Refurbishing the City 1 : London Building Studies Term 1: With London as laboratory and project teams that combine MSc and MArch students, on-site observations and environmental measurements in selected buildings are followed by use of advanced computational tools to investigate the relationship between building, climate and occupants highlighting the use of empirical and analytical investigations in informing design research and architectural practice.
Refurbishing the City 2 : Design Research Term 2: The insights gained from the Term 1 building studies provide starting points for design research.
The books below provide samples of some of these projects as well as a series of small structures that were fabricated and tested by SED student cohorts.
Small Fun Projects
These portable structures were fabricated at the AA School’s workshop facilities in Bedford Square and at Hooke Park and transported and tested in different locations in Britain and abroad.
Dynamic Structure for Extreme Climate
Village School Structure, Pankese, Ghana