August 21 - 31, 2015
AA_Aarhus Visiting School - 2015 Rethinking Patterns : Moving towards Heterogenic Structures
Architectural Association in collaboration with The Aarhus School of Architecture
A project by CITA and AA_Aarhus Tutor Anders Holden Deleuran
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contents pp 4 - 5 . The Visiting School pp 6 - 7 . Agenda pp 8 - 9 . Faculty pp 10 - 11 . Vision & Goals pp. 12-13 Software & Fabrication pp 14 - 15 . Sponsorship Possibilities pp 16 - 17 . Exposure & Conditions pp 18 . Thank you!
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VISITING SCHOOL 2015 NETWORK
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Eugene, USA Marking the Forest 13–23 August 2015 Los Angeles, USA Machining Adaptive Living 16–27 June 2015 Las Pozas, Mexico Concrete Abstractions August 2015 New York City, USA Embedded Intelligence Summer 2015 NYLON Visiting School July 2015 Haiti UrbanBou 3–13 January 2015 San Juan, Puerto Rico Play With Your Food 13–24 July 2015 Mamori Lake, Brazil Jungle Watts 3–12 August 2015 Colchane and Santiago, Chile Volcano 7–16 January 2015 Buenos Aires, Argentina Weird New Species São Paulo, Brazil Skyscraper São Paulo 18–26 July 2015 Rio de Janiero, Brazil Marathon Runway Sambadromo 10–18 January 2015
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London Autumn Semester Programme Spring Semester Programme Visiting Teachers’ Programme May 2015 Summer School Eccentricity 6–24 July 2015 t-sa forum x AA London Re-Novation Research: Dialogue with the Past
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Adidnálta Adidnálta! A crusade on the world wide web July 2015 Night School Ongoing Little Architect Ongoing Hooke Park, Dorset MakeLab 7–11 April 2015 Maeda Workshop Spring – Summer 2015 SummerMAKE: Live Cabaña AA Summer DLAB: RED 27 July –14 August 2015 LociMAKE: Mad Hatter’s Tea Party 6–12 September 2015
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Bilbao, Spain Computing Topos IV July 2015 Muxagata, Portugal Summer 2015 Madrid, Spain Trans-Computational Membranes 2–12 September 2015 Paris, France AAtelier Paris: World Class v01, AAnatomies July 2015 Lyon, France Chocolate and other Powders 23–30 June 2015 Barcelona, Spain Bodega – Enological Metabolism July 2015 Aarhus, Denmark Rethinking Patterns: Exploring Heterogenic Structures 21–30 August 2015 Rotterdam, Netherlands Spring 2015 Cologne, Germany O M Ungers’ Idea of the City August 2015 Berlin, Germany Building Laboratory August 2015 Vitanje, Slovenia nanotourism July 2015 Lugo, Italy Lugo Land: Italian Photographic Topographies August 2015 Thessaloniki, Greece Thessaloniki: Revelations October 2015 Cyprus Cyprus – UN Buffer Zone July 2015
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Tel Aviv and Negev, Israel The Wind Chamber March 2015 Jordan Crystalline Formations July/August 2015 Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Makkah vs Makkah 2–12 February 2015 Dubai, UAE AAVSDXB 2.0 – Expocity 2020 Accelerating Processes Spring 2015 Tehran, Iran Tradition and Identity 23 August – 5 September 2014
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Mumbai, India 44 Biological Morphologies July 2015 Chennai, India 45 Hyper-threads 1–10 December 2014 Location Unknown Unknown Fields July 2015 Beijing, China Su(pe)rReal 2.0 October 2015 Shanghai, China Customised Cities 10–18 July 2015 Hong Kong, China Post-Industrial Landscapes 3.0_Hong Kong July 2015 Tainan-Taichung-Taoyuan, Taiwan Taiwan Project Spring 2015 Seoul, South Korea Emerging Corporate Territories 10–21 August 2015 Koshirakura/Tokyo, Japan Koshirakura Landscape Workshop / The City After-Image Summer 2015 Bangkok, Thailand Custom and Customisation December 2014 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Streetware South Asia 1–11 July 2015
Broken Hill, NSW Broken Hill: Staging Heritage 9–20 April 2015 Sydney, NSW DOM-INO OHH-NO 2–13 February 2015
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AA Visiting School Programme From Buenos Aires to Berlin and Los Angeles to Seoul, Sydney, Makkah and onto the Amazon jungle, each year the AA Visiting School (AAVS) takes more than 1,000 participants on unimaginable journeys encompassing five continents and countless cultures in order to experiment with and discover architecture. The AA Visiting School Programme is a highly flexible and in many ways intensified version of the year-long Architectural Association (AA) unit system of teaching and learning architecture that takes place over a condensed time-frame, through the pursuit of agendadriven project briefs shaped by students working intensively in small groups in studio tutorials with AA tutors. The agenda of each Visiting School relates closely to the geographic and cultural conditions of each setting. This provides a rare opportunity for participants from near and far to engage with local forms of expertise, providing the kind of unique, globalised learning experience only possible when an international group is brought together. In the past six years, AA Visiting Schools have been held in more than 100 of the world’s leading schools, cultural centres and other settings. New 2014-15 Visiting Schools - including Aarhus, Thessaloniki, Rotterdam, Jeddah, Mamori Lake, Brazil and many others - join the 45 which already exist to upon recent years’ successes. Regardless of geography, what all the programmes share are exciting and radical levels of invention and experimentation.
