by Karla Vargas, a student of the AA Visiting School El Alto 2019 The Mesa is a short extract of El Alto’s ordinary life. To understand El Alto, it is necessary to live it, to know the people, listen to the stories that are told and participate to all the festive ceremonies that are performed daily…. read more »

Programme Heads Paolo Emilio Pisano and Sabrina Puddu question what it means to engage with an island where everyone is a foreigner in their upcoming Visiting School on the island of Asinara in Sardinia, Italy.

AA HONOURS 2019: LOLA CONTE, DIPLOMA 3

Field-notes from the place of Law

AA HONOURS 2019: SAMUEL LITTLE, DIPLOMA 18Universal Frames Headquarters Building an Industry for Reclaimed Structural Steel.

AA HONOURS 2019: EVA IBÁÑEZ FUERTES, DIPLOMA 4DESIGN or DEFAULT

AA HONOURS 2019: CAROLINE ESCLAPEZ, DIPLOMA 14

OCCUPY A user's manual for the occupation of public space

ONE THING LEADS TO ANOTHER: AA Paris Visiting School

As a former participant in the AA Paris Visiting School, Ruth Oldham describes her experience of Architecture & Ecriture and how the workshop itself takes the form of the fragmentary essay.

TS3 HIGH PASS COMMENDATION 2019by Haya Morowa, AA 3rd Year Intermediate Unit 9

TS3 HIGH PASS WITH DISTINCTION 2019by Thomas Faulkner, AA 3rd Year Intermediate Unit 5

TS5 HIGH PASS COMMENDATION 2019by Laura Vitzthum, AA 5th Year Diploma Unit 2

TS5 HIGH PASS WITH DISTINCTION 2019by Elizabeth Yuen Yi Low, AA 5th Year Diploma Unit 2

In the seventh and final instalment of our alumni profiles on urgency and conflict, Ja Kim, AADipl(Hons) 2013 describes the work of her practice and how the AA developed her interest in designing new types of public space that respond to urgent needs within communities.

In the sixth of our alumni profiles on urgency and conflict, Eyal Weizman, AADipl 1998 describes the work of his practice Forensic Architecture and how the AA has influenced his approach to taking risks and being experimental when dealing with conflict.

In the fifth of our alumni profiles on urgency and conflict, Rana Haddad, AADipl 1995 describes the work of her performance-based practice and how the AA has influenced her approach to designing public installations that exist somewhere between art and architecture.

In the fourth of our alumni profiles on urgency and conflict, Álvaro F. Pulpeiro, AADipl 2015 describes the inherent conflict in the content, form and format of his work and how the AA has given him a discerning eye as a way of looking at complexities.

In the third of our alumni profiles on urgency and conflict, Nicholas Zembashi, AADipl 2018 describes the inherent conflict in the content, form and format of his work and how the AA has influenced his approach to building worlds as essays-in-form.

In the second of our alumni profiles on urgency and conflict, Torange Khonsari, AADipl 1998 describes the work of her practice Public Works and how the AA has influenced her approach to taking risks and influencing the socio-political challenges our cities face.

In the first of our alumni profiles on urgency and conflict, Jan Willem Petersen, AADipl(Hons) 2005 describes the work of his practice Specialist Operations and how the AA has influenced his approach to rebuilding resilient urban and conflict-affected environments.

COMMUNITIES BEYOND TWO HAVANAS: Intermediate Unit 8 in Cuba

AA 3rd Year student Mira Oktay writes about the Intermediate Unit 8’s research and analysis of Havana, from their recent unit trip to Cuba, with unit tutors Francisco González de Canales and Nuria Álvarez Lombardero.

ROBOTIC MEDIATIONS: AA Istanbul Visiting School 2018

Programme Head of the Istanbul AA Visiting School Elif Erdine describes the 2018 course that explored the architectural possibilities of using concrete in an unconventional way.

Amazon Visiting School Director Nacho Marti recounts The Story of the Janoai about a mythical creature that serves as a cautionary tale for why one should never mix pork and beef in the Amazon rainforest.

BUBBLEBUST!Summer School 2018 – Unit 6 Taught by Ana Maria Nicolaescu, AADipl2018 & Sebastian Tiew, AADipl2018

SUMMER SCHOOL AS A STAGESummer School 2018 – Unit 5 Taught by Benjamin Groothuijse, Caspar Frenken & Korbinian Kainz

ANTROPOTYPES: The Self & The PalimpsestSummer School 2018 – Unit 4 Taught by Sabrina Morreale, AA Dipl2016 & Lorenzo Perri, AA Dipl(Hons) 2016

BROKEN CLAYGONS

Summer School 2018 – Unit 3 Taught by Nasios Varnavas & Patricia Mato-Mora