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AA FIRST YEAR 2017-2018

FIELDWORK:

EXPERIENCING BUILDINGS

Welcome to the First Year Studio!

Use the summer to warm up and get ready to embrace architecture.

Read the Prospectus, familiarize yourself with the agenda of 2017-18 and start working

on your summer assignments.

Do not worry about getting it right. If you are unsure about something, do it anyway.

You will soon discover that there are no right or wrong answers in architecture.

Instead, experience, enjoy and be curious about architecture.


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FOR ALL STUDENTS joining First Year in September 2017: It is important to attend the

events during the Introduction Week, which takes place from Monday 18th September to

Friday 22nd September (see AA Website for information). We will meet all students on

Monday 18th September at 2pm in the First Year Studio (ask in reception if you don’t

know where it is).

AA FIRST YEAR 2017-18 CONTENTS

1. AA FIRST YEAR 2017-2018 PROSPECTUS ................................................................... 3

2. EXTENDED BRIEF: FIELDWORK: EXPERIENCING BUILDINGS ....................................... 8

3. AAFY 1718 STUDENTS CALENDAR .......................................................................... 16

4. GETTING READY: RECOMMENDED EQUIPMENT ..................................................... 28

5. CONSTRUCT YOUR LIBRARY: ARCHITECTURE AND BEYOND .................................... 29


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1. AA FIRST YEAR 2017-2018 PROSPECTUS

First Year at the AA is the initial exposure to the five-year study of architecture ending

with the AA Diploma. The course is not an introduction to the discipline, but the beginning of an

approach to architecture as a way of thinking projectively. Every year we focus on

understanding and learning about how architects have expanded the possibilities of architecture

by looking at how intentions, theories and visions find material form in past projects and

buildings.

Specific topics such as form, programme, scale, experience, technology, media and

communication are therefore studied and reimagined each years within a different physical and

theoretical framework. Since 2011 we have positioned ourselves in opposition to London’s

physical context, looked at the abstraction of form and scales, tested the boundaries of visionary

projects, adapted past procedures and precedents and explored existing living conditions. This

year we will look at buildings constructed in the last 20 years, understanding them as the

embodiment of ideas and theories that both affect and are affected by the discipline. Architects

are improvisers with the ability to see beyond what exists (and who are aware of what has been

done). They possess a distinct way of thinking visually by translating complex forces and

information into new spatial inventions, and this year focuses on strengthening this essential

skill. Unpredictability opens up new possibilities, and finding ways of reaching different

audiences can foster new forms of communications. By investigating a variety of past projects,

buildings and figures, the First Year studio will challenge students to look beyond what is

apparent and to be adaptive in their thinking.

Fieldwork: Experiencing Buildings

The First Year Studio is not a physical space containing tools and equipment. Instead the

physical world is our laboratory. We will learn about our present condition by looking at projects

from the last 20 years and their associated contexts. From the multiple theories of architecture

that arose in the mid-1990s, to the rise of digital technologies and their effect on space, to the

expansion of the area of action for an architecture practice, to the role that architecture-lovers

(clients, patrons) play – all of these facets of the discipline are ways that it can be experienced

and studied.


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During the year we will alternate between our studio space and the world, focusing on

buildings and cities in the Middle East and Asia. The First Year is constructed around six studies –

each one an exercise in observation, which asks students to look at one specific architectural

object before re-briefing and re-imagining this work within the present world. We will search

and reimagine architectural and built elements such as: tectonics as they relate to specific

technologies; programmes where time-based scenarios can construct synchronicities of

activities; form with extensions and adaptations of a given context; the shaping of volumes

while questioning style; and the lifespan of a building and the role of complete or incomplete

parameters.

Over the course of the year students will learn how to communicate and synthesise their

discoveries into a personal portfolio of work, informed by various modes of writing, designing

and arguing. In the First Year, reacting matters more than planning; imagining comes before

experimenting; and experiencing is the basis for reinvention.

STUDIO STAFF

Head of First Year

Monia De Marchi

Studio Masters

Pol Esteve Castelló

Constandis Kizis

Nacho Martí

John Ng

Sara Saleh

Alexandra Vougia


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Studio Assistants

Delfina Bocca

Patricia Mato-Mora

Thomas Randall-Page

Visiting tutors

Shany Barath

Monia De Marchi is an architect graduated from

the Istituto Universitario di Architettura di Venezia

and holds an MArch from the AA DRL. She has

worked on projects in Egypt and Vietnam and has

collaborated in the fields of fashion and graphic

designers. She has taught at the AA since 2005,

first within the Intermediate and Diploma Schools

and has since 2011 served as head of the First

Year.

Shany Barath is the co-founder of ShaGa Studio,

a practice fusing extensive practical experience

with technological innovation. She previously

worked for UNStudio and West 8 in the

Netherlands. She has taught at the AA since 2010

as is co-director of the TLV programme for

multidisciplinary practice. She holds an MSc in

Architecture from TU Delft and an MArch from the

AADRL

Delfina Bocca works as architect at Zaha Hadid

and has previousl worked in the UK, Italy and

Argentina. She holds an MArch from the AA DRL

and is a registered architect in Argentina, where

she completed her studies. She has participated

in numerous workshops and taught at schools in

both Argentina and the UK.

Pol Esteve is an architect graduated from Escola

Tècnica Superior d’Arquitectura de Barcelona in

2009. He holds a Masters in History and Critical

thinking from the AA and is a PhD candidate at

the Bartlett. He is the co-founder of GOIG


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architecture studio. In addition to teaching in the

First Year he directs the AA Visiting School in

Brussels.

Costandis Kizis holds a PhD from the AA, an MSc

in Advanced Architectural Design from Columbia

University and a diploma in architecture from NTU

Athens. He has taught at the AA, Central Saint

Martins and Leeds Beckett University. He is

principal at Kizis Architects and has been

repeatedly recognised in architectural

competitions.

Nacho Marti is a graduate of the Elisava School of

Design in Barcelona and the AA. He founded his

design studio in 2004 and since then his projects

have been exhibited, published and awarded

internationally. In addition to teaching in the First

Year he is a Technical Studies lecturer and

director of the Visiting School Amazon.

