First Year Open JuryMonday 23 January, 38 Second Floor Back, time to be announced.Open to all

Architecture and Education Series organised by Mark Cousins Charles RiceDomestic Interiors Monday 23 January, 6.00 Lecture HallWhile it might be assumed that architecture and the domestic interior enjoy a natural relation defined through housing and enclosure, the lecture will argue that the interior emerged historically at the moment when architecture became modern. It will chart the sometimes uneasy relation between architecture and the interior, and point to key theoretical problems that have emerged through this relation. Charles Rice is Professor of Architectural History and Theory, and Head of the School of Art and Design History at Kingston University in London, where he is a senior researcher in Kingston’s Modern Interiors Research Centre. He is author of The Emergence of the Interior: Architecture, Modernity, Domesticity (Routledge, 2007), and is editor of The Journal of Architecture (Routledge/RIBA).

H·O·R·T·U·S Roundtable Discussion and Harvest Night Tuesday 24 January 5.00 AA Lecture Hall, Front Members’ RoomH·O·R·T·U·S stimulates the emergence of novel material practices and related spatial narratives. In this exhibition-related event Claudia Pasquero and Marco Poletto will discuss with guests the design philosophy of the project and its relevance for contemporary architecture and urban design. The event is structured around three ‘moments’: two conversations and a hands-on harvest event, which will see the public engaging directly with the garden._conversation One: H·O·R·T·U·S ‘How To’ will present the design&make of the prototype installation and the potential applicability of these emergent materials and spatial protocols for masterplanning in large regional landscapes. The conversation will unveil the details of the biological mechanisms at work, as well as the algorithmic design technique employed, the sensing and actuating devices and innovative digital interfaces embedded in the gardening apparatus. _conversation Two: ’Systemic Design as Critical Practice’ will involve critical thinkers and designers, discussing how systemic design practices can acquire a critical role in shaping a new notion of urban ecology within contemporary architectural discourse.

The evening will end with ‘The Harvest’; a hands-on event curated by the students of AA Inter10 where saturated photo-bioreactors will be harvested.Schedule5.00 Introduction5.15 H·O·R·T·U·S ‘How To’, Marco Poletto and Claudia Pasquero, directors ecoLogicStudio and AA Inter10 Unit Masters with: Catherine Legrand, evolution biologist; Simon Park, Biolumenescence; Mats Broden, knowledge-sharing; Immanuel Koh, digital interface; Andrea Bugli, ecoLogicStudio, parametric design;6.15 ‘Systemic Design as Critical Practice’, Lucy Bullivant with: Claudia Pasquero and Marco Poletto;Alisa Andrasek, Biothing, AA, Bartlett; Alex Haw, Atmos, RCA;7.30 The Harvest, Front Members’ Room and AA Bar, curated by AA Inter10 studentsPractice1: bio-oil extractionPractice2: cooking super-snacksPractice3: weaving bio-fabrics

Members’ Event OMA/Progress Curator Tour Barbican Art GalleryTuesday 24 January, 6.15An early evening curatorial tour of the current major exhibition at the Barbican on OMA. This exhibition is the first major presentation of OMA’s work in the UK and is curated and designed by the Belgium-based collective Rotor. To make their portrait of OMA, Rotor have enjoyed unprecedented behind-the-scenes access and the opportunity to ask candid questions. The result is a compelling selection of materials from archives, collections and OMA offices across the globe.To book a place, please email: events@aaschool.ac.uk or call 020 7887 4034Tickets for AA Members £10.00.

Community Cluster Film Series ‘Citizen Architect: Samuel Mockbee and the Spirit of the Rural Studio’Tuesday 24 January, 6.30 AA CinemaView trailer here: http://citizenarchitectfilm.com

H&U MArch JuryFriday 27 January, 10.00 Studio 2Housing & Urbanism candidates present their dissertation projects.All welcome

Friday Lecture Series Mark Cousins The Poetics of ClichéFriday 27 January, 5.00 Lecture HallThis term Mark Cousins’ Friday evening lectures will deal with the fact that

commonplaces nonetheless frequently exercise a powerful attraction – it will attempt to account for this by reference to the Imaginary. The series will take place on the following dates: 3 February, 2 March, 9 March.

