Frosso Pimenides (Programme Head), Hon FRIBA, is an internationally registered architect, educator and Honorary Emeritus Professor of Architecture at UCL. She has built and worked in practice in Athens before teaching, firstly at the University of Cambridge (1984–88) and the AA (1988–90), and then over 30 years at the Bartlett School of Architecture (UCL) from which she has retired (1990–2023), where her honours included the Faculty Teaching Award (2004) and the prestigious Provost’s Teaching Award (2012). She reflects on these experiences in her book on Architectural Education: 'Dreaming the Impossible to Build the Extraordinary. Frosso is also an experienced external examiner in schools of architecture across the UK and in Canada, and has been a member of RIBA Validating Boards both in the UK and internationally (2012-present). Since 2012 she has been involved with OPEN CITY, initially as cofounder of Accelerate, and later as an Advisory Member, and an advisor to Fondation Aldea in Chile, advocating for wider access to the profession, and the value of sharing practice with different disciplines and cultures. She is now based in Crete and London, working on research on topography, and a sustainable approach to heritage.

Graeme Sutherland (Programme Head) is a cofounding director of Adams & Sutherland, a London based, award-winning architectural practice best known for its work in the public realm for both public authorities and communities. Over the past 25 years, the practice has won competitions, been widely published and exhibited, including at the V&A and Design Museum, and gained plaudits, including RIBA Awards and BD Public Realm Architect of the Year. Graeme is also an experienced teacher, having taught in many schools of architecture, including at the Bartlett School of Architecture (UCL) for over a decade. He lectures regularly, has been an external examiner at the Universities of Cambridge and Glasgow and was a Glasshouse Community-led Design Enabler. Formerly a design critic for the London Mayor, he is currently a design advisor for several London local authorities.

Elliot Nash (Tutor) is an architectural practitioner and teacher. He coleads Accelerate, an education programme for young Londoners from underrepresented backgrounds, and teaches at the University of Greenwich. Elliot has worked with Wright and Wright Architects since 2017. Elliot graduated from The Bartlett School of Architecture (UCL), where his projects explored the potential and poetics of construction through material casting and were awarded the Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners Bursary and the Architectural Review Future Projects Award. Elliot has exhibited at the Barbican, the Royal Academy and Drawing Matter

• Analysis: An introduction to ways of looking at and understanding place.
• Design Skills: Gaining experience of designing in response to places, topographies and communities.
• Communication: Experimentation with the practice of hand drawing in its widest sense (including sketches, diagrams, sections, casts and photography) to express ideas
• Confidence: One-on-one tutorials will encourage the development of individual preoccupations and allow time to develop design proposals.
• Personal Development: An opportunity for participants to develop their own sensibilities and intuitions.

A non-refundable £60 deposit is required from all applicants upon application and will be deducted from the total fees below:
 

• £695 — Standard Programme Fee (including a 1-year AA Digital Membership)
• £635 — AA Member Fee
• £508 — AA Full-time Student Fee
• £600 — Fee for Full-time students of Melbourne University, Chulalongkorn University and Chiang Mai University (including a 1-year AA Digital Membership)
   

Fees do not include flights or accommodation, but accommodation options can be advised.