John Ng studied architecture at the University of

Bath and the AA, where he has taught since 2011.

He founded ELSEWHERE and practises

architecture in London. His work has been

shortlisted for, and has won, a number of

international competitions.

Sara Saleh obtained her degree in architecture at

the American University of Sharjah and a holds an

MArch from the AA DRL. Previously she worked

for Zaha Hadid Architects (2010–17) on projects in

the Middle East including Kapsarc in Saudi Arabia

and on furniture/product collections such as the

liquid glacial and varied Citco marble collections.

Alexandra Vougia studied architecture in

Thessaloniki, Greece, holds an MS in Advanced

Architectural Design from GSAPP, Columbia

University, and a PhD from the AA. She has

worked as an architect in New York and Athens

and has taught at the AA since 2012.

Patricia Mato-Mora studied architecture at the

AA, before studying materials at the RCA. She

now works alongside artists and architects to


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realise large-scale projects employing various

craftsmanship methods, while practicing

independently as an artist.

Thomas Randall-Page studied architecture at

Glasgow School of Art, Aalto University and

London Met. As a student he worked at 6A

Architects and after graduating joined

Heatherwick Studio. He co-founded Building

Works Unit in 2011 and currently co-leads a

design unit at Oxford Brookes University.


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2. EXTENDED BRIEF: FIELDWORK: EXPERIENCING BUILDINGS

WHAT DO WE LEARN THIS YEAR? WE LEARN ABOUT ARCHITECTURE THROUGH BUILDINGS

First Year at the AA is the initial exposure to the five-year study of architecture ending

with the AA Diploma. The course is not an introduction to the discipline, but the beginning of an

approach to architecture as a way of thinking projectively. Every year we focus on

understanding and learning about how architects have expanded the possibilities of architecture

by looking at how intentions, theories and visions find material form in projects and buildings.

Specific topics such as space, form, programme, context, agents, technology, media and

communication are therefore studied and reimagined each year within a different physical and

theoretical framework. This year we will explore those topics by learning from buildings, by

understanding them as the embodiment of ideas and theories that both affect and are affected

by the architecture discipline and by the wider context. By investigating a variety of past

projects, buildings and figures, the First Year Studio will challenge students to look beyond what

is apparent and to be adaptive in their thinking.

The First Year Studio is not a physical space containing tools and equipment. Instead the

physical world is our laboratory. We will learn about our present condition by looking at projects

from the last 20 years and their associated contexts. From the multiple theories of architecture

that arose in the mid-1990s, to the rise of digital technologies and their effect on space, to the

expansion of the area of action for an architecture practice, to the role that architecture-lovers

(clients, patrons) play – all of these facets of the discipline are ways that it can be experienced

and studied.

During the year we will alternate between our studio space and the world, focusing on

buildings and cities in the Middle East and Asia. The First Year is constructed around six studies:

each one as an exercise in observation, which asks students to re-brief and re-imagine specific

works and topics within the present world. We will search and reimagine architectural and built

elements such as: tectonics as they relate to specific technologies; programmes where time-

based scenarios can construct synchronicities of activities; form with extensions and adaptations

of a given context; the shaping of volumes while questioning style; and the lifespan of a building

and the role of complete or incomplete parameters.


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Over the course of the year students will learn how to communicate and synthesise their

discoveries into a personal portfolio of work, informed by various modes of writing, designing

and arguing. In the First Year, reacting matters more than planning; imagining comes before

experimenting; and experiencing is the basis for reinvention.

WHY ARE WE LEARNING FROM BUILDINGS? BUILDINGS ARE THE CONCRETE MANIFESTATION OF

THE COMPLEXITY OF ARCHITECTURE

This year we will learn from buildings and built spaces. Still, we need to acknowledge that

learning from buildings is not done in isolation (we are not just visiting buildings) but it is always

studied and understood in relation to a wider context that spans from the architecture discipline

(with its past works and theories) to other settings (social, cultural, and physical contexts).

A building is the physical materialisation of the work of an architect (or architecture

practice) to a wider audience. Learning to understand buildings is not just an easy task; it is

instead a skill that can be mastered by studying buildings, by inhabiting architectures, by looking

at how buildings are drawn out, by understanding how for architects, contractors, clients work

together, by paying attention to how time affects and it is affected by a building, and so on.

Buildings shape the way we live: they can empower and inspire, or they can limit and

confine us. When an architect designs and builds a space he or she is not only creating an

enclosure (a sort of protection) from the external environment. Instead he or she is moving

forward, opening up alternative ways of living, and projecting other ways. Architecture is about

projects, the etymology of the word project simply mean ‘to throw something forward’.

This year we will learn from buildings that made a shift in the way we construct, live and

perceive our surroundings. They moved something forward. We will investigate the tectonic of

how a building stands up, what happens inside, what is the form or the shape of it, what is the

style and aesthetic qualities, and how a building addresses its context with the passing of time.

The year is structured around six sequential briefs-exercises investigating specific

interconnected topics. In Term 1 we will understand how spaces are made by surveying

buildings, in Term 2 we will learn to understand the differences between specific forms and


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styles, and in Term 3 we will learn how to work on a project with specific constrains and

contexts.

HOW WE DO IT? WITH SIX BRIEFS-EXERCISES

T1B1 - STRUCTURE, TECTONIC, CONTEXT. How is a space defined, contained, limited? How do

different materials and different structural systems create different types of spaces? How can a

specific context (physical, social, cultural) enable new fabrication methods and technologies?

Outcome: Survey with conventional architecture drawings (plan, section, elevation), scale

models (overall vs detail), material tests, fabrication tests.

T1B2 - PROGRAM, FORM, SCALE. What does happen inside a building? How are programs

designed? Which scale (small vs big) fits a program? How are programs translated into form,

spaces and buildings?

Outcome: Survey with diagrams, models, architecture drawings. Redesign by reinterpreting

programmatic diagrams into designs for buildings with models, architecture drawings,

programmatic diagrams.