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Our aim is to bring the AA form Bedford Square, London, UK to the School of Architecture, Aarhus, DK
The Visiting School will help develop skills in different modes of analogue and digital, 2D and 3D production using the myriad of mediums at your disposal. Many of these ‘laboratories’, ‘building workshops’, ‘nomadic studios’ or ‘schools’ are formed with collaborating partners – academic, industrial, commercial and/or creative – while others venture out independently to forge their own paths. Wherever you are on the planet’s seven continents there is the opportunity to be involved in one or more of these short but intense, and in some cases revolutionary, programmes. You will be part of a diverse, international group of students and professionals (in some cases in a very small cohort of no more than 15 or 20 students, which facilitates specialist input, in others, working with as many as 100 on the construction of 1:1 prototypes of large-scale ingenuity). A number of programmes are based in the world’s largest global cities, others in some of the world’s remotest and harshest locations, while UK-based programmes facilitate a direct involvement with the AA itself. Along with the course agendas, all the locations are updated annually. Whatever your interest or speciality, there will be a programme that will help take you to new and unimaginable heights. Please visit (http://www.aaschool.ac.uk/STUDY/visitingProgramme.php) for more information.
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AA Visiting School Director: Dr. Christopher Pierce Programme Directors: Jens Pedersen Ali Farzaneh Programme Tutors: Suryansh Chandra [Zaha Hadid Architects] David Reeves [Zaha Hadid Architects] Anders Holden Deleuran [PHD C.I.T.A] Jens Pedersen [AKT 2 p.ART department] Ali Farzaneh, [PhD Architectural Association]
Microsite: aarhus.aaschool.ac.uk Website: http://www.aaschool.ac.uk/STUDY/VISITING/Aarhus Contact: T +44 20 7887 4014 F +44 20 7414 0782 Email: aarhus@aaschool.ac.uk
The Aarhus School of Architecture.
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AGENDA Over the next three years, the Aarhus School of Architecture will host a 10-14 day workshop in collaboration with the Architectural Association as a part of an initiative between the two schools to investigate the implications of computational tools in design and fabrication under different scales of architecture. The workshops will focus on novel computational software coupled with fabrication techniques that investigate designs particular to the ecology of Denmark. Current advancements in computational tools have brought about a vast array of solutions in digital design, yet many of these solutions remain disassociated with the context in which they are situated. This year’s theme: Rethinking Patterns: Exploring Heterogenic Structures looks to break the paradigm by using computation to generate and analyse patterns that are suited for the local aesthetic and context which they are situated in. This introduces the core research question that the workshop seeks to answer: “How can internal and external factors be used to generate new aesthetics local to a particular context?” As a part of the workshop, the participants are introduced to the basics of digital modelling, algorithms, digital fabrication, material behaviour, and fabrication tools which include: laser cutting, CNC milling and water-jet cutting. They will work as groups to investigate surface morphologies and how surfaces can be utilised as a façade or spatial element. The groups will explore the relationship between surfaces as 2D elements and their manipulation into spatial elements through folding and morphing among others. Computational techniques will investigate the use of patterns in digital design and their applicability within architecture. Fabrication techniques will explore the role of patterns in the physical world and through fabrication tools such as different weaving techniques and their outcome under different processes of fabrication. The participants will take advantage of different computational techniques for different surface morphologies which will be fabricated in a 1:1 scale at the facilities available at the Aarhus School of Architecture. The AA_Aarhus Visiting School will focus strongly on familiarising the students not only on digital tools, but on their applicability in the real world and their parallel association to fabrication and material behaviour.
Facilities at Aarhus.
