LociMAKE

Monday 3 – Friday 7 September 2012

AA LociMAKE is a five-day course held at Hooke Park, using woodworking techniques developed by regional artists and makers living in Dorset and the South West of England. The name LociMAKE originates from the term ‘Genius-Loci’ meaning ‘Spirit of the Place’ and for one week only, master craftsman, Guy Mallinson will provide hands-on classes in traditional and contemporary wood fabrication techniques using green wood (unseasoned timber) at Hooke Park. The course will entail daily workshops exploring techniques such as green-wood jointing, steam bending, Bendywood ®, Thermaflex and other pioneering wood shaping methods. Working with timber sourced directly from Hooke Park forest prototypical 1:1 experiments will explore and speculate on the architectural prospects for these innovative techniques. The theme being explored for this course is the notion of the ‘Weather House’ and the resulting constructs being designed and built will explore the effect time, cycles of weather and the environment have on the properties of greenwood. These experimental propositions will be built and tested and will culminate into an original 1:1 constructed ‘weather house’. Each day there will be discourse and speculation in how the techniques undertaken could be applicable to architecture and the building in detail. The workshop culminates in a day long symposium with invited leading practitioners in timber and teachers of architecture from the AA School of Architecture, Dorset and beyond

Applications

The deadline for applications is 20 August 2012. All participants travelling from abroad are responsible for securing any visa required. After payment of fees, the AA can provide a letter confirming participation in the workshop. A portfolio or CV is not required, only the online application form and payment.

Fees

The AA Visiting School requires a fee of £695 per participant, which includes a £50 Visiting Membership. If you are already a member, the total fee will be reduced automatically by £50 by the online payment system. Fees are non refundable.

Fees do not include flights and train to Hooke Park. Accommodation, food and materials are included in the fees. Students need to bring their own laptops and digital equipment. Please ensure this equipment is covered by your own insurance as the AA takes no responsibility for items lost or stolen at the workshop.

Schedule & Venue
Schedule tbc. This is an intensive, workshop-based programme requiring full-time day time participation. The workshop will be hosted at Hooke Park and its surrounding 350-acre woodland.

Elgibility 
The workshop is open to professional architects and makers including current architecture and design students and PhD scholars.