AA VISITING SCHOOL SÃO PAULO 2014 – LIQUID DESIGN:  MULTIPLE SCALESão Paulo, BrazilJuly 22 - 31, 2014                                                                                                                                                                                                          During the intense ten-day workshop of the AA São Paulo Visiting School 2014, advanced computational design and digital fabrication will be used to generate speculative new architecture models in…See More

Rio de Janeiro – Infrastructure Padrao FIFA (FIFA Standards)Centro Carioca de Design/Studio X – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, South AmericaTuesday 15 – Thursday 24 April 2014The Architectural Association Visiting School Rio de Janeiro will collaborate with the Centro Carioca de Design  with the support of Columbia University Studio X to investigate new possibilities for the urban infrastructure surrounding World Cup Stadiums. Nation-wide, there has been significant investment to build and renovate…See More

The premise of the 2013 São Paulo Visiting School is to re-define urban architecture through creating a symbiotic fusion between landscape, infrastructure and building design.  Workshops, lectures and seminars will challenge the environmentally destructive urban planning of the 1960’s local government of São Paulo, which destroyed major water systems to build a network of macro-scaled roadways and zoning divisions, which has caused flooding, pollution and urban decay.  Instead, the Visiting…See More

AA Rio de Janeiro Visiting School  26 march -  05 april 2013 Cidade do Samba, Rio de Janeiro“Samba City”Recently, the government of Rio de Janeiro implemented a policy of urban redevelopment that recognises the importance of providing space for the local creative economy of the Samba Schools within the Port of Rio de Janeiro, after having ignored their incorporation within the Porto Maravilha Waterfront Regeneration Project. Using this new incorporation strategy as our impetus, the Rio de…See More