Artist Talks Series organised by Parveen Adams Becky Beasley Feet & Hinges (and Other Literary Models)Friday 27 January, 6.30 Lecture HallChristy Lange has noted that Beasley’s ‘sculptures and photographs, as mute and minimal as they appear, unexpectedly open on to literary worlds’. Working between sculpture and photography – often printing at a 1:1 scale – allows Beasley to ask sculptural questions of the photographic and to interrogate the sculptural from the position of the photographic object. Conceptual and instinctual attitudes are bound intensely into the centre of her practice. Becky Beasley lives and works in St Leonards on Sea, UK. Exhibitions include: Art Now, Tate Britain (2012); Spike Island, Bristol (2011); The Outside, Francesca Minini (2011); 13 Pieces 17 Feet, Serpentine Gallery Pavilion (2010); British Art Show 7: In The Days of the Comet (touring 2010/11); Structure and Material, Arts Council Collection (touring 2010/11); La Carte D’Après Nature, curated by Thomas Demand, NMNM, Monaco (2010) Matthew Marks Gallery, New York (2011).

Exhibitions are open to Saturday 11 February, Monday to Friday 10.00–7.00, Saturday 10.00–5.00

Critical TerritoriesGroundlab and Plasma StudioAA Gallery Critical Territories presents the work of two practices, Groundlab and Plasma Studio, which share a transdisciplinary approach and operate at multiple scales, from product and building design to landscape and masterplanning. The installation – a site-specific grid arrangement of light boxes covered with technical drawings – has been conceived to immerse visitors in the systemic approach of the practices and their preoccupation with grids, ground and context. A plethora of conceptual and presentation models floating loosely within this grid communicate recurring aims, ideas and spatial and phenomenological effects. Among the projects on show are the Xian International Horticultural Expo and the Longgang Masterplan.

H·O·R·T·U·S ecoLogicStudioFront Members’ RoomH·O·R·T·U·S (Hydro Organisms Responsive to Urban Stimuli) is a new exhibition from ecoLogicStudio that engages with the notions of renewable energy and urban agriculture through a new gardening prototype. Over a four-week growing period, flows of energy (light radiation), matter (biomass, carbon dioxide) and information (images, tweets, stats) will be triggered to induce multiple mechanisms of self-regulation and evolve novel forms of self-organisation. H·O·R·T·U·S proposes an experimental hands-on engagement with these notions, illustrating their potential applicability to the masterplanning of large regional landscapes and the retrofitting of industrial and rural archi-tectural types, as exemplified in the project ‘Regional Algae Farm’ developed by ecoLogicStudio for Österlen on Sweden’s Baltic coast.

ARTitectural Production Curated by Friedrich GräflingAA BarThe title ARTitecture evokes the close connections between fine art and architecture from the medieval period till today. In this exhibition three artists – Jorinde Voigt, Anne Hardy and Hynek Martinec – will offer their perspectives on the links between the disciplines, opening up a broader discussion that asks: Where are the contact points between architecture and art today? How do they compete or profit from their close relationship? The exhibition will be accompanied by a roundtable discussion at the AA on Wednesday 8 February. Both the exhibition and the roundtable event are sponsored and supported by the Czech Centre London and Kleine Wundertüte.

