Architectural Association School of Architecture

The AA attracts the interest of academic visitors from all over the world because of its innovative teaching tradition. As a response to this interest the AA offers a three week programme that develops a comparative debate on aims, strategies and methods of teaching architecture, as well as giving teachers with very diverse experience and backgrounds an opportunity to participate in discussions about the teaching and research of the AA.    

There will be meetings organised with teachers and students throughout the school, and the visiting teachers will also attend juries, reviews and other events during the three weeks. Please make them welcome during their visit.
     

This year the programme runs from 21 May to 8 June with the following participants:
Eva Maria Alvarez (Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain)
Mariateresa Aprile (Roma Tre University, Italy
Deniz Balik (Dokuz Eylud Universitesi Mimarlik, Turkey)
Bernd Bess (Technical University Berlin, Germany)
Betul Bretschneider (Technical University of Vienna, Austria)
Emmanuel Ruffo Calderon (Technical University Graz, Austria)
Maria Jose Marcos (ETSA Madrid, Spain)
Francesco Messina (University of Reggio Calabria, Italy)
Giovanna Piga (Philadelphia University in Rome, Italy)
Marina Smokvina (University of Zagreb, Croatia)
Cristian Suau (Welsh School of Architecture, UK)
Federico Wulff (ETSA Granada, Spain)

For information about the programme please contact Hugo Hinsley or Karina Joseph.

This scholarship is offered to encourage and support AA School students to take part in Visiting School programmes being held in diverse locations internationally and scheduled for the summer period between the end of this academic year and the beginning of the next one.

Awarded to five currently enrolled AA students, the scholarship will cover the Visiting School fee together with a £500 stipend towards other travel and accommodation costs. Interested applicants are required to send in a statement of intent, detailing the reasons why they have chosen the specific Visiting School in no more than 250 words.

DEADLINE: TUESDAY 29 MAY 2012

Poster

Following the recent Jury event, the recipients of the Writing and Sharp Awards are:

First Year:                     
RADU MACOVEI
From Alberti to Koolhaas: Tracing an Urban Conception

Second Year:                   
FEDERIQUE PARASKEVAS, Intermediate Unit 8
Tahrir Square and Haussmann’s Paris: Physical Manifestations of Political Doctrines

Third Year:                    
LINGXIU CHONG, Intermediate Unit 1
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The Dennis Sharp Prize for Excellence in Architectural Writing is awarded to:

PHILIP TURNER, Diploma Unit 3
At War with Nostalgia, Truth is the First Casualty

With Honourable Mention for:

HENRY THOROLD, Diploma Unit 11
Space Odysseys: From the Leibniz Clarke Correspondence to 2001 

The AA Community is reminded that all premises will be closed on the Bank Holidays in Term 3:

Monday 4 and Tuesday 5 June (School re-opens on Wednesday 6 June)

Of the 50 projects nominated from the Third and Fifth Year we are delighted to confirm that the following students have been awarded a HIGH PASS.

Third Year:

Hunter Devine: Intermediate Unit 12

Jyri Eskola: Intermediate Unit 2

Jenny Hill: Intermediate Unit 6

Tae Hyuk Kim: Intermediate Unit 3

Yueqi Li: Intermediate Unit 6

Alexey Marfin: Intermediate Unit 4

Lucy Moroney: Intermediate Unit 9

Cliff Tan: Intermediate Unit 7

Mary Wang: Intermediate Unit 2

Guan Xiong Wong: Intermediate Unit 7

Lara Yegenogulu: Intermediate Unit 6

 Fifth Year:

Hans Christian Buhl: Diploma Unit 11

Brian Cheng: Diploma Unit 17

Yheu Shen Chua: Diploma Unit 8

Hussam Dakkak: Diploma Unit 8

Valeria Garcia: Diploma Unit 17

Lyn Hayek: Diploma Unit 8

Beom Kwan Kim: Diploma Unit 8

Yoo Jin Kim: Diploma Unit 1

Sofoklis G Koutsourelis: Diploma Unit 16

Samantha Lee: Diploma Unit 6

Carrie Lim: Diploma Unit 4

Dessi Lyutakova: Diploma Unit 6

Scrap Marshall: Diploma Unit 11

Sam Nelson: Diploma Unit 14

Nora Nilsen: Diploma Unit 8

Elena Palacios Caral: Diploma Unit 9

Eugene Tan: Diploma Unit 8

Henry Thorold: Diploma Unit 11

Manijeh Verghese: Diploma Unit 9

Yvonne Weng: Diploma Unit 17

Yuma Yamamato: Diploma Unit 11

Amir Yousefi: Diploma Unit 18

Konstantinos Zaverdinos: Diploma Unit 16

The updated version of the AA Student Handbook March 2012 can now be downloaded here. This edition replaces the original version, issued in October 2010, and provides students with general information about the School and some handy hints about living in London.

In addition, the AA School Academic Regulations March 2012 can be downloaded here. Much of this information was originally outlined in the Student Handbook; however, it was decided that a separate document would help to clarify key procedures and processes for both Undergraduate and Graduate students.

