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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
14:00-20:00, Tutorials
Term 1 WEEK 2 Monday 2nd October to Friday 6th October 2017
Term 1 Brief 1 (2 of 5 weeks)
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
14:00-20:00, Tutorials
Thursday 5th October 10:00-17:00, TS (am and pm: 1 of 7)
Friday 6th October 09:00-14:00, Tutorials
14:00-20:00, Tutorials
Term 1 WEEK 3 Monday 9th October to Friday 13th October 2017
Term 1 Brief 1 (3 of 5 weeks)
Monday 9th October 09:00-14:00, Tutorials
14:00-20:00, Tutorials
Tuesday 10th October 10:00-13:00, HTS (am: 2 of 7)
14:00-17:00, MS (pm: 2of 8)
Wednesday 11th October 09:00-14:00, Tutorials
14:00-20:00, Tutorials
Thursday 12th October 10:00-17:00, TS (am and pm: 2 of 7)
Friday 13th October 09:00-14:00, Tutorials
13:30-14:00, FY Meeting students & tutors for OPTIONAL
STUDIO TRIP 01: Alex & John
14:00-20:00, Tutorials
Term 1 WEEK 4, Monday 16th October to Friday 20th October 2017
Term 1 Brief 1 (4 of 5 weeks)
Monday 16th October 09:00-14:00, Tutorials
14:00-20:00, Tutorials
Interim Director/Foundation & First Year Student Meeting
Tuesday 17th October 10:00-13:00, HTS (am: 3 of 7)
14:00-17:00, MS (pm: 3 of 8)
Wednesday 18th October 09:00-14:00, Tutorials
14:00-20:00, Tutorials
Thursday 19th October 10:00-17:00, TS (am and pm: 3 of 7)
Friday 20th October 09:00-14:00, Tutorials
14:00-20:00, Tutorials
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
Term 1 Brief 1 (5 of 5 weeks)
Monday 23rd October 09:00-14:00, Tutorials
14:00-20:00, Tutorials
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Tuesday 24th October 10:00-13:00, HTS (am: 4 of 7)
14:00-17:00, MS (pm: 4 of 8)
Wednesday 25th October 09:00-14:00, Tutorials
14:00-20:00, Tutorials
16:00-19:00, Undergraduate OPEN EVENING
Thursday 26th October 10:00-17:00, TS (am and pm: 4 of 8)
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
Term 1 Brief 2 (1 of 5 weeks)
Monday 6th November 09:00-14:00, Tutorials
14:00-20:00, 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
14:00-20:00, Tutorials
Thursday 9th November 10:00-17:00, TS (am and pm: 5 of 7)
Friday 10th November 09:00-14:00, Tutorials
14:00-20:00, Tutorials
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Term 1 WEEK 8 Monday 13th November to Friday 17th November 2017
Term 1 Brief 2 (2 of 5 weeks)
Monday 13th November 09:00-14:00, Tutorials
14:00-20:00, Tutorials
Tuesday 14th November 10:00-13:00, HTS (am: 6 of 7)
14:00-17:00, MS (am: 6 of 8)
Wednesday 15th November 09:00-14:00, Tutorials
14:00-20:00, Tutorials
Thursday 16th November 10:00-17:00, TS (am and pm: 6 of 7)
Friday 17th November 09:00-14:00, Tutorials
14:00-20:00, Tutorials
Term 1 WEEK 9 Monday 20th November to Friday 24th November 2017
Term 1 Brief 2 (3 of 5weeks)
Monday 20th November 09:00-14:00, Tutorials
14:00-20:00, Tutorials
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
14:00-20:00, Tutorials
Thursday 23rd November 10:00-17:00, TS (am and pm: 7 of 7)
Friday 24th November 09:00-14:00, Tutorials
14:00-20:00, Tutorials
Term 1 WEEK 10 Monday 27th November to Friday 1st December 2017
Term 1 Brief 2 (4 of 5 weeks)
Monday 27th November 09:00-14:00, Tutorials
14:00-20:00, Tutorials
Tuesday 28th November 09:00-13:00, HTS (individual tutorials)
14:00-17:00, MS (pm: 8 of 8)
Wednesday 29th November 09:00-14:00, Tutorials
14:00-20:00, Tutorials
Thursday 30th November 09:00-14:00, Tutorials
14:00-20:00, 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
Term 1 Brief 2 (5 of 5 weeks)
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)
14:00-17:00, Tutorials
Wednesday 6th December 09:00-14:00, Tutorials
14:00-20:00, Tutorials
Thursday 7th December 09:00-14:00, Tutorials
14:00-20:00, Tutorials
Friday 8th December By 13:00, Term 1 Complementary Studies Submission Hand-In
13:30-14:00, FY Meeting students & tutors for OPTIONAL
STUDIO TRIP 01: Alex & John
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
14:00-20:00, Tutorials
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
10:00-14:00, Tutorials
14:00-20:00, Tutorials
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
14:00-20:00, Tutorials
Tuesday 16th January 10:00-13:00, HTS (am: 2 of 7)
14:00-18:00, MS (pm: 2 of 8)
Wednesday 17th January 09:00-14:00, Tutorials
14:00-20:00, Tutorials
Thursday 18th January 10:00-18:00, TS (am and pm: 2 of 7)
Friday 19th January 09:00-14:00, Tutorials
13:30-14:00, FY Meeting students & tutors for OPTIONAL
STUDIO TRIP 02: Alex & John
14:00-20:00, Tutorials
Term 2 WEEK 3 Monday 22nd January to Friday 26th January 2018
Monday 22nd January 09:00-14:00, Tutorials
14:00-20:00, 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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14:00-20:00, Tutorials
