The workshop will explore the question of ‘place’ or ‘topos’ and its radical transformation in the recent years due to the proliferation and availability of environmental parameters. Departing from the notion of ‘computing,’ understood as information processing, strategies of ‘data mining’ and ‘indexing’ will be proposed as sensible readings of the site and the territory.

The breeding of local environmental parameters will generate new forms of architectural agency and expression. Diverse mechanisms will be used to materialize ‘invisible’ information such as environmental and social conditions, users’ preferences, digital information, etc. The capture of ‘local’ data will be done through the use of sensors, site specific simulations and rss feeds which will be used to capture information in the ‘network’. The workshop will provide the students with technical support to use microprocessors and sensing technologies. Each team will be looking at one main environmental parameter, in its broader sense, such as sun light, programmatic densification, urban flux, users’ data collected from urban behavioural patterns, potential energetic consumption/production, etc to synthesize ‘Datascapes’ that will feed into the projects. These ‘Datascapes’ will be built from the following devices, software and strategies.

The workshop will be looking at ‘Datascapes’ cross feeding macro and micro scales. In the first part, participants will be working at the macro scale developing cartographical readings of Bilbao with the use of GIS software. In the second part of the workshop through the deployment of sensing devices and microclimate simulations, the participants will be looking at the variability of specific environmental parameters such as CO concentration or temperature gradients at the neighborhood scale. The cartographies and microclimate surveys will be re-articulated and informed through feedback mechanisms between both scales.

The workshop will be organized by an interdisciplinary team of tutors from the Architectural Association in London, NASA, Sci-Arc and USC in Los Angeles and GSAPP Columbia University in New York.

Application:

The deadline for applications is 07 July 2014. Application forms and additional information are available online at:

https://www.aaschool.ac.uk/STUDY/VISITING/bilbao

https://www.aaschool.ac.uk/STUDY/ONLINEAPPLICATION/visitingApplication.php?schoolID=255

Prominent Features of the workshop

The workshop will investigate new design processes to produce context sensitive environments from a critical perspective. Local ‘materials’ such as user behaviour, social patterns or environmental analysis will inform the design process. In order to construct this agenda, the workshop will invest on digital design by studying data-feed protocols, environmental simulation software and algorithmic design. 

The 10-days workshop will be accompanied by fruitful discussions and lectures with local and international professionals, theoreticians and scientists from the field, to discuss about alternative and critic methods of design and environmental adaptability. A closing or opening symposium ‘Processing Environments III’ will also be held open to a wider public.

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 to the programme. A CV or a portfolio is not required.

The deadline for applications is 9 July 2014

All participants travelling 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 workshop. 

Fees

The AA Visiting School requires a fee of £695 per participant, which includes a £60 Visiting membership fee.

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 workshop. 

Eligibility

The workshop is open to current architecture and design students, phd candidates and young professionals. 

Location

Alhondiga Bilbao
Plaza Arriquibar, 4
48010 Bilbao, Bizkaia

For more information,please visit websites

http://www.aaschool.ac.uk/STUDY/VISITING/bilbao

http://bilbaosansebastian.aaschool.ac.uk/

Application-https://www.aaschool.ac.uk/STUDY/ONLINEAPPLICATION/visitingApplication.php?schoolID=255