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SUMMARY:AA Athens Visiting School 2017 - Symmetry Sentience
DESCRIPTION:\n\nOur world has been enriched by numerous interactive me
 ans that connect us across the different continents. These amplificati
 ons take place through various media that in turn estrange people from
  their surroundings. Our built environment continues to evolve, into a
 n interconnected hyperspace where architecture can be fluid, flexible 
 and vivid. In 2017, AA Athens Visiting School, will address architectu
 ral themes involving active engagement and participatory design throug
 h prototypes that are characterized by action.\n \nAction-designed st
 ructures enabled by technology today, begin to timidly move beyond the
  utopian proposals of the 20th century’s manifestos and hold a place
  in the world of realized designs. The AA Athens Visiting School incor
 porates in the design process, materials and scientific devices as vit
 al parts of the end-creations. The research aims at bringing closer th
 e user with the built environment via space animation and animate and 
 in its’ methodology, it rethinks habits of designing, building and e
 xperiencing space through materiality. In “SYMMETRY SENTIENCE”, ma
 teriality and form are considered as a “unified whole”. The progra
 mme will investigate how membranes can reshape our architectural under
 standing by bringing curvature and translucency. The design teams will
  focus on the flexible nature of tensile fabric that can be energized 
 by motion and real-time reaction to various parameters. In this world 
 of “living” structures and interactive formations, the design lang
 uage includes Processing, Arduino, Rhino Modelling, and Grasshopper. T
 he architecture programme, integrates manufacturing techniques that en
 able the design teams to actively experience the aspect of fabrication
  in 1:1 scale. A set of lectures and tutorials by experts from interna
 tionally renowned academics and practitioners, from the Architectural 
 Association, Zaha Hadid Architects and others, form the theoretical ba
 ckground based on aspects of computational space, machinic control as 
 well as responsive and kinetic design.\n \nEligibility\nThe workshop 
 is open to architecture and design students and professionals worldwid
 e.\nAccreditation\nParticipants receive the AA Visiting School Certifi
 cate with the completion of the Programme.\nApplications\nThe deadline
  for applications is 29 May 2017. No portfolio or CV, only requiremen
 t is the online application form and fees. The online application can 
 be reached from:\nhttps://www.aaschool.ac.uk/STUDY/ONLINEAPPLICATION/v
 isitingApplication.php?schoolID=467\n \nFor more information, please 
 visit:\nhttp://www.aaschool.ac.uk/STUDY/VISITING/athens\n \nContact d
 etails:\nAlexandros Kallegias (Programme Head): alexandros.kallegias
 @aaschool.ac.uk\n\nFor more information visit https://www.grasshopper3
 d.com/events/aa-athens-visiting-school-2017-symmetry-sentience
DTSTART;TZID=America/Boise:20170612T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/Boise:20170622T235900
CATEGORIES:workshop
LOCATION:AKTO College – Athens Campus
WEBSITE:http://ai.aaschool.ac.uk/athens/
URL:http://ai.aaschool.ac.uk/athens/
CONTACT:
ORGANIZER;CN="Alexandros Kallegias":https://www.grasshopper3d.com/prof
 ile/AlexandrosKallegias
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