Architectural Association School of Architecture

Participants will need accommodation: Summer School, Monday 5–Friday 23 July and D_LAB, Monday 26 July–Friday 6 August. If you are interested
in renting your room out for either or both of these periods, please email
Sandra Sanna with details of the accommodation to visitingschool@aaschool.ac.uk

The class jury for this submission will take place on Thursday 29 April at 2.00 in 16.B01 Morwell Street –
one week later than originally scheduled. 

Technical Studies Third Year Design Project tutorials are given by Wolfgang Frese,
Manja van de Worp and Phil Cooper on Thursday afternoons. 

Tutorials will now take place in Intermediate Open Rooms 3 and 4. Students are asked to email their booking
requests to Belinda on belinda@aaschool.ac.uk 

Casting Creativity is an ideas competition for young creative individuals and companies. Casting Creativity aims to establish an exchange platform for cross-border and cross-cultural business co-operation.

The competition invites submissions on a single A3 sheet outlining ideas within the fields of: Future, Businesses, Communication, Risk and Technology. Fifteen selected entrants will present their ideas within the five different categories to a jury in a Pecha Kucha format. One entry from each category will then be invited to take part in the international C’n’B Creative Businesses Convention in Germany in June.

Casting Creativity takes place in the frame of the AAIS exhibition ‘Seed to Scene (S2S)’, from 18–31 May, at 1–5 Dryden Street, London WC2.
Deadline: 14 May
Email: s2s@aaschool.ac.uk
Postal address: AA School of Architecture, Seed to Scene/AAIS, 36 Bedford Square, London WC1B 3ES

Deadline: 10 May
Email: s2s@aaschool.ac.uk

Postal address: AA School of Architecture, Seed to Scene/AAIS, 36 Bedford Square, London WC1B 3ES

Established in memory of former AA student Nicholas Boas (1975–1998), this travel scholarship allows AA students to spend three weeks in Rome in July. The recipients will be based at the British School at Rome, where generations of artists and scholars have researched the history, art and architecture of Italy. Expenses for the trip are generously taken care of by the Nicholas Boas Trust. 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 there.

Shortlisted applicants will be asked to attend an informal interview to discuss their current work and their ideas for a Rome visit. 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 Friday 7 May.

Applicants must give their name, address, telephone number and email address and may be posted, handed in to AA Reception or emailed to Belinda Flaherty at belinda@aaschool.ac.uk. For further information, please contact Belinda Flaherty.

Media Studies First Year portfolios are due for submission by 5.00 in the collections box, 36 Third Floor.

The election of Officers and Council begins on Monday 19 April at 9.00 and runs until 5.00 on 14 May. Most eligible voters will receive their ballot by email, the remainder will receive a postal vote. Eligible voters are current subscribing members of the AA. If you have any questions about the election, please contact Mi-Voice (the organisation running the election on the Association’s behalf) on 0845 241 4148 or by email at
enquiries@mi-voice.com

Download AA Student Handbook

The Student Handbook has been compiled for students in all parts of the AA School, and is a guide to every aspect of the AA.

This handbook is designed to ensure access for our students to the information needed in order to enhance every aspect of their academic lives.

AA Undergraduate Bursary application forms for the 2010/11 academic year are available from Sabrina Blakstad in the Registrar’s Office from Monday 15 March.
The deadline for completed applications to be returned is Friday 14 May.

Student Publication
Thank you very much to everyone who sent in work and poems and posters. Summer and Merve are currently finishing the layout, and it will be distributed by the end of term.

New Materials Shop
Now walk in! Maria, the new shop manager, has done a fantastic job in stocking up on lots of new items (piano wire, scale people, model making equipment …). Come check it out and let her know if you have any requests.

What Do You Think of the SF Fee?
Is £35 too much?

Term 3
Brett is thinking of ending the third term another week earlier next year (before 20 June!). His explanation is that he is responding to past student complaints about not finding internships as most require you to start on 1 July. What do you think? Isn’t the third term when your project really materialises and you need as much time as possible?

If you have any academic concerns, comments about open day or suggestions please join us in April, date to be announced or email studentforum@aaschool.ac.uk

Some 13,000 student members of the RIBA attend RIBA-validated architectural courses at UK Schools of Architecture, represented by two seats on the RIBA Council. One of these is up for election this year. This is an exceptional opportunity take part in forming policy which can influence the future of the profession worldwide.

The nomination period begins formally in 1 April, when all forms and guidance notes will be avaiable on the RIBA website at www.architecture.com/elections

Closing date for return of completed nomination forms is Friday 14 May

Architecture education organisation Open House is looking for enthusiastic, creative and committed architecture students and recent graduates to contribute to their programme for London primary schools: Junior Open House. There are opportunities to get involved in both informal and formal education programmes to network with architects in established London-based practices, diversify their practice and support young people in investigating architecture and the built environment.

Please sign up by 19 March with Ros Croker, Open House Education Projects Coordinator, on 020 7383 5722 or email on rcroker@openhouse.org.uk

On Tuesday 30 March at 7.00 AA Members can enjoy an exclusive preview at the Design Museum of David Adjaye’s photographic journey ‘Urban Africa’ and ‘Sustainable Futures – can design make a difference?’ The exhibitions will be introduced by David Adjaye and Deyan Sudjic, the Director of the Design Museum.

David Adjaye’s collection of photographs is a personal quest through the eyes of an architect to address the scant knowledge of the built environment of the African continent. Capturing the salient features of Africa’s cities including suburban settlements, unofficial developments and townscapes, these photographs examine the buildings and places that resonate with Adjaye’s preoccupations as an architect. The photographs are set against a backdrop of African music specially composed for the exhibition by Peter Adjaye. This detailed survey documents the nature of urban life in a developing continent, a unique geo-cultural survey profiling the African city in a global context.

‘Sustainable Futures’ showcases a range of design and architecture projects that explore the most important issues associated with sustainability. Celebrated through a selection of pioneering design approaches, this exhibition places sustainable design centre stage, focusing on how design can make a positive contribution towards a more sustainable future.

Both exhibitions are open to the public from 31 March to 5 September.

Time: 7.00
Cost: £12

Tickets are limited so book early to avoid disappointment. Contact Luisa Miller on 020 7887 4034 or email events@aaschool.ac.uk

Vacation Programme Books Loans
All programme books must be returned by 12midday on Monday 19 April.