T2B1 - FORM, SEQUENCES, RELATIONS. What different proportions do to different spaces? What

are the spatial qualities when you move through different types of spaces? How do different

types of organisations and spatial sequences define different forms?

Outcome: Survey with diagrams, massing models, spatial models. Redesign by reorganising

spatial organisations into different building types with models, diagrams, photomontages,

illustrations.

T2B2 - FORM, VOLUME, STYLE. What are the aesthetic qualities of a building? What does it

mean to ‘design with beauty’? What makes up a style? What are the different shapes and

volumes created in a context?

Outcome: Survey with models. Redesign by sculpting, modelling, and shaping volumes with

models and three-dimensional objects.


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T3B1 - BRIEF, TIME, CONTEXT. How do you work with a physical context? How do you use time

as parameter when adapting and adjusting existing built spaces? How do you re-brief a space

and building within a given context?

Outcome: Context/site analysis. Re-brief with different types of media.

T3B2 - PROJECT, COMMUNICATION, CONTEXT. How is a brief turned into a project? How do you

communicate a project? Which media do you use to visually construct a position?

Outcome: Different types of media.

T1B1 - STRUCTURE, TECTONIC, CONTEXT

How is a space defined, contained, limited? How do different materials and different

structural systems create different types of spaces? How can a specific context (physical,

social, cultural) enable new fabrication methods and technologies?

Outcome: Survey with conventional architecture drawings (plan, section, elevation), scale

models (overall vs detail), material tests, fabrication tests.

The focus of this first brief is to be exposed to buildings and their drawings, and to learn

how to read, match, and translate the three-dimensional spatiality of a building into the two-

dimensional abstraction of a drawing such as a plan, a section and an elevation.

And then to do the opposite and learn how to read, match, and translate the two-

dimensional abstraction of a drawing into the three-dimensional spatiality of a building.

Learning from buildings is nothing new, below you can see how often architects (and

students of architecture) travel to see buildings and cities. They then translate their experiences

into operative tools in the form of observations, diagrams, surveys, notes, sketches, written

theories, documents and so on. With this brief we look at buildings in a particular way, we look

at what changes any general space (let say the outside) into something different with particular

qualities. How is space contained?


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From top left: Denise Scott Brown in Las Vegas, Peter Eisenman and Pier Vittorio Aureli in Rome, Le Corbusier on board of Patris II,

Frank Lloyd Wright in Pleasantville, Rayner Banham in Mojave Desert, Louis Kahn’s travel sketches, Rem Koolhaas visiting Mies van

der Rohe’s Barcelona Pavilion, Lina Bo Bardi in Sao Paulo, SANAA visiting Tadao Ando’s Langen Foundation.

HOW WE DO IT

Format: 5 weeks, group of a studio master with a studio tutor, with 9 groups of 3

students. Students work in-group on searching and discussing material and produce

individually their own work.

Criteria/Aim: learn how to read and understand plans, sections, and elevations of built

spaces. Understand the level of information and the conventions of drawings in different

scales (1:200, 1:100, 1:50, 1:20, 1:10). Learn how to draw plans, sections, and elevations

to scale of space vs detail. Learn how to make models to scale. Learn how to study past

references and how to document searched material (books, lectures, direct visits). Learn

how to compare and look for similarities between different case studies in a visual format

and how to synthesize information in a series of A1. Learn how to work in a group: search

material, compare, and share knowledge.


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Starting point (given): each group of students has 3 comparable case studies given by the

tutors. Each student will survey individually one case study and each group of 3 students

will look for commonalities, similarities and draw comparisons.

Challenge: descriptive survey, analysis, comparative matrix.

Minimum output for each student:

Drawings printed to scale: one plan 1:100 (or 1:200), one section 1:100 (or 1:200),

and one elevation 1:100 (or 1:200).

One model of a detail (fragment): your tutors will inform you on materials,

fabrication method, scale, part of the building to be shown (i.e. interior or exterior

detail from ceiling to wall/column to floor).

Overall model: your tutors will inform you on materials, fabrication method, scale,

and quantity of models.

Survey in A1 as one column of given data.

Tutorials: mandatory tutorials on M, W, F (09:00-14:00, or 14:00-20:00) as pre-arranged

by your tutors.

Jury: Friday 27th October.

T1B2 - PROGRAM, FORM, SCALE

What happen inside a building? How are programs designed? Which scale (small vs big) fits a

program? How are programs translated into form, spaces and buildings?

Outcome: Survey with diagrams, models, architecture drawings. Redesign by reinterpreting

programmatic diagrams into designs for buildings with models, architecture drawings,

programmatic diagrams.

The focus of this first brief is to be exposed to buildings and understand how programs

are translated into design. What is the difference between programs and functions? Or activities

and events? How are specific programs (i.e. museum) translated into different design and


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spatial organisations (i.e. a linear museum, a central museum, etc.)? How can a specific program

(i.e. a house) be composed by rooms with different functions (i.e. bedroom, living room, etc.)?

The aim here is to learn to distinguish the different role of a diagram from that of a plan,

and to learn how a diagram (programmatic in this case) can be then interpreted into different

projects. You will learn first how to look at a specific building and how to extrapolate its uses

and synthesise programmatic diagrams and notations. You will start to compare and find

similarities and differences and learn how similar programmatic diagrams can give form to very

different buildings. You will then challenge a specific diagram by giving your own

reinterpretation. For instance, can you imagine what the differences are when a programmatic

diagram is turned into a horizontal building or a vertical one?

Rem Koolhaas, Seattle Library

The role of an architectural section and

the role of a physical model

UNStudio, Mobius House

A programmatic diagram giving form to

a building

Andrea Palladio, Villa Malcontenta (top) and Le

Corbusier, Villa Stein-de-Monzie (bottom)

Same program, similar diagram, different plans

HOW WE DO IT

Format: 5 weeks, group of a studio master with a studio tutor, with 9 groups of 3

students. Students work in-group on searching and discussing material and produce

individually their own work.