Public Piracy: Augmentation for Civic MisuseDiploma Unit 1 Back Members’ RoomSet within the context of Diploma 1’s unit agenda – developing prototypes for the information revolution – this two-week exhibition offers a first glimpse into the operations of the unit and its explorations into the lost public space of the City of London, an area that epitomises the tension between the scarcity of the real and the abundance of the virtual. The exhibition showcases a series of treacherous, surprising, critical and transformative devices all prompted by our technologically augmented perception of today’s reality. Among these, the show articulates positions towards our post-web 2.0 culture, and proposes tactics and strategies

for reclaiming civic space through the amalgamation and augmentation of mere physicality via our digital avatars. As a consequence, a kind of architecture is introduced in the in-between of data highways, sensorial accumulations, social web applications, CCTV, data archives, Skype and web platforms on the one hand, and within the actuality of public spaces, cultural institutions, ecclesiastical spaces, banks and civic structures on the other.

TS3 and TS5 NoticesLaunch of New Online Tutorial Booking SystemThird and Fifth Year students can now book their TS tutorials online at www.aaschool.ac.uk/ts-bookingStudents should refer to (and retain) the booking process email from Belinda (dated 12 January). The system is updated to reflect TS tutor availability two weeks in advance. Please contact Belinda with any questions or queries or if additional support is required from the TS team.TS Staff and Tutorial ScheduleThird Year (tutorials held on Thursday afternoons):Wolfgang FreseClive FussellDuncan MacaulayFernando PerezManja Van de WorpFifth Year (tutorials held throughout the week):Javier Castañon (Mondays and Thursdays)Kenny Fraser (Friday mornings)Mehran Gharleghi (Wednesdays)Martin Hagemann (Fridays)David Illingworth (Tuesday afternoons/evenings)John Noel (Wednesdays) Additionally, Third and Fifth Year students can book to see Giles Bruce (Environmental/Monday afternoons) and Christina Doumpioti (Materials/Thursday afternoons) for specific queries. All bookings can be made through the new online tutorial booking system but please see Belinda with any questions or queries. Term 2 and Term 3 Key DatesOption 1 Interim Juries: Monday 13 to Friday 17 FebruaryOption 1 Final Submission: Monday 5 MarchOption 2 Interim Juries: Monday 5 to Friday 9 MarchOption 2 Final Submission: Monday 23 AprilTS3 and TS5 High Pass Panel: Thursday 3 MayTS3 and TS5 High Pass Exhibition: Friday 4 May

AA Annual General MeetingThe AA Annual General Meeting has been rescheduled to Monday 5 March. The previously scheduled meeting on Monday 23 January will now be used for an ordinary meeting of Council. Starting time for both meetings remains at 6.30.

AA Bookshop NoticesTemporary ClosureThe AA Bookshop reopens on Monday 23 January in its new location at 32 Bedford Square back. Members’ Discount on January Titles Members receive a 20 per cent discount on the month’s featured titles and up to 50 per cent discount on selected offers. Order the January selection of new titles online at www.aabookshop.net To join, go to www.aaschool.ac.uk/membership/join/subscriptions.phpContact the Bookshop at bookshop@aabookshop.net or call 020 7887 4041.

AA Library Athens Access AvailableAthens is an access management system that provides remote access to the online databases and journals subscribed to by the AA Library. To set up an Athens account, please email Simine Marine at simine.marine@aaschool.ac.uk or fill out a form at the library issue desk.

AA ModelshopThe Modelshop is now located in the basement area of 16 Morwell Street.

tbc First Year Open Jury 38 SFB

10.30 Sustainable Environmental Design (SED)Term 2 Project BriefsProgramme Staff 36 SFB

11.30 Housing & UrbanismHugo Hinsley and Nick BullockShaping the Modern City H&U Studio

2.00 Housing & Urbanism Jorge FioriCities in a Transnational WorldH&U Studio

2.00 AAIS 33 FFB

4.00 PhD SeminarMark Cousins 33 GFB

6.00 Evening LectureCharles Rice Domestic Interiors Lecture Hall

6.30 AA Council Meeting 32 FFF

10.00 HTS First YearHistory of Architecture – a critical outlineGreek Architecture versus Roman Architecture: a critical comparison between two paradigmatic understandings of architectural and urban spacePier Vittorio Aureli with Mollie Claypool, Emma Jones, Alison Moffett and Zaynab Dena Ziari 36 SFB (Please note: seminars also take place in North and South Jury Rooms – return to usual seminar spaces)

