AA Jordan Prospectus 2015

J RDAN JULY 23 - AUGUST 2, 2015 prospectus

CONTENTS

......... Introduction 1.0.... About .... The AA .... Visiting School Programmes 2.0.... Our Programme in Jordan .... Agenda .... Context 3.0.... Workshop Format .... Faculty .... Methodologies 4.0.... Public Programme .... Guests 5.0.... Application .... Connect

THANK YOU Our programme is made possible through the sponsorship, support and partnership of various institutions.

We are continously seeking partners and sponsors to advance our successes. For opportunties, feel free to contact the Programme Director anytime at jordan@aaschool.ac.uk

INTRODUCTION

Thank You for your interest in our AA Visiting School Programme. It is an intensive, thought-provoking workshop for architects, engineers and designers professionals and academics alike.

We are excited to bring to this region, distinguished faculty and guests to tutor and lecture on the cutting-edge in design today. This year we shift our research from the desert to the dead sea, an ecologically distinct site which is untapped territory for design-research and form-finding.

We find a vast potential to learn from these ecologies, and reconsider how we design in this region today. Join us, in July 2015 to become part of the paradigm.

Kais Al-Rawi Programme Director

Unique, Dynamic, Independant and International The Architectural Association is the UK’s oldest and only private school of architecture, and has for decades been recognized as an influential world-wide leader in architectural education. AA School graduates are the recipients of numerous prizes including Pritzker Prizes, RIBA Gold Medal & Stirling Awards, AIA and other design awards. The AA School is the world’s most international school of architecture, with full-time students joining the AA from more than fifty home countries each year. The AA Public Programme each year organizes one of the world’s largest public programmes dedicated to contemporary architectural culture, presented at the AA and other venues and including dozens of visiting architects, artists, exhibitions, symposia and other events open to a public audience as well as 3,000 AA members world-wide.

Brett Steele

Christopher Pierce

Director Architectural Association Public Programme, AA

Director, Visiting School Programme Unit Master, Unit 9 Intermediate AA

The AA Visiting School is an extension to and embodiment of the AA School’s ‘unit system’ of teaching and learning architecture. The hallmark of this model is the delivery of distinctive, highly focused design agendas by talented teachers who lead a small, collaborative group of students, architects and other creative people in the development of projects. The AAVS is similarly about learning, exploring, collaborating and experimenting with a diverse group of international partners – schools, cultural institutions, local teachers and practitioners – in order to reimagine the shape, form and expectations of architectural education. The courses listed here show some of the dizzying range of architecture and other design, cultural and professional disciplines which aim to forward architectural knowledge and practise by direct engagement with the world’s larger, often untested realities of today.

Kais Al-Rawi Director & Tutor, Visiting School Jordan

AA JORDAN AGENDA The Dead Sea is a hyper-saline lake which exists at 427 metres below sea level and features a one-of-a-kind extreme ecological condition. It is the lowest point on earth and exhibits a diverse platform for research into the Ecomorphology of crystalline formations.

In 2015, the AA in Jordan continues in its third-cycle to build up on research into naturally occurring phenomena in the region, and how these phenomena can inform design methodologies which re-think existing practices. The programme will focus on crystalline formations and their potential development at a variety of architectural and urban scales through the use of cutting-edge computational design technology.

The programme will bring together a network of distinguished faculty and guests to offer design-research units, specialist tooling seminars and a guest-lecture series; which are based in Amman with exclusive visits to the Jordan Valley and Dead Sea.

JORDAN

crystalline formations

amman | dead sea july 24 - august 2 2015 jordan.aaschool.ac.uk

Programme Director: Kais Al-Rawi Programme Faculty: Julia Koerner Vincenzo Reale Marie Boltenstern Filippo Nassetti Rana Zureikat Mohammad Makkouk

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CONTEXT

Amman is Jordan’s largest city and capital with about two-million inhabitants. The city has a mountainous terrain and was built on seven-hills (or Jabals) and has grown to over 20 Jabals in present day. Amman presents a unique urban fabric in terms of its architectural character, its connectivity and terrain. The landscape has defined much of the city’ urban metabolic processes and the way it operates today. The workshop will be hosted within one of Amman’s oldest Jabal’s.

The Dead Sea is the lowest point on earth, at 427 metres below sea level. The ecology of the Jordan valley and Dead Sea features extreme natural phenomenon which are not found elsewhere. The Dead Sea has created a diverse range of salt crystalline formations over the years, which are intriguing in their morphology and behaviour. The Jordan Valley contains a wealth of geological wealth through its mountain, gorge and valley formations.