Criteria/Aim: Learn how to read specific texts about space and search about those

spatialiaties on specific projects and buildings. Understand how to read and make


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programmatic diagrams, architecture drawings, and notations of projects and buildings.

Understand how to reinterpret a specific program into different forms of buildings. Learn

how to study past references and how to compare and look for similarities between

different case studies in a visual format. How to synthesize information in portfolio. How

to work in group (search material and share knowledge).

Starting point (given): Each group has one specific program to analyse and each student

has one specific case studies.

Challenge: Part 1: descriptive survey, extract programmatic diagrams from a given case

study, comparative matrix. Part 2: Re-interpret a programmatic diagram into a new

design.

Minimum output for each student:

Part 1: Drawings printed to scale: one plan 1:100 (or 1:200), one section 1:100 (or

1:200), and programmatic diagrams of a case study. Overall model for the case

study: your tutors will inform you on materials, scale, and quantity of models.

Survey in A1 as one column of given data.

Part 2: Drawings, notations, models of re-interpretations of a programmatic

diagram into a new design (1:200).

Tutorials: mandatory tutorials on M, W, F (09:00-14:00, or 14:00-20:00) as pre-arranged

by your tutors. Weeks 1 and 2: Search and remake. Weeks 3 and 4: re-interpret. Compile

all material in an individual submission.

Juries: Individual Juries on Friday 1st December and Collective Jury on Monday 4th

December.

The Extended Briefs of Term 2 (Term 2 Brief 1 & Term 2 Brief 2) will be submitted on Week 10 of

Term 1.

The Extended Briefs of Term 3 (Term 3 Brief 1 & Term 3 Brief 2) will be submitted on Week 10 of

Term 2.


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3. AAFY 1718 STUDENTS CALENDAR

2017-2018 ACADEMIC YEAR COMMENCES

Introduction Week Monday 18th September to Friday 22nd September 2017

Monday 18th September ORIENTATION for ALL students

14:00-15:00, First Year Programme Introduction

(First Year Studio)

Tuesday 19th September REGISTRATION for NEW students

Friday 22nd September Picnic for NEW students

TERM 1 (12 Weeks) AUTUMN

Monday 25th September to Friday 15th December2017

Term 1 WEEK 1 Monday 25th September to Friday 29th September 2017

Term 1 Brief 1 (1 of 5 weeks)

Monday 25th September REGISTRATION for RETURNING students

14:00-15:00, Introduction to First Year Studio: Content

15:00-16:00, Term 1 Brief 1 Presentation

16:00-17:00, Introduction to First Year Studio: Housekeeping

Tuesday 26th September REGISTRATION for RETURNING students

10:00-18:00, Intermediate Unit Introductions (all day)

Wednesday 27th September Registration for RETURNING students

10:00-18:00, Tutorials

Friday 29th September 09:00-12:00, T1B1 Skill-Workshops: Projections with John & Pol

12:30-13:30, Media Studies 1st Year Introduction/Registration


Term 1 WEEK 2 Monday 2nd October to Friday 6th October 2017


Term 1 Complementary Studies Commence

Monday 2nd October 09:00-14:00, Tutorials by group (same order for the entire brief)

09:00, Group 1

09:30, Group 2

10:00, etc.

14:00-20:00, Tutorials by group

Tuesday 3rd October 10:00-13:00, HTS (am: 1 of 7)

14:00-17:00, MS (pm: 1of 8)


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Wednesday 4th October 09:00-14:00, Tutorials


Thursday 5th October 10:00-17:00, TS (am and pm: 1 of 7)

Friday 6th October 09:00-14:00, Tutorials


Term 1 WEEK 3 Monday 9th October to Friday 13th October 2017


Monday 9th October 09:00-14:00, Tutorials


Tuesday 10th October 10:00-13:00, HTS (am: 2 of 7)

14:00-17:00, MS (pm: 2of 8)





13:30-14:00, FY Meeting students & tutors for OPTIONAL

STUDIO TRIP 01: Alex & John


Term 1 WEEK 4, Monday 16th October to Friday 20th October 2017


Monday 16th October 09:00-14:00, Tutorials


Interim Director/Foundation & First Year Student Meeting


14:00-17:00, MS (pm: 3 of 8)






16:00-18:00, Foundation/First Year OPEN DAY

Portfolio Presentation by former First Year students

Term 1 WEEK 5 Monday 23rd October to Friday 27th October 2017


Monday 23rd October 09:00-14:00, Tutorials



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14:00-17:00, MS (pm: 4 of 8)



16:00-19:00, Undergraduate OPEN EVENING


Friday 27th October 09:00-10:00, Jury set up

10:00-17:00, Term 1 Brief 1 Final Jury

17:00-18:00, Term 1 Brief 1 Digital Submissions, Assessments

and Debriefs

18:00-18:30, OPTIONAL STUDIO TRIP 01 Deadlines

18:30-19:30, Term 1 Brief 1 FY Studio Housekeeping

Term 1 WEEK 6 Monday 30th October to Friday 3rd November 2017

OPEN WEEK – All Undergraduate & Graduate Classes Suspended

Monday 30th October 10:00-20:00, AA Workshops, events, lectures

14:00-15:00, Term 1 Brief 2 Presentation

15:00-16:00, T1B1 & T1B2 Skill-Workshops: Portfolio with

Monia & Pol

Tuesday 31st October 10:00-20:00, AA Workshops, events, lectures

Wednesday 1st November 10:00-20:00, AA Workshops, events, lectures

Thursday 2nd November 10:00-20:00, AA Workshops, events, lectures

AA XX 100: CONFERENCE

Friday 3rd November 10:00-20:00, AA Workshops, events, lectures

CROSS-SCHOOL OPEN JURY / OPEN DAY

AA XX 100: CONFERENCE

Saturday 4th November AA XX 100: CONFERENCE

Term 1 WEEK 7 Monday 6th November to Friday 10th November 2017


Monday 6th November 09:00-14:00, Tutorials


Tuesday 7th November 10:00-13:00, HTS (am: 5 of 7)

14:00-17:00, MS (am: 5 of 8)

