Architectural Association School of Architecture (AA) announced its new educational program for Greece, Chania, called 'Folded Force'. AA Greece Visiting School is a series of mobile academic programmes traveling and reaching cities outside the country’s capital. This year's program will be held between 4-14 October, 2016. Deadline for the application: September 20, 2016.

It functions as a ‘satellite’ of education that promotes the Architectural Association’s exclusive, intensive form of teaching and learning around the country. AA Greece VS begins in the cities of Patras, Thessaloniki and Chania and constructs large-scale models which will act as active nods of communication among the various locations. 

These cities are located far from each other and from the capital. Every location is distinguished by its’ own unique built environment which allows for a more specialized and genuine set of design qualities. In every city, there will be one final constructed prototype model. This model reflects the city’s personality and will act as a point of connection with the other city prototypes. 

Design parameters that will define the form and function of a model from one place also become the ‘guidelines’ to influence and affect the architectural design of the others. In this way, the connection –once made- among the cities will remain active even after its’ completion. The AA Greece VS began ‘connecting’ cities around the country starting with Patras and continuing with the city of Thessaloniki.

The main aim of AA Greece Visiting School is to extract information from the existing urban conditions of Patras, Thessaloniki, and Chania, re-interpreting the extracted data on a one-to-one scale active prototype. AA Greece Visiting School is conducting a research on specific city parts in relation to parameters of social activity, historic and contemporary events, urban morphology and more. 

The results of these investigations are then interpreted through diagrams and interactive visualizations for the building of a prototype which bears the potential to communicate certain urban aspects and conditions of these areas. This process is repeated in each cycle of the school series, where information extracted from every city will eventually be overlaid with each other, thereby leading to the emergence of complex network topologies which link all cities with different contexts and backgrounds.

If you want to apply, limited places available for the program!

1) To take part complete the application form found here: Apply

2) Once you complete the application and make a full payment, you are registered to the programme. A CV or a portfolio is NOT required.

The deadline for applications is 20 September 2016.

All participants traveling from abroad are responsible for securing any visa required, and are advised to contact their home embassy early. After payment of fees, the AA School can provide a letter confirming participation in the programme.

Eligibility

The programme is open to current architecture and design students, PhD candidates and young professionals.

Fees

The AA Visiting School requires a fee of £600 per participant, which includes a £60 Visiting membership fee.

The AA Visiting School fee includes a £60 Visiting membership fee. Should you wish to enhance your membership, a Subscribing Membership is available at an additional £70 (£130 in total), full details of which can be found at: https://www.aaschool.ac.uk/MEMBERSHIP/JOIN/becomeamember.php

*Fees do not include flights or accommodation, but accommodation options can be advised. Students need to bring their own laptops, digital equipment and model making tools. Please ensure this equipment is covered by your own insurance as the AA takes no responsibility for items lost or stolen at the programme.

Programme Director: Alexandros Kallegias

email: alexandros.kallegias@aaschool.ac.uk

Visiting School Director: Christopher Pierce

Visiting School Coordinator: Andrea Ghaddar

For all inquiries regarding application and discounts, please contact Andrea Ghaddar at: visitingschool@aaschool.ac.uk

The Architectural Association School of Architecture also announced the Seriation Spacecraft Challenge to all former and present participants of AA Athens Visiting School, AA Istanbul Visiting School, and AA Greece Visiting School. This competition offers up to 3 awards and 7 mentions for the academic year 2015/2016.

The Architectural Association in Greece and Turkey, initiate a series of design challenges to strengthen practical training of talented young people world-wide. The AA school in Greece and Turley aim to actively participate in building a global vision for architecture and culture, as well as to contribute to the development of an in-depth experimental glance in the way of learning architecture. Their initiative, Seriation, is part of an international activity network, whose role is to offer opportunities of investigation and implementation for the best design innovations.

Download the brief to see more details about the competition.

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