Architectural Association Visiting Programmes: Asia 2008

The Architectural Association is organising a number of Visiting Schools in Asia this 2008 season. These programmes are a good occasion to try the AA unit system while responding to highly contextual briefs, while also initiating an exchange with the wider public.

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SINGAPORE:

17–27 July

BREEDING DESIGN: VERTICAL STRATEGIES FOR URBAN LIVING

aaschool.ac.uk/visitingschool/singapore

AA visiting programme hosted by the School of Design at the Singapore Polytechnic University. This third annual design workshop in Singapore will examine new kinds of vertical, high-density urban lifestyles. Design studios will propose alternative, adaptive designs for dense urban conditions in one of Asia’s most rapidly developing settings.

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contact:

Sandra Sanna
E visitingschool@aaschool.ac.uk
T +44 20 7887 4014
F +44 20 7414 0782

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SEOUL, KOREA:

8–17 August

KOREAN DMZ: A NEW BORDER OPPORTUNITY

aaschool.net/visitingschool/seoul

AA visiting programme held jointly with the SAUA Summer Workshop. A nine-day workshop led by AA teaching staff and leading Korean practitioners, held in Pagu Book City 30km north of Seoul. The workshop will conceive, design, document and brand a new nation located across the demilitarised zone separating South and North Korea. The workshop plans to include a rare excursion into North Korea.

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contact:

Director: Peter W Ferretto, AA Intermediate Unit 5 Tutor
Co-ordinator: Sandra Sanna

E visitingschool@aaschool.ac.uk
T + 44 (0)207 887 4014
F + 44 (0)207 414 0782

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SHANGHAI, CHINA:

20–28 August

COMPUTATIONAL URBANISM: THE SHANGHAI EXPERIMENT

aaschool.net/visitingschool/shanghai

AA visiting programme hosted by Bridge 8 in the heart of Shanghai’s new cultural hub. For the second successive year, a summer urbanism workshop will explore the potential for alternative architectural, design and development strategies to engage with and confront the explosive urban development of Shanghai.

See AA Summer School Shanghai: Poster

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contact:

Sandra Sanna
E visitingschool@aaschool.ac.uk
T +44 20 7887 4014
F +44 20 7414 0782

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DELHI, INDIA:

30 October–7 November

REINVENTING PUBLIC SPACE

aaschool.net/visitingschool/delhi

AA visiting programme in cooperation with Sarai Centre for the Study of Developing Societies CSDS. A nine-day design workshop that looks beyond traditional building typologies at the invention, design and documentation of new kinds of emerging institutional models for public organisations in the context of one of the world’s mega-cities.

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contact:

Directors: Nikolaus Hirsch and Philipp Misselwitz
Co-ordinator: Sandra Sanna

Email: visitingschool@aaschool.ac.uk
Telephone: + 44 (0)207 887 4014
Fax: + 44 (0)207 414 0782

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For more information on these programmes and other programs held in London and also Turin, Italy, visit www.aaschool.net

via Sandra Sanna, Architectural Association

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