W20 - Tutorials

Next Tuesday 28th of February you should present the Fabrication drawings and tasks talk in the last tutorial as follows,

10.30 Anand
11.00 Erez
11.30 Andrew
12.00 Fragkiskos
12.30 Eleni

2.00 Frederique
2.30 Andreas
3.00 Camille
3.30 Elliot
4.00 Hao Wen
4.30 Carlotta

 

W20 Associative Processes of Construction and Development

Students should define the construction system, materiality, agents involved in the construction of their frames. A dealing scheme between the different parts involved will be part of the work developed this week.

In addition, previous proposals to channel actions of different individuals should be fully detailed in technical drawings that express materials, sizes, mounting indications, etc. Students should construct a 1/50 detailed model of their designs accompanied with drawings at the same scale.

Suggested Readings & References
Voluntary Architects Network Making Architecture, Nurturing People: From Rwanda to Haiti, Shigeru Nan & Keio University SFC Ban Laboratory, INAX Publishing, 2010.
Branko Koralevic & Kevin Klinger, Manufacturing Material Effects: Rethinking Design and Making in Architecture, Routelidge, 2008.
Peter Blundell Jones Architecture and participation. London: Routledge, 2005Markus Miessen and Shumon Basar (eds), Did Someone Say Participate? An Atlas of Spatial Practice, Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
TEDDY CRUZ - http://www.california-architects.com/en/estudio/en/

Lara Yegenoglou

Max Hacke

Yonatan Buchhandler

Mid-Term Jury Videos

Presentation of Politics of Fabrication Portfolios

Session of four portfolio presentations by previous Politics of Fabrication students

Max Hacke & Gary Dupont (09-10)

Vidhya Pushpanatan & Lara Yegenoglou (11-12)

W19- Tutorials 2

This Friday 24th of February you have to submitt your Interaction drawings and tasks reviewed in the last tutorial. The meetings will be as follows,

10.30 Camille
11.00 Carlotta
12.00 Elliot
12.30 Frederique

2.00 Andreas
2.30 Hao Wen
3.00 Anand
3.30 Erez
4.00 Fragkiskos
4.30 Andrew
5.00 Eleni

W19 - Tutorials

Tutorials on Interaction drawings and review of comments in the Mid-term jurywill be on Tuesday 21st of February as follows,

10.30 Camille
11.00 Andreas
11.30 Elliot
12.00 Hao wen
12.30 Frederique

2.00 Carlotta
2.30 Anand
3.00 Erez
3.30 Andrew
4.00 Fragkiskos
4.30 Eleni

5.30 Portfolios presentation

Mid-Term Jury Pics

Thanks to all crits, students. tutors and specially to Charlie for his help in Hooke Park.

W19 - Interaction

The ability of designs to work as interfaces that can draw upon individual participation is a recurrent interest in contemporary society. Students will explore this dimension in their designs through performative diagrams.

Suggested Readings
Lucy Bullivant(ed.), 4dsocial: Interactive Design Environments, AD Magazine, Academy Press, 2007 Rudolf Frieling, Art of participation: 1950 to now, London, Thames and Hudson, 2008

 Max Hacke 3rd year (09-10)

Politics of Fabrication Exhibition

From the 13 of February to the 3 of March Politics of Fabrication (Nuria Alvarez-Lombardero & Francisco Gonzalez-Canales – AA Intermediate Unit 8) will exhibit their work in the Miami Beach Urban Studio (420 Lincoln Rd, Suite 440, Miami Beach) of the School of Architecture of Florida International University, Miami, Florida, under the title “Politics of Fabrication: Challenging Political Expression in Little Havana".

W18 - Mid Term Jury

Next week Friday 17th of February  we will have our Mid Term Jury from 10am  to 7pm in 38 First Floor Front. The external crits will be Esther Rivas Adrover (UEL), Theo Lorenz & Tanja Siems (AAIS), PierAndrea Angius (DRL, Zaha Hadid), Tommaso Franzolini (AAVS Ivrea), Kostas Grigoriadis (Diploma 2), Javier Castanon (AA Diploma TS director), Manuel Collado & Nacho Martin (Mi5), Adam Kaasa (LSE) & Brett Steele.

The presentation of the whole work, including last term, will be shown on the screen. Each of you have 15 min to explain the project. Some drawings (the key ones) could be printed. Models of Frame and Action should be a fundamental part of your presentation.