Reprogramming Architecture

Reprogramming Architecture

This paper aims to address innovative approaches in the pedagogical aspects of architecture by describing the work of AA Summer DLAB and Athens | Istanbul Visiting Schools of the Architectural Association School of Architecture.

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Reprogramming Architecture
Learning via Practical Methodologies

Elif Erdine1, Alexandros Kallegias2
1,2Architectural Association (AA) School of Architecture
1,2{elif.erdine|alexandros.kallegias}@aaschool.ac.uk

This paper by Elif Erdine and Alexandros Kallegias, aims to address innovative approaches in the pedagogical aspects of architecture by describing the work of AA Summer DLAB and Athens | Istanbul (AI) Visiting Schools of the Architectural Association (AA) School of Architecture in London.

The presented work is part of a research which enables a more seamless transition from design to fabrication and from academia to profession. The paper formulates the pedagogical and methodological approach towards the integration of generative design thinking, large-scale prototyping, kinetic/interactive design, and participatory design.

As such, a discussion on the methods of overcoming the fragmented nature of architectural education via the elaboration of the methodology, computational setup, fabrication strategies, and interaction / kinetic modes of the selected programmes is aspired.

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