Summer School
APRÈS CITY - LondonMonday 2 – Friday 20 July 2012
‘The after-party’s always better than the main event.’
As the Olympic Games draw to a close in the summer, London will be struggling with the question of what to do when the party’s over. Do we all just pick up the garbage, tidy up and go home? And, more importantly, where’s the after-party?
The Summer School will invent and describe the Après-City through compelling perspectives: spatial, social, economic, ecological, cultural and technological. It will use London as an experimental laboratory of ideas and actions. Individual and collective discoveries are encouraged as well as innovative, evocative proposals.
Based on the renowned AA unit system, the three-week course emphasises techniques of interpretation, recording, drawing, making and thinking through diverse media types, both analogue and digital. A challenging programme of design studios, field study, seminars and lectures emphasises the importance of both practice and theory in contemporary architecture.
With over 80 students hailing from over 35 countries, dynamic group work is encouraged to build on opportunities for exchange on all fronts – conceptual, architectural and cultural. Numerous techniques of working are promoted that include both analogue fabrication as well as digital production. In past years students have developed and presented projects as live performances, books, drawings, models, films, on-site installations, zines, broad-sheets, multimedia presentations and a 200-person interactive photoshoot.
Tutors, lecturers and critics include past and present AA unit masters as well as professionals pooled from disciplines as diverse as fashion, art, architecture, graphics, industrial design, urbanism and film. The course is aimed at undergraduate architectural students who would like to experience the AA environment and/or those who are considering a change of school, newcomers to architecture, both recent school leavers and those considering a change of career.
Applications
The deadline for applications is 18 June 2012. Spaces are limited and applicants are advised to apply early. 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.
Fees
The AA Summer School requires a total fee of £1650 per participant, which includes a £50 Visiting Membership and deposit of £700 which is deducted from the total fee. The deposit will reserve your place, but the full fee is required to participate. English Language level results are required before the start date, and deposit and fees are non refundable.
If you are already a member, the total fee will be reduced automatically by £50 by the online payment system. Fees do not include flights or accommodation, but accommodation options can be advised. Students need to bring their own laptops, digital equipment and model-making tools. Please ensure this equipment is covered by your own insurance as the AA takes no responsibility for items lost or stolen at the workshop.
Eligibility
The workshop is open to architecture and design students and professionals worldwide.
The course is aimed at undergraduate architectural students who would like to experience the AA environment and/or those who are considering a change of school, newcomers to architecture, both recent school leavers and those considering a change of career.
English Language Requirements
Qualifications accepted: IELTS 6.5 (academic) www.ielts.org, Cambridge Certificate of Advanced English, Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English grade C or above, Standard Level grade 5 or Higher Level grade 4 IB English. Please note we do not accept TOEFL.
We can accept successful completion of a qualification equivalent to a UK Bachelor degree or above, taught in English in the UK, Australia, New Zealand or the USA (not Canada). We can accept if you are a national of a majority English speaking country, for example Australia, Canada, New Zealand or the US. We can also accept if you successfully completed a course of study in the UK when you were under 18 (and a Tier 4 Child visa holder). This course has to be over 6 months in length, and have taken place no more than two years ago. A recognised English Language qualification is required prior to entry to the School.
WE ONLY ACCEPT THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEVELS STATED ABOVE.
Progamme Site
http://summerschool.aaschool.ac.uk/