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FACULTY We are bringing together tutors that are working within the state of the art of architectural design and research. The tutors are coming in from different parts of the world, and are therefore becoming a real life testament to the global character of the Visiting School. Furthermore this also brings together teaching staff from the Architectural Association and Aarhus School of Architecture, thereby establishing a dialogue between these two institutions.
Jens Pedersen Co-Director & Tutor Jens is an architect, designer and researcher, which has earned a MsC from the Architectural Association and his MA in architecture from the School of Architecture in Aarhus. Jens is employed by AKT II, London, at their P.ART department where he works with complex geometries, multi - parametric analysis and rationalisation of geometry. Jens has taught parametric tooling at various institutions and is an invited critique for different presentations at the Architectural Association. He is currently investigating the application of bottom up processes in architecture and how these tools can bring back the notion of site specific architecture. Jens has presented some of his work at Caadria 2013, which was also presented in an AD magazine.
Ali Farzaneh Co -Director & Tutor Ali is a PhD Candidate in Architectural Design, at the Architectural Association in London. He has worked at Coop Himmelb(l)au in Vienna and SOM in Washington DC and has taught architectural design at the University of Oklahoma. His current research is focused on computational morphogenesis: the implementation and simulation of biological processes in the field of design, focusing on the morphogenesis (process of formation and development) of digital objects and their organisation through dynamic models.
Dave Reeves Tutor Dave is a designer, programmer, and researcher currently based in London where he works as a member of the Computation and Design (co|de) group at Zaha Hadid Architects. He holds a Bachelor of Architectural Studies (BAS) from Carleton University and a Master of Architecture (MArch) from the University of British Columbia. Dave’s ongoing research focuses on decentralized forms of artificial intelligence and their application within the domain of architectural design. Specifically, he is interested in how distributed decision-making can be leveraged to solve problems related to spatial organization, complex geometry, and building occupancy.
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Anders Holden Deleuran Tutor Anders is a PhD fellow at the Centre for Information Technology and Architecture (CITA) at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Architecture (KADK). His PhD research project extends the interdisciplinary Sapere Aude funded “Complex Modelling in Architectural Design� project specifically investigating integrative development strategies for nonlinear computational design models. The project is developed in close collaboration with the Computer Graphics and Geometry Laboratory (LGG) at EPFL, Lausanne and the Konstruktives Entwerfen und Tragwerksplanung (KET) at UDK, Berlin. Anders has extensive tutoring experience through his positions at CITA and as an external lecturer at SIAL/RMIT, KTH Stockholm, TU Delft, IE University and Aalborg University. Suryansh Chandra Tutor http://arcode.blogspot.com Suryansh is Lead Designer, at ZHA architects, where he works at the Code Research Group. He completed his post graduation from the DRL at the AA in 2009 and graduated from Sushant School of Art & Architecture, India in 2004. He is a visiting tutor the AA Emergent Technologies masters program in London, and he has tutored several visiting schools in Europe, US, UK, China, India and the middle East, and presented his work at various conferences and universities across the world. His work at ZHA and AA has revolved around understanding material behaviour and physics governing it, and developing innovative new computing mechanisms to design and built with it.
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VISION & GOALS The use of external factors to drive pattern morphology. More specifically they are displaying the result of a ray-trace algorithm entirely created in grasshopper. In this particular case, the analysis is used to alter the openings on a facade system.
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1) The set-up. 2) What one analysis step looks like. 3) The full range of analysis. 4) The result of the analysis. 5) Variable pattern morphology based on the numeric data given by the analysis.
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It is the ambition of the AA_Aarhus Visiting School to develop knowledge in digital fabrication and pattern formations, which are at the forefront when it comes to the field of architecture & design. Furthermore, the participants are to leave the Visiting School having gained new knowledge and novel skills in architectural design/make and theory, which they can continue to use in their practice or in the remaining years of their study. We hope that through our continued work within this field, we will be able to contribute to the ongoing architectural discussion on parametrics, pattern making and fabrication. Participant learning goals: 1234567-
Advanced use of new software New critical theoretical knowledge Expanded network New fabrication knowledge Different understanding of the notion of “patterns� Novel knowledge about the effects of fabrication on the architectural quality 1:1 fabrication
How will they be able to apply this in practice/future studies: 1 - Digital fabrication skills 2 - Faster modelling skills 3 - The ability to deal and solve complexity of design 4 - Responsive design to external factors such as climate 5- Novel digital techniques
Components before analysis is applied.
New openings based on the analysis.