Wednesday 8th November 09:00-14:00, Tutorials


Thursday 9th November 10:00-17:00, TS (am and pm: 5 of 7)

Friday 10th November 09:00-14:00, Tutorials



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Tuesday 14th November 10:00-13:00, HTS (am: 6 of 7)

14:00-17:00, MS (am: 6 of 8)



Thursday 16th November 10:00-17:00, TS (am and pm: 6 of 7)




Term 1 Brief 2 (3 of 5weeks)



Tuesday 21st November 10:00-13:00, HTS (am: 7 of 7)

14:00-17:00, MS (am: 7 of 8)

Wednesday 22nd November 09:00-14:00, Tutorials


Thursday 23rd November 10:00-17:00, TS (am and pm: 7 of 7)



Term 1 WEEK 10 Monday 27th November to Friday 1st December 2017




Tuesday 28th November 09:00-13:00, HTS (individual tutorials)

14:00-17:00, MS (pm: 8 of 8)



Thursday 30th November 09:00-14:00, Tutorials


Friday 1st December 09:00-14:00, Term 1 Brief 2 Individual Juries

14:00-20:00, Term 1 Brief 2 Individual Juries


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Term 1 WEEK 11 Monday 4th December to Friday 8th December 2017


Monday 4th December 09:00-14:00, Tutorials

13:00-14:00, Term 1 Brief 2 Jury set up

14:00-17:00, Term 1 Brief 2 COLLECTIVE Jury

17:00-18:00, Term 1 Brief 2 Digital submissions, Assessments

and Debriefs

18:00-19:00, Term 1 Brief 2 FY Studio Housekeeping

Tuesday 5th December 10:00-13:00, HTS (individual tutorials)


Wednesday 6th December 09:00-14:00, Tutorials


Thursday 7th December 09:00-14:00, Tutorials


Friday 8th December By 13:00, Term 1 Complementary Studies Submission Hand-In



14:00-16:00, FY Meeting students and tutors: Break Portfolio

FY OPTIONAL STUDIO TRIP 01: Tuesday 12th December – Monday 18th December.

Term 1 WEEK 12 Monday 11th December to Friday 15th December 2017

Monday 11th December FY London

Tuesday 12th December FY Abroad / FY London

Wednesday 13th December FY Abroad / FY London

Thursday 14th December FY Abroad / FY London

Friday 15th December FY Abroad / FY London

End of Term 1 / Christmas Party

Student Holiday: Saturday 16th December 2017 to Sunday 7th January 2018 inclusive

AA Premises closed (actual): Saturday 16th December 2017 to Tuesday 2nd January 2018

inclusive

AA Premises re-open: Wednesday 3rd January 2018

Term 2 commences: Monday 8th January 2018


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TERM 2 (11 Weeks) WINTER

Monday 8th January – Friday 23rd March 2018

Pre start of Term: Wednesday 3rd January – Term 2 Tuition Fee due

Term 2 WEEK 1 Monday 8th January to Friday 12th January 2018

Term 2 Complementary Studies Commence

By Friday 12th January Return of Term 1 Complementary Studies Feedback

Monday 8th January Term 2 Students Registration


Tuesday 9th January 10:00-13:00, HTS (am: 1 of 7)

14:00-18:00, MS (pm: 1 of 8)

Wednesday 10th January 09:00-10:00, Submission Portfolio Review – Pol, John, Nacho &

Costandis



Thursday 11th January 10:00-18:00, TS (am and pm: 1 of 7)

Friday 12th January First Year Progress Reviews

OPEN DAY

Term 2 WEEK 2 Monday 15th January to Friday 19th January 2018

Monday 15th January 09:00-14:00, Tutorials



14:00-18:00, MS (pm: 2 of 8)

Wednesday 17th January 09:00-14:00, Tutorials


Thursday 18th January 10:00-18:00, TS (am and pm: 2 of 7)

Friday 19th January 09:00-14:00, Tutorials




Term 2 WEEK 3 Monday 22nd January to Friday 26th January 2018

Monday 22nd January 09:00-14:00, Tutorials


Tuesday 23rd January 10:00-13:00, HTS (am: 3 of 7)

14:00-18:00, MS (pm: 3 of 8)

Wednesday 24th January 09:00-14:00, Tutorials


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Thursday 25th January TS (am and pm: 3 of 7)

Friday 26th January 09:00-14:00, Tutorials


Term 2 WEEK 4 Monday 29th January to Friday 2nd February 2018

Monday 29th January 09:00-14:00, Tutorials



14:00-18:00, MS (pm: 4 of 8)

Wednesday 31st January 09:00-14:00, Tutorials


Thursday 1st February 10:00-18:00, TS (am and pm: 4 of 7)

Friday 2nd February 09:00-14:00, Tutorials


18:00-18:30, OPTIONAL STUDIO TRIP 02 Deadlines

Term 2 WEEK 5 Monday 5th February to Friday 9th February 2018

OPEN WEEK – All Undergraduate & Graduate Classes Suspended

Monday 5th February 10:00-20:00, AA Workshops, events, lectures

Tuesday 6th February 10:00-20:00, AA Workshops, events, lectures

Wednesday 7th February 10:00-20:00, AA Workshops, events, lectures

Thursday 8th February 10:00-20:00, AA Workshops, events, lectures

Friday 9th February 10:00-20:00, AA Workshops, events, lectures

CROSS-SCHOOL OPEN JURY / DEBATE

Term 2 WEEK 6 Monday 12th February to Friday 16th February 2018

Monday 12th February 09:00-14:00, Tutorials


Tuesday 13th February 10:00-13:00, HTS (am: 5 of 7)

14:00-18:00, MS (pm: 5 of 8)

Wednesday 14th February 09:00-14:00, Tutorials


Thursday 15th February 10:00-18:00, TS (am and pm: 5 of 7)

Friday 16th February 09:00-14:00, Tutorials



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Term 2 WEEK 7 Monday 19th February to Friday 23rd February 2018




14:00-18:00, MS (pm: 6 of 8)



