street, Westminster, artists’ studios and galleries, as well as an art installation for Hermès on Bond Street.

Deborah is guest professor at EPFL in Lausanne, Switzerland, and is a member of various panels, including the RIBA Awards Group, the AD Editorial Board and architectural advisor for Campus de la Paix, Geneva. Deborah also writes and broadcasts on architecture.

Neil Thomas is Director of Atelier One, founded in 1989, a highly innovative engineering practice which covers research and implementation of a huge variety of scales and projects. An early collaboration in 1993 on Rachel Whiteread’s ‘House’ in east London won her the Turner Prize. He is a visiting professor at Yale, and Austin University, Texas, among numerous educational posts in the UK and US. Some of the practice’s recent projects include the ‘giant claw’ for U2’s 360 Degree tour, Singapore’s Gardens by the Bay masterplan, stage set for the Turin Winter Olympics and the 900 square-metre extension to the White Cube Gallery in London, which was completed in a week.

Hugh Whitehead graduated from Liverpool University with First Class Honours. His thesis on the application of optimisation in an architectural context explored the potential for using mathematical techniques as an aid to design, and also researched the problem of how to educate designers to construct a solution space, which can then be explored programmatically.

In 1998 he joined Foster & Partners to set up the Specialist Modelling Group, which brought the original thesis a new significance. The group focuses on the research, development and evaluation of new technologies to support the design process and to date has worked on more than 100 projects, including the SwissRe tower, the Sage Gateshead, Albion Wharf and the new Beijing Airport terminal. The group also conducts collaborative research with universities and software companies. Whitehead co-founded the SmartGeometry Group in 2002, which aims to bring together practice, education and research through international and multi-disciplinary events and workshops.

Sarah Whiting studied at Yale and Princeton and received her doctorate from MIT. She is a founding partner at WW, where she has been Design Partner for the Golden House, Princeton, New Jersey; the Museum of Art + Design at San José State University, California; the St Francis High School Arts and Athletics Building, Louisville, Kentucky; the X House in Northfield, Massachusetts; and numerous other projects. Prior to WW, Whiting worked with the Office for Metropolitan Architecture, where she was a principal designer on the Euralille masterplan. She has also worked with Peter Eisenman in New York and Michael Graves in Princeton, New Jersey.

Whiting frequently lectures worldwide and serves as a critic of architecture and urban design in architecture schools, and contributes to publications such as The New York Times.

Alejandro Zaera-Polo is an architect and founding partner of Foreign Office Architects (FOA). He holds the Berlage Chair in the Technical University of Delft, the Netherlands and is the Norman Foster Professor at Yale University. He is also a Visiting Professor at Princeton University. He trained at Harvard Graduate School of Design and ETS Architecture Madrid prior to establishing FOA.

He served as the Dean of the Berlage Institute in Rotterdam for four years, was Unit Master at the AA and a Visiting Professor at the univesities and schools of architecture including California in LA, Columbia, Princeton, Madrid and Yokohama, where he currently has an advisory role.  He has also been an advisor to several committees including the Quality Commission for Architecture in Barcelona and the Advisory Committee for Urban Development of Madrid. He is a member of the Urban Age Think Tank at London School of Economics and has published extensively as a critic in professional publications worldwide, which also feature his work.

The Library offers for sale a number of duplicates and surplus journals at a fraction of their retail price: issues of A&U, Detail, etc for £3; MARK, Architectural Review, Blueprint, etc – just £2.

Stock usually sells out very rapidly – first-come, first-served … All money received will be treated as a donation either to replace lost material or to repair exisiting books.

On Saturday 5 June the AA Bookshop will have a trolley of books for sale reduced to £1. Only available on the day, 11.00–5.00.

'Headscapes – Compositions for Headphones' was a project at the Hochschule der Bildenden Künste Saar, Saarbrücken, Germany. Nine artists explore the space inside the head, challenging the listener’s own standpoint. Some of the works pick specific places as a central subject, others relate to personal experience or to sound phenomena.