Tyen Masten is a London-based architectural designer, educator and founder of Tyen Masten Studio, an internationally recognised practice working at the intersection of form, culture and systems. His work explores architecture as strategic authorship, linking design, research and cultural production across scales. With previous experience at Zaha Hadid Architects and more than a decade teaching at the AA, his teaching and research examine architecture’s capacity to translate complex systems into spatial and cultural form.

• Immersive ten-day residency living and working on site at The Sea Ranch
• Direct engagement with local archives, drawings and planning documents
• Fieldwork across the landscape and built environment to establish spatial readings
• Methods for observing, recording and extracting architectural logics
• Development of taxonomies, sequences and spatial scores
• Design operations explored through drawings, models or short film
• Initial iterative studies that test addition, removal and transformation
• Series of guest speakers from both the AA ecosystem and global architectural network
• Structured studio environment combining collective discussion and individual direction
• Public presentation of work produced during the workshop

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

• £1900 — Standard Programme Fee (including a 1-year AA Digital Membership worth £60)
• £1780 — AA Member Fee
• £1472 — AA Full-time Student and AA Staff Fee
• £1624 — Fee for Full-time students of Melbourne University (including a 1-year AA Digital Membership worth £60)

The course fee includes accommodation for the full duration of the Visiting School. Travel to and from the site is not included. Group transfers from San Francisco or Oakland will be coordinated once participants are confirmed.