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Location	Course Title	Dates	Programme Heads
Mexico, Mexico	Metropolitan Landscapes	30 January – 2 May 2026	José Alfredo Ramírez Galindo, Clara Olóriz Sanjuán
Bedford Square, London, UK	The Rite of Seasons: Spring Making Workshop	23–27 March 2026	Nichola Barrington-Leach
Bedford Square, London, UK	Unreal Worlds	23 March – 3 April 2026	Inigo Minns
Hooke Park, United Kingdom	Earthbound Social Sculpture with Not Vital	14–18 April 2026	Paul Feeney, Marie-Louise Raue
Rome, Italy	Media-Architecture Forum	22–27 June 2026	Marko Milovanovic
Izmir, Turkey	In Other Latitudes	22 June – 4 July 2026	Jana Ahmad, Ege Mehmet Akman, Hosna Eqbal, Aylin Gürel, Ömer Selvi
Chengdu, China	Adapting the City	29 June – 10 July 2026	Stewart Dodd, Ray Lu
Fiskars, Finland	Village Works	1–12 July 2026	Taneli Mansikkamäki
Bedford Square, London, UK	AA Architecture Incubator: Professional Masterclass Series	3 July – 13 September 2026	Marko Milovanovic
Hooke Park, United Kingdom	Maeda: Furnishing the Landscape	6–11 July 2026	Shin Egashira

AA Autumn Semester Programme: Assembled Transparencies

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AA Autumn Semester Programme: Assembled Transparencies

Location

Bedford Square, London, UK

Programme

AA Autumn Semester Programme: Assembled Transparencies

Dates

1 September – 11 December 2026

Programme Heads

Ingrid Moye, Christoph Zeller

Brief

This semester, Zeller & Moye will lead the design studio investigating glass as an architectural material through the lens of glass casting. The studio positions material research as a primary generator of architectural thought, examining how an ancient making technique can inform contemporary spatial, structural and urban propositions.

Glass has always existed in nature, occupying an ambiguous state between solid and liquid. Glassmaking is one of the earliest material technologies, with the first known instances of man-made glass dating back over 4,000 years to Mesopotamia. Despite its long history, solid cast glass remains largely absent from contemporary construction, offering fertile ground for architectural experimentation.

Cast glass represents the most elemental condition of the material: molten glass poured into a mould to form a three-dimensional mass. In this state, glass acquires a pronounced physical presence, with the casting process producing internal air bubbles, striations and surface irregularities – qualities that suggest water frozen in time. Rather than transparency alone, the studio will engage glass as matter, weight and volume.

Through design and fabrication, the studio will explore cast glass across a spectrum of material conditions, from opaque to crystal clear, from viscous to dense. As an artisanal process that allows for infinite recasting, solid glass also introduces questions of sustainability, reuse and circular material lifecycles.

The studio will push the boundaries of both design and technology by developing architectural proposals based on recycled cast-glass modules for urban sites within the UK. Projects will test the spatial, tectonic and constructional potential of this unconventional material, embedding material logic within architectural form and urban context.

The programme will collaborate closely with material scientists throughout the workshop, providing laboratory support and technical expertise related to glass casting.

The AA Semester Programme is a full-time, 15-week studio-based course open to undergraduate and graduate students, architects and other creative individuals from around the world seeking to further their knowledge, practice, and skills in architecture.

The programme follows the AA’s renowned unit system, offering one-to-one student–tutor discussions to guide and develop individual projects. Pin-ups, workshops, lectures and juries support collaboration and exchange within the unit. AA tutors and external critics are invited to review projects and provide personalised feedback throughout the semester.

A 'studio only' option is also available, excluding AA core courses (History and Theory Studies, and Communication and Media Studies). For further details, Download the Handbook and contact the Visiting School office.

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Biographies

Zeller & Moye was founded by Christoph Zeller and Ingrid Moye as an architectural studio that operates with an interdisciplinary and global approach, with bases in Mexico City and Berlin. The studio established a unique working method of extensive experimentation for the development of a project in order to articulate meaningful proposals for the contemporary world. Zeller & Moye has designed a wide range of projects at all scales from furniture design to large cultural buildings in different parts of the world. Christoph Zeller and Ingrid Moye worked several years for international practices SANAA and Herzog & de Meuron, leading numerous projects such as the Tate Modern Project and the Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2012. Christoph Zeller and Ingrid Moye have taught at the AA Visiting Schools Berlin and Mexico, a master class in urban studies at the UIA Mexico City and have been jury members, lecturers and guest critics at various universities. Zeller & Moye bring extensive expertise in cast glass, its production and its architectural application, supported by a broad international network. This includes their project Mirage, a permanent glass sculpture composed of cast glass made from sand sourced from every desert on Earth. The project features curved glass walls reminiscent of desert dunes and is located at Apple Park in California, USA.