Thursday 22nd February 10:00-18:00, TS (am and pm: 6 of 7)

Friday 23rd February 09:00-14:00, Tutorials


Term 2 WEEK 8 Monday 26th February to Friday 2nd March 2018




14:00-18:00, MS (pm: 7 of 8)



Thursday 1st March 10:00-18:00, TS (am and pm: 7 of 7)

Friday 2nd March 09:00-14:00, Tutorials


Term 2 WEEK 9 Monday 5th March to Friday 9th March 2018

Monday 5th March 09:00-14:00, Tutorials


AA BURSARY Applications Open (continuing

Undergraduate/MPhil/PhD)

Tuesday 6th March 10:00-13:00, HTS (individual tutorials)

14:00-18:00, MS (pm: 8 of 8)

Wednesday 7th March 09:00-14:00, Tutorials


Thursday 8th March 09:00-14:00, Tutorials


Friday 9th March 09:00-14:00, Tutorials


18:00-18:30: FY Meeting students & tutors for OPTIONAL

FIELDWORK ABROAD: Alex & John


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Term 2 WEEK 10 Monday 12th March to Friday 16th March 2018

Monday 12th March 09:00-14:00, Portfolios

14:00-20:00, Portfolios


14:00-18:00, MS (pm: 8 of 8)

Wednesday 14th March 09:00-18:00, First Year Reviews

Thursday 15th March 09:00-18:00, First Year Reviews

Friday 16th March 09:00-18:00, First Year Reviews

Term 2 WEEK 11 Monday 19th March to Friday 23rd March 2018

Monday 19th March 09:00-14:00, Tutorials




Wednesday 21st March 09:00-14:00, Tutorials


Thursday 22nd March By 13:00, Term 2 Complementary Studies Submission Hand-In

13:30-14:00, OPTIONAL FIELDWORK ABROAD Deadlines

14:00-16:00, FY Meeting students and tutors: Break Portfolio

Undergraduate School Student Survey opens

Friday 23rd March End of Term 2

FY OPTIONAL STUDIO TRIP 02: Friday 23rd March – Thursday 29th March.

Student Vacation: Saturday 24th March to Sunday 22nd April 2018 inclusive

AA Premises closed (actual): Wednesday 28th March to Sunday 15th April inclusive

(Good Friday: Friday 30th March 2018)

(Easter Monday: Monday 2nd April 2018)

AA Premises re-open: Monday 16th April 2018

Term 3 commences: Monday 23rd April 2018


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Term 3 (9 Weeks) SPRING

Monday 23rd April – Friday 22nd June 2018

Pre start of Term: Wednesday 18th April – Term 3 Tuition Fee due

Term 3 WEEK 1 Monday 23rd April to Friday 27th April 2018

By Friday 27th April Return of Term 2 Complementary Studies Feedback

Monday 23rd April Term 3 Student Registration


Tuesday 24th April 09:00-14:00, Tutorials


Wednesday 25th April 09:00-14:00, Tutorials


Thursday 26th April 09:00-14:00, Tutorials


Friday 27th April 09:00-14:00, Tutorials


FY OPTIONAL FIELDWORK ABROAD: Friday 27th April – Thursday 3rd May.

Term 3 WEEK 2 Monday 30th April to Friday 4th May 2018

Monday 30th April 09:00-14:00, Tutorials


Tuesday 1st May 09:00-14:00, Tutorials


MS High Pass Jury and Exhibition

Wednesday 2nd May 09:00-14:00, Tutorials


AA HTS and Sharp Writing Prize

Thursday 3rd May 09:00-14:00, Tutorials


Friday 4th May 09:00-14:00, Tutorials


Term 3 WEEK 3 Tuesday 8th May to Friday 11th May 2018

Monday 7th May Bank Holiday – AA Premises closed

Tuesday 8th May 09:00-14:00, Tutorials


Wednesday 9th May 09:00-14:00, Tutorials



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Thursday 10th May 09:00-14:00, Tutorials




Undergraduate School Student Survey closes

Term 3 WEEK 4 Monday 14th May to Friday 18th May 2018

Undergraduate School Jury Fortnight (Week 1)

Monday 14th May 09:00-14:00, Tutorials


Tuesday 15th May 09:00-14:00, Tutorials


Wednesday 16th May 09:00-14:00, Tutorials






AA BURSARY Applications close

Term 3 WEEK 5 Monday 21st May to Friday 25th May 2018

Undergraduate School Jury Fortnight (Week 2)

Monday 21st May 09:00-14:00, Tutorials


Tuesday 22nd May 09:00-14:00, Tutorials


Wednesday 23rd May 09:00-14:00, Tutorials






Saturday 26th May 10:00-12:00, Portfolio Workshop

Term 3 WEEK 6 Tuesday 29th May to Friday 1st June 2018

Monday 28th May Bank Holiday – AA Premises closed

Tuesday 29th May 09:00-14:00, Portfolio

14:00-20:00, Portfolio

Wednesday 30th May 09:00-14:00, Portfolio


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Thursday 31st May 09:00-14:00, Portfolio


Friday 1st June 09:00-14:00, Portfolio


Term 3 WEEK 7 Monday 4th June to Friday 8th June 2018

Monday 4th June 09:00-14:00, Portfolio


Tuesday 5th June 09:00-14:00, Portfolio


Wednesday 6th June First Year End of Year Reviews

Thursday 7th June First Year End of Year Reviews

Friday 8th June First Year End of Year Reviews

Term 3 WEEK 8 Monday 11th June to Friday 15th June 2018

Monday 11th June Exhibition set-up / Final Check

Tuesday 12th June Exhibition set-up / Final Check

Wednesday 13th June Exhibition set-up / Final Check

Thursday 14th June Exhibition set-up / Final Check

Friday 15th June Exhibition set-up / Final Check

14:00, Diploma Honours Presentations

Term 3 WEEK 9 Monday 18th June to Friday 22nd June 2018

Monday 18th June Exhibition set-up / Final Check

AA Prizes

Tuesday 19th June Exhibition set-up / Final Check

Wednesday 20th June Exhibition set-up / Final Check

Thursday 21st June Exhibition set-up / Final Check

Friday 22nd June Graduation Awards Ceremony

Opening of End of Year Exhibition

End of Term 3

Monday 25th June 09:00-15:00, First Year Final Check Reviews


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4. GETTING READY: RECOMMENDED EQUIPMENT

The following is a suggested equipment list. It is recommended to purchase this equipment

before commencing First Year. We have included some suggested links for your example

reference.

