The AA School of Architecture - Semester Programme

Tutorials at AA! Model making and drawings as tools and explorations to learn from our cities. run by .de.m

As our next AA Autumn Semester is approaching a through back to Autumn Semester 2022 - Copenhagen. Island District ! It looked into exploring the artificial islet of Refshaleøen in Copenhagen, addressing plans for its expansions, its vocation in present and future. Students looked into dialogues between water and land, between the industrial urbanity and the new development to discover opportunity projects. For seeing more work check out website aaexchange.co.uk run by and team .de.m

London Stations Stations that are key infrastructural assets for the city. The Greater London Authority supports a vision called “The Opportunity Areas” that, among others, has strategically focused projects to upgrade the main stations and their surrounding environments. Students looked at these new developments and explored how they relate and complement to the stations and its surrounding urbanity. These explorations focus on Victoria Station and Nova development. Check out website aaexchange for more work and details. run by tutor team .de.m

Over the holidays we would like to share student work focused in London. At studio we dedicate the first weeks of the course to study locations in london to help students get familiar to the city, their colleagues and discover our design methodology. This post show examples of London.Stations. Spring.2022 students focused their research on two vibrant areas in London by looking at the paths that connect two main transport nodes to two cultural hubs: Waterloo to Southbank, Charring Cross to Trafalgar Square. The students have drawn these areas, including buildings and public realm, through their physical and material qualities as well as their intangible and performative qualities. run by and teaching team .de.m

Throwback to our Autumn Semester 2023 Malaga. Beyond Expo 2027. Projects work on the vision of the city´s sustainable development, some of the projects here showcase the relation of the city with the river and the port. Check our website aaexchange.co.uk for seeing more projects! programme run by .de.m thank you to all the students for the hard work! Work by Anson, Shannon and Mike

The AA Autumn Semester Programme 2024 VENICE. ECO HERITAGE will run in London from Monday 9th February to Friday 13 December.
Venice is facing critical environmental challenges that are directly related to the vocation and urban structure of the island and its relation to adjacent territory. Amidst flooding, subsidence and pollution lay challenges to protect environment, local communities, and cultural heritage.
Students will explore how to preserve the character of the place while promoting sustainable tourism and urban solutions that can preserve natural resources and ecosystems while providing economic opportunities to the local community.
We will look into the municipality initiatives of investing in renewable energy sources, promoting sustainable mobility, and preserving the city’s cultural heritage to propose urban strategies and architectural opportunities. Participants in the Autumn Semester Programme 2024 will examine the environmental and the functional, the architectural and landscape typologies by analysing both tangible and intangible conditions of the context. Each student will develop their own brief to target specific design challenges that promote sustainable initiatives that foster Venice 2030 Sustainable. team .de.m

AA Spring Semester - Menorca EcoIsland came to an end ! Time flew by! We wish all of our students the best for their next professional steps. We would like to take the opportunity to also announce our NEXT semester! AA Autumn Semester - Venice EcoHeritage. Please find the brief at the AA website with all details ✨ .de.m (In the photo with our students jurors .araguez )

Brief 1 Unit Review at AA run by .de.m good job to all the students, looking forward to starting the Menorca’s Brief

Unit trip to Menorca! Thank you Joan Enric Vilardell .de.m

ASP Malaga Beyond Expo final Jury! Thank you to the students for the great work and to the invited jurers in London and office from Malaga to join online, enjoyed the debate and thank you for all the feedback in the projects! Course run by .de.m

Thank you for giving us all a tour of your offices it was very inspiring for the students