It is the responsibility of every student to understand the procedures and processes outlined in the AA School Academic Regulations.

Foundation, Wednesday 16 May, 10.00 Foundation studio

Intermediate Unit 13, Wednesday 16 May, 10.00 32 Second Floor Back 

Diploma Unit 16, Wednesday 16 May, 10.00 , Lecture Hall

Diploma Unit 17, Wednesday 16 May, 10.00 37 First Floor Front

Diploma Unit 11, Thursday 17 May, 10.00 Lecture Hall 

Intermediate Unit 2, Friday 18 May, 10.00 32 Second Floor Back

Intermediate Unit 8, Friday 18 May, 10.00 32 First Floor Back

Intermediate Unit 9, Friday 18 May, 10.00 Studio 1 

Diploma Unit 5, Friday 18 May, 10.00 Rear Second Presentation

Diploma Unit 6, Friday 18 May, 10.00 Lecture Hall 

Intermediate Unit 3, Monday 21 May, 10.00 32 Second Floor Back

Diploma Unit 4, Monday 21 May 10.00 38 First Floor Front

Diploma Unit 2, Tuesday 22 May, 10.00 37 First Floor Front

Diploma Unit 8, Tuesday 22 May 10.00 Lecture Hall

Diploma Unit 9, Tuesday 22 May, 10.00 32 Second Floor Back

First Year, Tuesday 22/Wednesday 23/Thursday 24 May, time tbc, Rear Second Presentation Room 

Intermediate Unit 4, Wednesday 23 May, 10.00 38 First Floor Front

Intermediate Unit 1, Thursday 24 May, 10.00 Studio 1

Intermediate Unit 5, Friday 25 May, 14.00–17.00 37 First Floor Front /
Monday 28 May, 10.00 32 Second Floor Back

Intermediate Unit 7, Friday 25 May, 10.00 38 First Floor Front

Intermediate Unit 12, Friday 25 May, 10.00 32 Second Floor Back

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The AA Council for the 2012/13 session will be as follows:

PRESIDENT: Keith Priest
HON. VICE PRESIDENTS: Diana Periton, Christina Smith
HON. SECRETARY: John Andrews
HON. TREASURER: Sadie Morgan                                   
PAST PRESIDENT: Alex Lifschutz
ORDINARY MEMBERS:
Joanna Chambers *
Eleanor Dodman *
Frank Duffy
Lionel Eid *
Summer Islam *
Alexander Laing *
Aram Mooradian
Hugh Pearman *
Yasmin Shariff *
Jerome Tsui
Paul Warner *
Julyan Wickham 

* newly elected for the 2012/13 session

The AA Student Forum is providing financial assistance for unit trips i.e. partil funding of travel costs. Deadline: 5 May 2012. Email: studentforum@aaschool.ac.uk

Please attach the following documents to the email for application in ONE Pdf file:

-Contacts details

-Candidate statement(explaining your financial situation and details of the trip)

-List of Travel expenses (accomodation and flight costs)

-Evidence of expenses (available receipts or estimated travel costs)

Should you go on a unit trip before the deadline there is the possibility of getting reimbursed. A jury willl beformed to award the bursaries making sure that all the candidates remain anonymous during the entire process. In case you were awarded a Travel Bursary, you will be contacted by the Student Forum.

This travel scholarship, established in memory of former AA student Nicholas Boas (1975–1998) allows AA students to spend three weeks in Rome. The recipients will be based at the British School at Rome in July 2012, where generations of artists and scholars have researched the history, art and architecture of Italy.

All expenses for the trip are generously taken care of by the Nicholas Boas Trust and any current AA registered student may apply by submitting a short written paragraph stating why they wish to travel to Rome and what interest they intend to pursue whilst they are there. The successful candidate is expected to produce a small body of work as a result of their visit – sketches, photographs or the basis of a project.

The deadline for applications is Wednesday 9 May. Please email applications to Belinda Flaherty at belinda@aaschool.ac.uk and should include the name, address, telephone number and email address of the applicant.

Shortlisted applicants will be asked to attend an informal interview to discuss their current work and their ideas for a Rome visit. For further information, please contact Belinda Flaherty at the email address above.

AA Bookshop's May selection of new titles can be ordered online at aabookshop.net
Members receive a 20 per cent discount on the month's featured titles. To become a member, go to the Membership site.
Members receive up to 50 per cent discount on selected special offers.
If you would like to contact the Bookshop, please email bookshop@aabookshop.net or telephone 020 7887 4041.

The new AA Bookshop is open at 32 Bedford Square.

Book launches in May 
All events start at 6.30. See Lectures and Events pages on website for more details.
Wednesday 2 May Sharp Words. Selected Essays of Dennis Sharp (AA Publications)
Tuesday 8 May New Arcadians: Emerging UK Architects, Lucy Bullivant (Merrell)
Thursday 17 May Systemic Architecture: Operating Manual for the Self Organizing City, Marco Poletto and Claudia Pasquero (Routledge)