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SOFTWARE
The AA_Aarhus Visiting School has chosen to work with Rhinoceros 3D & Grasshopper a very powerful software package that is used in architecture practices and education institutions worldwide. Rhino is a nurbs modelling software that is easily customisable, whereas Grasshopper is a plug-in within the Rhino environment that serves a graphical algorithmic modelling software, making it possible to create associative and flexible 3D-models. Grasshopper has been developed for the purpose of creating custom tools and the Visiting School will emphasise the use of readily available plug-ins for Grasshopper which range from structural analysis tools to environmental analysis, form-finding and genetic optimization. Even though the mentioned tools may sounds complex, there are no requirements of having advanced knowledge in Rhino or the workflow of Grasshopper. It is the Visiting School’s ambition to establish a base level of Rhino and Grasshopper knowledge for all participants. If some attendees have advanced knowledge with Rhino &/or Grasshopper and want to go further in a specific topic such as scripting/programming then our teaching staff are fully capable to adapt to such requirements. The workshop will not go too in depth with analysis software, since designers and architect use analysis outputs as a tool within the design process.
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1:1 SCALE FABRICATION
Installation for Parametric Design Workshop 2011, Changsha, China. Built from 600 unique laser-cut plywood tiles and hand assembled onto an underlying cable-net mesh, this installation was an exercise in design to production workflows in a highly manual labour driven environment. - Project by Suryansh Chandra, Visiting School Tutor.
While heavy emphasis will be put on teaching digital software and modelling techniques, the AA_Aarhus Visiting School will also focus on fabrication techniques and the correlation between the digital and the physical. It will focus on understanding material behaviour and the effect it has on digital design. While digital design is about generating form and patterns, it is embodied through physical materials. Therefore, the Visiting School explores the relationship between digital coding and fabrication techniques. The participants will work in groups to fabricate a 1:1 model of their design. We find it very important to work with models on a 1:1 scale as it gives the participants an opportunity to understand and experience the relationship between their design and how material properties will effect its fabrication. In many instances, the groups will find that they cannot simply put their design together as simply as expected and that there are challenges that come with fabricating complex designs. The AA_Aarhus Visiting School is an opportunity to understand and learn how to approach such complexities and to solve them through computation. It also gives the participants the opportunity to experience and understand the role of fabrication tools in design such as CNC milling or laser cutting.
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AA AARHUS VISITING SCHOOL SCHEDULE
AAVSAAA Rethinking Patterns: Moving Toward Heterogen Friday 21st
Saturday 22nd
Sunday 23rd
Monday 24th
Tuesday 25th
Wednesday 26th
Tech Tutorials
Tech Tutorials
Design/Tech Session
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10 am Tech Tutorials
Tech Tutorials
Lunch Break
Lunch Break
Lunch Break
Lunch Break
Lunch Break
Lunch Break
Tech Tutorials
Tech Tutorials
Tech Tutorials
Design/Tech Session
Design/Tech Session
Design/Tech Session
Site Visit // Aarhus Walk
Material Studies
UNIT Formation
Registration 11 am Opening Lectures 12 am
1 pm
2 pm
3 pm
4 pm
5 pm
6 pm
Design Review
Material Studies 7 pm Evening Lectures
Evening Lectures
Evening Lectures
Evening Lectures
Keynote Lecture
Dinner Break
Dinner Break
Dinner Break
Dinner Break
Dinner Break
Dinner Brea
Work Session
Work Session
Work Session
Work Session
Work Session
Work Session
8 pm
9 pm
10 pm
11 pm
12 pm
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AUGUST 21 - 30 2015
d Heterogenic Structures: August 21st -31st, 2015
Tuesday 25th
Wednesday 26th
Thursday 27th
Friday 28th
Saturday 29th
Sunday 30th
ch Tutorials
Design/Tech Session
Design/Tech Session
Fabrication
Fabrication
Fabrication
unch Break
Lunch Break
Lunch Break
Lunch Break
Lunch Break
Lunch Break
esign/Tech Session
Design/Tech Session
Design/Tech Session
Fabrication
Fabrication
Fabrication
sign Review
Keynote Lecture
Keynote Lecture
nner Break Work Session
Exhibition and evening event
Design Review
Dinner Break
Dinner Break
Dinner Break
Dinner Break
Work Session
Work Session
Work Session
Fabrication
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We would like to thank you for your time and support in helping the AA_Aarhus Visiting School achieve its goals of teaching young individuals novel approaches to design and digital fabricaiton. Visiting School Directors Ali Farzaneh Jens Pedersen