AA ATHENS VISITING SCHOOL: RESONANCE
Thursday 12 – Saturday 21 July 2018
Our world is enriched by the numerous interactive means that connect us digitally yet at the same time often estrange us from our surroundings. Our built environment continues to evolve into an interconnected hyperspace where architecture can be fluid, flexible and vivid, yet the aspect of materiality requires more attention.
3D printing initial design proposal
Action-designed structures begin to move beyond the utopian proposals of the 20th century’s manifestos and hold a place in the world of realized designs. The AA Athens Visiting School aims to bring users closer to the built environment while revisiting habits of designing, building and experiencing space through materiality. Understanding materiality and form as a ‘unified whole’, the programme integrates manufacturing techniques through the experimentation fabrication of prototypes at a 1:1 scale.
Interlace prototype team assembly
Prominent Features of the workshop/ skills developed:
• Participants become part of an active learning environment where the large tutor to student ratio (1:4) allows for personalized tutorials and debates.
• The toolset of the Athens VS includes but is not limited to Processing and Grasshopper for Rhinoceros, as well as design analysis software.
• Participants gain hands-on experience in digital fabrication.
• Design seminars and a series of lectures support the key objectives of the programme, disseminating fundamental computational techniques, relevant critical thinking, theoretical understanding and professional awareness.
Eligibility
The workshop is open to current architecture and design students, Ph.D. candidates, and young professionals. Prior software knowledge is not required.
Accreditation
Participants receive the AA Visiting School Certificate with the completion of the Programme.
Insurance
All participants are responsible for their own insurance including travel and health insurance. All participants also need to ensure that any equipment and valuable items such as laptops are covered by their own insurance as the AA takes no responsibility for items lost or stolen.
Location
AKTO College – Athens Campus
11Α Evelpidon Street (Pedion Areos)
Athens, 113 62, Greece
AA Athens Visiting School runs in collaboration with AKTO Art & Design College and the programme takes place in the campus situated in central Athens.
Applications
1) You can make an application by completing the online application found under ‘Links and Downloads’ on the AA Visiting School page. If you are not able to make an online application, email [email protected] for instructions to pay by bank transfer.
2) Once you complete the online application and make a full payment, you are registered for the programme. A CV or a portfolio is NOT required.
The deadline for applications is 28 June.
the online application
For more information, please visit this link
Contact details:
Alexandros Kallegias (AA Athens Visiting School Programme Head)
AA Visiting School Coordinator
The images are courtesy of the AA Athens Visiting School. Photo credits to Alice Mangoyan, Elpida Kafantari, Alexandros Kallegias.