10.00 Architecture & Urbanism (DRL)BehaviourProgramme staff Lecture Hall

10.30 SEDRefurbishing the City Part IIProgramme staff 33 FFF

11.00 History & Critical ThinkingContemporary forms of architecture and agencyDouglas Spencer 32 FFF

1.00 Architecture & Urbanism (DRL)Design as Research IIProgramme staff Lecture Hall

1.30 SEDRefurbishing the City Part IIProgramme staff 36 SFB

2.00 History & Critical ThinkingThe Post-Eurocentric City John Palmesino 32 FFF

4.00 SEDEnvironmental Masterplanning Raul Moura 36 SFB

5.00 H·O·R·T·U·S Roundtable Discussion and Harvest Night Lecture Hall, Front Members’ Room

6.15 AA Members’ EventOMA/Progress Curator TourBarbican Art Gallery

6.30 Community Cluster Film Series AA Cinema

2.00 SEDRefurbishing the City Part II: Design AnalysisGustavo Brunelli, Rosa Schiano-Phan, Simos Yannas 32 FFB

2.00 Landscape UrbanismCritical TerritoriesDoug Spencer New Soft Room

2.00 Projective CitiesTheories of the Contemporary CitySam Jacoby and Chris Lee 32 GFB

3.00 Housing & UrbanismLarry BarthThe Reason of Urbanism H&U Studio

4.00 SEDEnvironmental Masterplanning Raul Moura 36 SFB

10.00 HTS Second YearArchitectures – their pasts and culturesNational Identity and ArchitectureMark Cousins with Ryan Dillon, Ross Adams, Daniel Ayat and Roberta Maraccio 32 SFB (Please note: seminars also take place in 32 FFF and FFB and 33 FFB) 10.00 HTS Third YearArchitectural Coupling (+)Andrea Branzi versus Aldo RossiMollie Claypool and Ryan Dillon with Ivonne Santoyo Orozco, Shumi Bose, Orit Goldstein-Mayer and Emanouil Stavrakakis 36 SFB (Please note: seminars also take place in North and South Jury Rooms – return to usual seminar spaces) 10.00 TS First YearFirst Applications – Environmental GroupGiles Bruce (Ingrid/Valentin groups)33 FFF 10.00 TS First YearFirst Applications – Materials GroupChristina Doumpioti (Alex/Sarah groups)37 FFF 10.00 TS First YearFirst Applications – Structures GroupMarissa Kretsch (Monia/Alex groups)38 FFF 2.00 TS First YearFirst Applications – All GroupsOne-to-One work First Year Studio 2.00 TS Second Year Term 2 Option MaterialsConcreteCarolina Bartram 36 SFB

3.00 Housing & Urbanism Larry BarthCritical Urbanism H&U Studio

3.30 TS Second Year Term 2 Option Environmental Design in PracticePeople in Buildings – what do they do and what do they needGiles Bruce 36 SFB

10.00 Building Conservation Year 1Structural Movements 1&2Clive Richardson2.00 VisitThe Work of the Cathedral ArchitectJohn Burton 33 FFF

10.00 Building Conservation/Year 2Georgian Garden BuildingsRoger White11.50 Growth of London EstatesHarriet Harriss2.00 Visit to Soane MuseumHelen Dorey 33 FFB

10.00 H&U MArch JuryPresentation of dissertation projects Studio 2

1.00 History & Critical Thinking Debates: The City, Politics and SpacesMarina Lathouri, John Palmesino and visiting speakersNew Soft Room

2.00 AAIS 32 SFB

2.00 Landscape Urbanism Machining LandscapesTom Smith 32 FFB

5.00 Friday Lecture Series Mark Cousins The Poetics of Cliché Lecture Hall

6.30 Artist Talks Series Becky Beasley Feet & Hinges (and Other Literary Models) Lecture Hall

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