- Sketchbook (Minimum A4 Size)

- A1 Portfolio (Internal Plastic Sleeves are not needed)

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0013F670S

- Metric Scale Ruler

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00123368C

- Cutting Mat (Minimum A2)

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00RIX8O1E

- Scalpel with Changeable Blades

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0038WL90M

- Laptop, MAC or PC

(No preference between MAC or PC. It is not necessary to install any particular programmes for

now)

- Mouse with 2 buttons + Scroll Wheel

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B005LIFKCE

- A3 Printer

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00HZDLDK6

- External Hard Drive

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0058VIWTM

- Large storage boxes (For keeping your models at home)

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0069AA3TI

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0013F670S

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00123368C

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00RIX8O1E

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0038WL90M

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B005LIFKCE

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00HZDLDK6

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0058VIWTM

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0069AA3TI


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5. CONSTRUCT YOUR LIBRARY: ARCHITECTURE AND BEYOND

These are some essential architecture books and recommended non-architectural readings for

general knowledge.

Of all the below bibliography, the following 16 titles are the most relevant readings for FYS.

These books will be in the FYS shelf in the AA library for you to consult (not to borrow). It would

be good that you start building your own library with these titles. You can find cheap second

hand editions of them to buy online (amazon, alibris, etc.).

1. Calvino, Italo. Why read the classics? London: Vintage, 2000.

2. Ching, Francis D. K., Mark M. Jarzombek and Vikramaditya Prakash. Global history of

architecture. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley, 2007.

3. Clark, Roger and Michael Pause. Precedents in architecture: analytic diagrams, formative

ideas, and partis. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley and Sons, 2005.

4. Colquhoun, Alan. Modern architecture. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002.

5. Eisenman, Peter. Ten canonical buildings: 1950 – 2000. New York: Rizzoli, 2008.

6. Jacoby, Sam. Drawing architecture and the urban. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2016.

7. Kipnis, Jeffrey. A question of qualities: essays in architecture. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press,

2013.

8. Le Corbusier. Aircraft. London: Trefoil, 1987.

9. Le Corbusier (Charles-Edouard Jeanneret). Journey to the East. Cambridge, MA: The MIT

Press, 2007.

10. OMA, Rem Koolhaas and Bruce Mau. S, M, L, XL: Small, Medium, Large, Extra-Large. New

York, NY: Monacelli Press, 1995.

11. Rasmussen, Steen Eiler. Experiencing architecture. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1962.

12. Structure, space, mankind: Expo 70. Osaka: Second Architectural Convention of Japan, 1970.


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13. Tschumi, Bernard. The Manhattan Transcripts. London: Academy Editions, 1994.

14. Tufte, Edward R. Envisioning information. Cheshire, CT: Graphics Press, 1990.

15. Venturi, Robert. Complexity and contradiction in architecture. New York, NY: The Museum of

Modern Art, 1966.

16. Zell, Mo. The Architectural drawing course: understand the principles and master the

practices. London: Thames and Hudson, 2008.

COMPLETE BIBLIOGRAPHY:

ARCHITECTURE BOOKS

1. HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE

Carpo, Mario. The alphabet and the algorithm. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 2011.

Ching, Francis D. K., Mark M. Jarzombek and Vikramaditya Prakash. Global history of

architecture. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley, 2007.

Colquhoun, Alan. Modern architecture. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002.

Rasmussen, Steen Eiler. Experiencing architecture. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1962.

2. BUILDINGS

Balmond, Cecil. Informal. Munich: Prestel, 2002.

Eisenman, Peter. Ten canonical buildings: 1950 – 2000. New York: Rizzoli, 2008.

Kipnis, Jeffrey. A question of qualities: essays in architecture. Cambridge, MA: The MIT

Press, 2013.

Koolhaas, Rem. Elements. Venice: Marsilio Editori Spa, 2014.

Moussavi, Farshid. The function of form. Barcelona: Actar, 2009.

Moussavi, Farshid. The function of style. New York: Harvard University Graduate School

of Design, Actar and FUNCTIONLAB, 2015.

Structure, space, mankind: Expo 70. Osaka: Second Architectural Convention of Japan,

1970.

3. SKILLS, REPRESENTATION AND COMMUNICATION

Clark, Roger and Michael Pause. Precedents in architecture: analytic diagrams, formative

ideas, and partis. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley and Sons, 2005.

Jacoby, Sam. Drawing architecture and the urban. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2016.

Kaijima, Momoyo, Junzo Kuroda and Yoshiharu Tsukamoto. Made in Tokyo. Tokyo:

Kajima Institute, 2001.


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Scolari, Massimo. Oblique drawing: a history of anti-perspective. Cambridge, MA: MIT

Press, 2012.

Spiro, Annette and David Ganzon, eds. The working drawing: the architect's tool. Zurich:

Park Books, 2013.

Tufte, Edward R. Envisioning information. Cheshire, CT: Graphics Press, 1990.

Zell, Mo. The Architectural drawing course: understand the principles and master the

practices. London: Thames and Hudson, 2008.

4. IMAGINATION

Berger, John. Ways of seeing. London: Penguin, 1972.

Calvino, Italo. Why read the classics? London: Vintage, 2000.

Kipnis, Jeffrey. Perfect acts of architecture. New York: Museum of Modern Art;

Columbus, OH: Wexner Center for the Arts, 2001.

Le Corbusier. Aircraft. London: Trefoil, 1987.

Ungers, O. M. (Oswald Mathias). Morphologie = city metaphors. Koln: Verlag der

Buchhandlung Walther Koenig, 2011.

