Taneli Mansikkamäki is a Finnish practicing architect based in Berlin. He leads Diploma 9 with the Experimental Properties agency at the AA. His work focuses on developing strategies for universal housing solutions, addressing issues of inequality, insecurity and climate resilience through architecture.

Atte Pylvänäinen is a Finnish designer and cabinetmaker based in Fiskars. His work focuses on furniture and material-driven craftsmanship, and he is currently developing furniture pieces for the National Museum of Finland.

Daniel Swarilov is an artist–craftsman working across sculpture, jewellery and functional objects. He is an alum of the AA and later apprenticed as a goldsmith. He works through casting as both technique and event; treating fire as a collaborator.

• Site-responsive design in a post-industrial landscape
• Full-scale prototyping and hands-on construction
• Collaborative making across craft, furniture, and architecture
• Advanced woodworking techniques and material intelligence
• Passive design and resource-aware thinking around energy, water and waste
• Communal living, land stewardship, and ecological resilience

• £990 – Early Bird (apply by 30 May 2026)
• 1100 – Full Fee (applications close 30 June 2026)

Camping accommodation is included in the course fee. Participants can either stay in a large shared wooden house reserved for the course – equipped with air mattresses, toilets, and a fully functioning kitchen – or bring their own tent and sleep in the yard while still having access to the house facilities.