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Term 2 Events ListWeek 54–9.2.2013

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Tuesday 5 FebruaryEdward Bottoms/AA Archive Lecture and Open Evening

Wednesday 6 February Urban Prototypes Research Cluster

Wednesday 7 FebruaryHarry MallgraveRahul Mehrotra

Friday 8 FebruaryOpen Jury

Lectures and Events

Lecture and Open EveningEd Bottoms/AA ArchiveTuesday 5 February, 5.00 Lecture HallBrief Encounter: From Bedford Square to the OscarsFrom 1927–32, a succession of AA graduates embarked on careers in the British film industry. Employed primarily as art directors, they dominated the field and set new standards well into the 1950s, working with directors such as Hitchcock, Powell & Pressburger, David Lean, Laurence Olivier and Joseph Losey. Using original archival material, this talk will trace their careers and examine the impact and the role of their architectural training at the AA.Open EveningTuesday 5 February, 6.30–9.0032 Bedford SquareThis evening offers a chance to explore what is one of the most significant collections of original material related to the history of UK architectural education. Some of the major new acquisitions received over the past 12 months will be on display in the Archive rooms. Artefacts include the Otto Koenigsberger Archive and work by Peter Wilson (Bolles+Wilson), Robin Evans, Mehmet Konuralp, Bill Greensmith and Paul Shepheard.

Research Cluster EventUrban Prototypes: Mentalities and PerspectivesWednesday 6 February, 6.00Lecture HallPrototypical approaches are now prevalent within architectural and urban design. Suggesting an affinity with the speed, efficiency and flexibility of postfordist and computational methods of research and production, the prototype appears to offer an ideal means for architecture to engage with contemporary conditions of urbanisation. Drawing upon their recent work in the Urban Prototypes research cluster of the AA, Clara Olóriz Sanjuán and Douglas Spencer will present a critical analysis of this phenomenon framed within the concept of ‘mentalities’ as employed by Tafuri in his treatment of the territorial transformations of renaissance Venice and informed by the perspectives gleaned from their interviews with figures such as David Grahame Shane, Pier Vittorio Aureli, Françoise Fromonot, Charles Waldheim and Eva Castro. See website for further details.

Lunchtime LectureHarry Mallgrave: Semper, Animism, and Embodied SimulationThursday 7 February, 1.00 Lecture HallToday, Gottfried Semper is seen as one of the principal theorists and architects of the nineteenth century, and there are multiple dimensions in which his ideas can be pursued. This talk will consider his remarks on reading the architectural form in animistic terms, the context in which his discussion took place, his influence on later theories of empathy (Einfühlung) and the resurgence of interest in the mechanisms of empathy in contemporary biology and neuro-science.

Harry Mallgrave has enjoyed a distinguished career as an award-winning scholar, translator and editor. He is a professor of architectural history and theory at the Illinois Institute of Technology. His latest study, Architecture and Embodiment: The Implications of the New Sciences and Humanities for Design, is scheduled to appear with Routledge in March 2013.

Evening LectureRahul Mehrotra: Working In MumbaiThursday 7 February, 6.00Lecture HallNote: This lecture is in collaboration with The British School at Rome

Rahul Mehrotra is an architect, urban designer and educator. His Mumbai-based firm RMA Architects was founded in 1990. Mehrotra writes and lectures on issues in architecture, conservation and urban planning in Mumbai and India.

He has taught at the University of Michigan and at MIT’s School of Architecture and Urban Planning. His ongoing research focuses on evolving a theoretical framework for designing in conditions of informal growth.

Open Jury Work-In-ProgressFriday 8 February, 10.30Lecture Hall, Soft Room & Rear Second Presentation SpaceThe Open Jury, curated by the AA School’s Director Brett Steele, is a one-day event to see some of the best work being produced across the school. The work will include examples from the Intermediate, Diploma and Graduate schools. Five presentations will form the sessions, which will occur simultaneously in 36 Bedford Square. A total of three groups of five will be divided among three rooms, each with a morning and afternoon session. This year the morning session will focus on Agendas: Energy, Text Space and City

as Site. The afternoon session will focus on Geographies: Far Away Places, European Destinations, Hometown London. The primary intention of the day is an internal debate. This ‘school only’ event will enable students and tutors to wander from room to room to see work in progress within different units and programmes in an intensive and productive day of discussion.Please note that this event is open to the AA School only. See website for further details, including a complete schedule.