Skills

Material and digital fabrication
Material research
Contemporary and ancient methods of making and fabrication
Recycling and environmentally-friendly approaches to glass and other materials
Understanding of circular economies

Eligibility

The A semester programme is open to qualified architects, undergraduate and graduate students currently enrolled in an architecture school or university.

A minimum of two years of study in architecture or urban design is required.

English language requirements:

To meet both the Semester Programme AA entry requirements and the Home Office/UKVI English language requirements, applicants must obtain one of the following language qualifications listed below, unless you are from one of the following groups (All English language tests must be taken at a test centre in person):

You are a national of a majority English-speaking country: Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, The British Overseas Territories, Canada, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Malta, New Zealand, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, United States of America.
You have successfully completed an academic qualification equivalent to a UK bachelor’s degree or above, which was taught in a majority English-speaking country, excluding Canada. In order to assess the equivalency of an overseas qualification, the applicant should provide official documentation produced by UK ENIC which confirms the translation. Please go to the UK ENIC website, navigate to the English language assessment section for individuals, apply online and send us your ENIC certificate.

We also accept if you have successfully completed a course of study in the UK as a Tier 4 (Child) student or as a student under rules in force before 31 March 2009, where you were under 18 when granted leave, provided your course was at least six months long and it was completed no more than two years before your CAS was assigned.

If your place is conditional on providing an English language qualification, the following qualifications satisfy both the requirements of the Home Office/UKVI and the entry requirements of the AA:

IELTS for UKVI (Academic) 6.5 overall with at least 6.0 in each category. IELTS reports have a two-year validity period. Certificate must therefore have been issued no more than two years prior to the date of the applicant's visa application.
IELTS Academic (Test Centre Exam) 6.5 overall with at least 6.0 in each category. IELTS reports have a two-year validity period; therefore, the certificate must bear a date of no more than two years before the date of application to the AA.
Trinity College SELT test (ISE II (B2) or ISE III (C1)): a pass if required in each category at minimum.
In addition, we accept: LanguageCert International ESOL SELT B2 Communicator, Pearson PTE Academic UKVI/ Academic, PSI Skills for English, TOEFL IBT and Cambridge C1 Advanced. Please contact the Visiting School Office for a full list of acceptable English language tests or qualifications.

Please check the UK Government website for a list of approved test centres to ensure you book the correct type of SELT with an approved provider.

Applicants are required to meet the scores in each category and overall – we cannot accept lower scores. In addition, your certificate must show that you have achieved the required scores during a single sitting of the examination.

Fees

The tuition fee for the full Semester Programme is £11,800; this fee full includes AA Core Studies courses (History and Theory studies, Communication and Media studies, and Environmental and Technical studies) and an AA Digital Membership for 1 year.

If you do not require to take Core Studies courses, you can apply for the Design Studio Only for a fee of £5900 which includes the AA Digital membership. Please contact the Visiting School office to clarify you require this option.

Applicants may wish to pay the deposit of £3,920 once they receive their successful outcome application to secure their place in the progarmme and to ensure that an invitation letter is issued ahead of visa applications. The full course fees are to be made payable by 2 August 2026.

Please note that the fees do not include flights, accommodation or any expenses incurred on the study trip to an European location.

Accommodation: The AA recognises that the prospect of finding private-sector housing* upon arrival in London can be daunting, and has therefore enlisted the services of the University of London Housing Services (ULHS). The ULHS offers advice to students regarding how to find accommodation, which areas to consider, pricing, contract checking, legal advice and more. They produce an annual Private Housing Guide and maintain an online database of available accommodation provided by registered landlords and letting agents for both groups and individuals. The ULHS also works with short-term accommodation providers and Private Student Halls of Residences.

Applicants can book an appointment for advice, you’ll just need to provide ULHS with a copy of your unconditional offer letter from the AA Visiting School.

*Please remember to check the council tax exemption criteria specific to each borough when booking accommodation. The AA Visiting School can provide a letter confirming that you are a participant on the Semester Programme but cannot guarantee council tax exemption.

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