Emmanuel Vercruysse is a Co-Director of Design and Make at the AA. He is a designer with a deep interest in the relationship between drawing and making. He holds a BSc, Diploma and Mas­ters degree from the Bartlett school of Architecture (UCL), having previously studied furniture design in Belgium, and approaches design as a series of translations between drawings and objects that oscillate between intuitive acts and precise operations. This approach to design combined with his in-depth knowledge of digital fabrication techniques means that he views the digital very much as an augmentation of the poetic capacity of the analogue and he continues to explore the production of architecture intuitively through iterations of drawing, prototyping, craft and code. Emmanuel is involved in numerous collaborative practices and research groups, including art and architecture practice LiquidFactory; Field Robotics group RAVEN and the RIBA award winning experimental architectural practice Sixteen*(makers). He has held a set of leading roles at the AAand the Bartlett School of Architecture (UCL). As well as being Co-Director of the AA Postgraduate Design and Make course – positioning the campus at the forefront of architectural research through prototyping and large scale fabrication – he was Programme Director of the Design for Manufacturing course at the Bartlett’s Here East campus.

• Take part in ambitious design-build projects
• Gain knowledge of timber fabrication methods
• Explore digital and parametric design methods
• Be introduced to 3D scanning and robotic fabrication
• Learn about forestry and timber production cycles
• Take part in ceramic and aluminium casting processes
• Evenings around the bonfire

A £60 non-refundable deposit is required from all applicants at application stage. This amount will be deducted from the total fees listed below:

• £1995 – Working professionals / Full fee including £60 AA Digital Membership, food and accommodation.
• £1495 – Student fee from any University, including £60 AA Digital Membership, food and accommodation.
• £1095 – Hooke Park Locals, including AA Digital membership and food. No accommodation included.
• Reduced fees for AA students, AA staff and Melbourne University Students.

Accommodation and food: 
 

• All fees for this programme include shared accommodation at Hooke Park and meals (breakfast, lunch and dinner). If you are local to Hooke Park and do not require accommodation, please contact the Visiting School Office.
• Meals are on site at the Hooke Park Refectory. The meals are exclusively vegetarian. Please advise us of any allergies or dietary requirements. Additionally, participants have access to a fully equipped kitchen for non-catered meals.
• Accommodation for participants is on site in Westminster Lodge, a dormitory with shared same-sex twin rooms, each with en-suite washroom and shower pods.
   

Additional Information:
 

• All making material included. Participants need to bring their own laptops and drawing tools.
• Flights are not included.