FORMAT

DESIGN UNITS

SPECIALIST SEMINARS

GUEST EVENT SERIES

Multipe Design Advanced Software Guest-Lectures by Units lead by invited Seminars, for Design notable International faculty, varying in and Fabrication and Local Guests theme

10 days workshop

WORKSHOP TRIPS

Site Visits preceeding designresearch tasks

PUBLIC EXHIBITION

PUBLIC OUTREACH

Exhibition & publication of workshop outcomes to a public audience

following workshop

FACULTY

Amman beirut los angeles london pa

architecture urban planning fashion design

aris berlin bologna vienna salzburg

n structural engineering industrial design

FACULTY

KAIS AL-RAWI

JULIA KOERNER

FILIPPO NASSETTI

VINCENZO REALE

RANA ZUREIKAT

MOHAMED MAKKOUK

MARIE BOLTENSTERN

METHODOLOGY ANALYSIS

DESIGN

Porosity of the Shell’s Structure inspired from Honeycomb Weathering Phenomena

Morphological: -3D Scanning and Tomography Environmental: -Solar Simulations -Fluid Dynamic Simulation Structural: -Finite Element Analysis (FEA)

Software: Realflow, Strand, Karamba, Ecotect, Vassari, Simulation CFD

Generative: -Parametric Design (GH) -Scripting -Evolutionary Computation Form-Finding: -Dynamic Mesh Relaxation -Topological Opimization

Software: Maya, Rhino, Python, Grasshopper, Kangaroo, Processing

DIG UNIT JUL

PRESENTATION

-Rendering -Three-Dimensional Stereoscopic Imagery -Performance Simulations (from Analysis methods) -Prezi Dynamic Presentations

Software: Prezi, InDesign, Illustrator, Aftereffects, Premier, Maya, V-Ray, Keyshot

FABRICATION

Digital Fabrication: Fabrication optimization for: -CNC Routing -Additive Manufacturing (3D Printing) -Laser-Cutting Advanced Fabrication: -Composites -Vacuum Forming

PUBLIC PROGRAMME As part of the Visiting School and our operation beyond Bedford Square in London.

We will include a public programme filled with events including: -International Keynote Guest Lectures -Faculty Guest Lectures -Panel Discussions -Round-table Discussions -Open Juries/Review -Exhibitions

2014 Exhibition

GUESTS (FROM 2014, GUESTS FOR 2015 TBA)

Ross Lovegrove

Giorgia Cesaro

Wael Attili

Julia Koerner

PAST WORKS - 2014:

Aeolian Tafoni Morhpologies by J. Cook; B. Saad & I. Hutet

Between the Lines by S. George; P. Mozaffary & L. Attar.

Wolfpack Creative Centre by Bashar N.; Wael N. & Shaher H.

Eroded Arteries by A. Yousef; T. Fu; L. Farah & H. AlNibari

Exfoliation by S. Udriot Johansoon; R. Chahin & J. Matraji

Honeycomb Weathering by A. Morgan; F. Bata & D. Quqa

Interlocking Synthesis by Y. AlQasrawi; S. AlSalamain; S. AlQalawi

Ripple Morphology by L. El Sayed Hussein; Z. Makki; F. Zarzour & H. Alhaddid

Man Dunes by H. ElShahaly; R. Hamdan; A. Derhalli & N. Mheid

Sahara Complex by A. Alhourani; I. Branas; A. Qassas & A. AlKhaldi

Mirage by M. AlAli; Angel F. & Dana T.

Voids within Voids by A. Abo Tabik; N. Nabil & J. Chams

APPLY The AA Visiting School requires a fee of ÂŁ845 Fees Include: -Access to all workshop events: design units, specialist seminars and masterclass series access to fabrication facilities -Visiting School Units Trip: private group transportation shared accommodation in Wadi Rum entry fees to Petra and Wadi Rum -Architectural Association Visiting Membership: discounted AA publications access to the AA in London wireless internet connection at the AA members newsletter library and photo library access (also online) -Certificate from the Architectural Association, London

Applications can be made online via http://jordan.aaschool.ac.uk or contact visitingschool@aaschool.ac.uk

WHY AA JORDAN?

-Computational Design -Develop a critical understanding of computational design both in theory and technical methodologies -Develop knowledge and capability of cutting edge software -Learn from professionals and academics who are on the forefront of computational design projects and eduction -Global Architecture Network -Become part of a larger discourse of computational design, and on the forefront of the region -Expand into a network of academics and practicioners abroad -Become part of the Architectural Association’ global network -Design Research -Excellent credintial for pursuing graduate studies -Expand into career opportunities in computational design -Develop a portfolio project -Outreach of work through exhibtions and publications

CONNECT

jordan.aaschool.ac.uk

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