Thursday 25th January TS (am and pm: 3 of 7)
Friday 26th January 09:00-14:00, Tutorials
14:00-20:00, Tutorials
Term 2 WEEK 4 Monday 29th January to Friday 2nd February 2018
Monday 29th January 09:00-14:00, Tutorials
14:00-20:00, Tutorials
Tuesday 30th January 10:00-13:00, HTS (am: 4 of 7)
14:00-18:00, MS (pm: 4 of 8)
Wednesday 31st January 09:00-14:00, Tutorials
14:00-20:00, Tutorials
Thursday 1st February 10:00-18:00, TS (am and pm: 4 of 7)
Friday 2nd February 09:00-14:00, Tutorials
14:00-20:00, 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
14:00-20:00, 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
14:00-20:00, Tutorials
Thursday 15th February 10:00-18:00, TS (am and pm: 5 of 7)
Friday 16th February 09:00-14:00, Tutorials
14:00-20:00, Tutorials
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Term 2 WEEK 7 Monday 19th February to Friday 23rd February 2018
Monday 19th February 09:00-14:00, Tutorials
14:00-20:00, Tutorials
Tuesday 20th February 10:00-13:00, HTS (am: 6 of 7)
14:00-18:00, MS (pm: 6 of 8)
Wednesday 21th February 09:00-14:00, Tutorials
14:00-20:00, Tutorials
Thursday 22nd February 10:00-18:00, TS (am and pm: 6 of 7)
Friday 23rd February 09:00-14:00, Tutorials
14:00-20:00, Tutorials
Term 2 WEEK 8 Monday 26th February to Friday 2nd March 2018
Monday 26th February 09:00-14:00, Tutorials
14:00-20:00, Tutorials
Tuesday 27th February 10:00-13:00, HTS (am: 7 of 7)
14:00-18:00, MS (pm: 7 of 8)
Wednesday 28th February 09:00-14:00, Tutorials
14:00-20:00, Tutorials
Thursday 1st March 10:00-18:00, TS (am and pm: 7 of 7)
Friday 2nd March 09:00-14:00, Tutorials
14:00-20:00, Tutorials
Term 2 WEEK 9 Monday 5th March to Friday 9th March 2018
Monday 5th March 09:00-14:00, Tutorials
14:00-20:00, 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
14:00-20:00, Tutorials
Thursday 8th March 09:00-14:00, Tutorials
14:00-20:00, Tutorials
Friday 9th March 09:00-14:00, Tutorials
14:00-20:00, 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
Tuesday 13th March 10:00-13:00, HTS (individual tutorials)
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
14:00-20:00, Tutorials
Tuesday 20th March 10:00-13:00, HTS (individual tutorials)
14:00-20:00, Tutorials
Wednesday 21st March 09:00-14:00, Tutorials
14:00-20:00, 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
14:00-20:00, Tutorials
Tuesday 24th April 09:00-14:00, Tutorials
14:00-20:00, Tutorials
Wednesday 25th April 09:00-14:00, Tutorials
14:00-20:00, Tutorials
Thursday 26th April 09:00-14:00, Tutorials
14:00-20:00, Tutorials
Friday 27th April 09:00-14:00, Tutorials
14:00-20:00, 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
14:00-20:00, Tutorials
Tuesday 1st May 09:00-14:00, Tutorials
14:00-20:00, Tutorials
MS High Pass Jury and Exhibition
Wednesday 2nd May 09:00-14:00, Tutorials
14:00-20:00, Tutorials
AA HTS and Sharp Writing Prize
Thursday 3rd May 09:00-14:00, Tutorials
14:00-20:00, Tutorials
Friday 4th May 09:00-14:00, Tutorials
14:00-20:00, 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
14:00-20:00, Tutorials
Wednesday 9th May 09:00-14:00, Tutorials
14:00-20:00, Tutorials
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Thursday 10th May 09:00-14:00, Tutorials
14:00-20:00, Tutorials
Friday 11th May 09:00-14:00, Tutorials
14:00-20:00, 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
14:00-20:00, Tutorials
Tuesday 15th May 09:00-14:00, Tutorials
14:00-20:00, Tutorials
Wednesday 16th May 09:00-14:00, Tutorials
14:00-20:00, Tutorials
Thursday 17th May 09:00-14:00, Tutorials
14:00-20:00, Tutorials
Friday 18th May 09:00-14:00, Tutorials
14:00-20:00, 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
14:00-20:00, Tutorials
Tuesday 22nd May 09:00-14:00, Tutorials
14:00-20:00, Tutorials
Wednesday 23rd May 09:00-14:00, Tutorials
14:00-20:00, Tutorials
Thursday 24th May 09:00-14:00, Tutorials
14:00-20:00, Tutorials
Friday 25th May 09:00-14:00, Tutorials
14:00-20:00, 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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14:00-20:00, Portfolio
Thursday 31st May 09:00-14:00, Portfolio
14:00-20:00, Portfolio
Friday 1st June 09:00-14:00, Portfolio
14:00-20:00, Portfolio
Term 3 WEEK 7 Monday 4th June to Friday 8th June 2018
Monday 4th June 09:00-14:00, Portfolio
14:00-20:00, Portfolio
Tuesday 5th June 09:00-14:00, Portfolio
14:00-20:00, 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
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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/
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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/
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