Exhibitions

Exhibitions open from Saturday 12 January to Saturday 9 February, Monday to Friday 10.00–7.00, Saturday 10.00–3.00, unless otherwise stated.

Frozen Relic: Arctic Works by ScanLABAA Gallery and Front Members’ Room

Historia, Memoria y SilenciosAA Bar

Camera ObscuraBack Members’ Room

Notices

Open Week: Undergraduate School Complementary Studies CoursesAll Undergraduate Complementary Studies courses (HTS, TS and MS) are suspended this week to allow for participation in Open Week activities with the exception of the TS3 and TS5 tutorial provision, which will continue as normal. Courses will resume in the week commencing Monday 11 February, in the usual timeslots and venues. See next week’s Events List for full details.

TS 3rd and 5th Year: Online Booking system now availableThe online tutorial booking system allows 3rd and 5th Year students to book tutorials with the TS Staff who are available each week to assist with the development of the technical projects and theses. The system allows for tutorial booking up to two weeks in advance. Please note the tutor availability below. Students or tutors experiencing any difficulties with the booking system should contact Belinda Flaherty as soon as possible. 3rd YearChristina DoumpiotiKenny FraserWolfgang FreseClive FussellPablo GugelManja van de Worp5th YearJavier CastañónKenny Fraser (available for 5th Year but priority given to 3rd Year students)Mehran GharleghiEvan GreenbergMartin HagemannDavid IllingworthNacho MartiFederico Montella

TS 3rd and 5th Year: Reminder of Key DatesOption 1 Interim Juries: 11–15 FebruaryOption 1 Final Submission: Friday 8 MarchOption 2 Interim Juries: 4–8 MarchOption 2 Final Submission: Monday 22 April

Diary

Monday 4 February

10.00 SEDTerm 2 Project ReportsSimos Yannas, Paula Cadima, Joana Gonçalves & Rosa Schiano-Phan SED Studio

11.30 Housing and UrbanismShaping the Modern CityHugo Hinsley & Nick BullockH&U Studio

2.00 Housing and Urbanism Housing and the Informal City Jorge FioriH&U Studio

Tuesday 5 February

5.00 Brief Encounter: From Bedford Square to the OscarsLecture HallSee Lectures and Events

6.30–9.00 AA Archive Open Evening32 Bedford SquareSee Lectures and Events

Wednesday 6 February

11.30 SEDTerm 1 ResultsSimos YannasRear Second Presentation Space

2.00 Housing and Urbanism DomesticityLarry BarthH&U Studio

2.00 Landscape UrbanismLandscaping UrbanismDouglas Spencer32 First Floor Back

2.00–3.30 SEDAir Flow SimulationGary HuntRear Second Presentation Space

4.00–5.30 SEDAir Flow Simulation WorkshopGary Hunt Rear Second Presentation Space

6.00 Urban Prototypes: Mentalities and PerspectivesLecture HallSee Lectures and Events

Thursday 7 February

1.00 Harry MallgraveLecture Hall See Lectures and Events

2.00 Housing and Urbanism Critical UrbanismLarry BarthH&U Studio

6.00 Rahul MehrotraLecture Hall See Lectures and Events

Friday 8 February

10.00 Building Conservation Year 1Structural Movement Exercise VisitClive Richardson & David HillsSee website for further details

10.00 Building Conservation Year 2Visit to St Paul’s CathedralOliver Caroe

10.30 Open Jury Work-in-ProgressLecture Hall, Soft Room & Rear Second Presentation SpaceSee Lectures and Events

2.00 Landscape Urbanism Machining LandscapesTom SmithStudio 2

2.00 Building Conservation Year 2Architecture Heritage FundIan Rice32 First Floor Back

4.00 Building Conservation Year 2Thesis Tutorials David Heath32 First Floor Back

Image: Peter Wilson, Non Urban Space, 1974See Lectures and Events for the AA Archive Open Evening

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