5. BOOKS BY ARCHITECTS AND CRITICS

Banham, Reyner. A critic writes: essays by Reyner Banham. London: University of

California Press, 1996.

BIG. BIG - Hot to cold: an odyssey of architectural adaptation. Köln: Taschen, 2015.

Boesiger, Willy, ed. Le Corbusier Oeuvre complète en 8 volumes. Berlin: Birkhaüser

GmbH, 1995.

Note: The Oeuvre is available as separate volumes in the AA Library and online.

Evans, Robin. Translations from drawing to building and other esays. London:

Architectural Association, 1997.

Hardingham, Samantha. Cedric Price works 1952 –2003: A Forward-minded

Retrospective. London: AA Publications, 2016.

Loos, Adolf. “Ornament und Verbrechen.” Cahiers d'Aujourd'Hui 5 (1913).

English edition of the essay in: Ornament and crime: selected essays. Riverside, CA:

Ariadne Press, 1998.

Koolhaas, Rem. Delirious New York: a retroactive manifesto for Manhattan. New York:

Monacelli Press, 1994.

OMA, Rem Koolhaas and Bruce Mau. S, M, L, XL: Small, Medium, Large, Extra-Large.

New York, NY: Monacelli Press, 1995.

Tschumi, Bernard. The Manhattan Transcripts. London: Academy Editions, 1994.

Tschumi, Bernard. Questions of space: lectures on architecture. London: Architectural

Association, 1990.

Venturi, Robert. Complexity and contradiction in architecture. New York, NY: The

Museum of Modern Art, 1966.


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6. BEYOND ARCHITECTURE

Gombrich, Ernst. A little history of the world. New Haven: Yale University Press; New

Edition, 2008.

Orwell, George. Nineteen Eighty-Four. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., 1949.

Perec, Georges and John Sturrock. Species of spaces and other pieces. London: Penguin

Books, 1997.

Of your interest might be the following authors and works. Might not directly be related with

architecture but definitely important to wider your understanding of present cultural debates:

FICTION - Adams, Douglas. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. New York: Harmony Books, 1980.

- Ballard, J. G. High Rise. London: Jonathan Cape, 1975.

- Blake, William and Andrew Lincoln. Songs of Innocence & Of Experience. London: Tate, 2006.

- Borges, Jorge Luis and Andrew Hurley. Fictions. London: Penguin, 2000.

- Carson, Anne. If Not: Winter: Fragments of Sappho. Montreal, Canada: Knopf Canada, 2003.

- DeLillo, Don. Cosmopolis. New York, NY: Scribner, 2003.

- DeLillo, Don. Zero K. New York, NY: Scribner, 2016.

- Dickens, Charles. A Tale of Two Cities. New York: Penguin Books, 2010.

- Gibson, William. Neuromancer. New York: Penguin Publishing Group, 2000.

- Marcus, Ben. The Age of Wire and String. London: Granta, 2003.

- McGuire, Richard. Here. London: Hamish Hamilton, 2014.

- Serafini, Luigi. Codex Seraphinianus. New York: Abbeville Press, 1983

- Shakespeare, William, Stanley Wells, and Gary Taylor. William Shakespeare, The Complete

Works. Oxford, Oxfordshire: Clarendon Press, 1986.

- Wallace, David Foster. Infinite Jest. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1996.

- Woolf, Virginia. A Room of One’s Own. New York: Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, 1957.

FILMS

- Lang, Fritz. Metropolis (1927)

- Chaplin, Charlie. Modern Times (1936)

- Welles, Orson. Citizen Kane (1941)

- Godard, Jean-Luc. Breathless (1960)


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- Fellini, Federico. 8½ (1963)

- Antonioni, Michelangelo. Blow up (1966)

- Truffaut, François. Fahrenheit 451 (1966)

- Tati, Jacques. Playtime (1967)

- Kubrick, Stanley. A Clockwork Orange (1971)

- Tarkovsky, Andrei. Stalker (1979)

- Herzog, Werner. Fitzcarraldo (1982)

- Jarmusch, Jim. Stranger than Paradise (1984)

- Wenders, Wim. Paris, Texas (1984)

- Gilliam, Terry. Brazil (1985)

- Greenaway, Peter. The Belly of an Architect (1987)

- Tarantino, Quentin. Pulp Fiction (1994)

- Weir, Peter. The Truman Show (1998)

- Lynch, David. The Straight Story (1999)

- Miyazaki, Hayao. Spirited Away (2001)

- von Trier, Lars. Dogville (2003)

- Coen Brothers. No Country for Old Men (2007)

- Lanthimos, Yorgos. Dogtooth (2010)

- Anderson, West. The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)

- Godard, Jean-Luc. Goodbye to Language (2014)

- Lanthimos, Yorgos. The Lobster (2015)

- Vinterberg, Thomas. The Commune (2016)

Finally a 1:1 library which is the city itself:

LINKS

* Places you must visit in London

- Barbican: http://www.barbican.org.uk/

- British Library: http://www.bl.uk/

- British Museum: http://www.britishmuseum.org/

- Building Centre: http://www.buildingcentre.co.uk/

- Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA): https://www.ica.org.uk/

http://www.barbican.org.uk/

http://www.bl.uk/

http://www.britishmuseum.org/

http://www.buildingcentre.co.uk/

https://www.ica.org.uk/


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- Royal Academy of Arts (RA): https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/

- Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA): https://www.architecture.com

- Tate Galleries: http://www.tate.org.uk/

- Victoria & Albert Museum: http://www.vam.ac.uk/

- Whitechapel Gallery: http://www.whitechapelgallery.org/

* Places you will need in London

- London Graphic Centre: http://www.londongraphics.co.uk/

- The Model Shop: http://modelshop.co.uk/

- Foyles Bookshop: http://www.foyles.co.uk/

https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/

https://www.architecture.com/

http://www.tate.org.uk/

http://www.vam.ac.uk/

http://www.whitechapelgallery.org/

http://www.londongraphics.co.uk/

http://modelshop.co.uk/

http://www.foyles.co.uk/

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