Thursday, May 15, 2014

AA Visiting School Jordan


Amman, Jordan
14-24 June 2014

AA Jordan is a unique ten-day computational architecture workshop as part of the Architectural Association' Visiting School Programmes. The UNESCO world heritage sites of Petra and Wadi Rum are part of the focus of the workshop and will be visited, researched, investigated and inhabited for two days.

Agenda
The Jordanian desert ecology is a distinct unaltered antiquity, a magnificent heterogeneous landscape that is emergent of fluid erosion processes that have occurred over fifty million years. The biodiversity of the desert reveals a vast platform for research into natural artifacts. Participants will investigate natural phenomena which include sand dunes, rock strata, rock bridges, canyons, gorges, and mountain formations. During the course of the workshop, participants will visit, examine, and inhabit two UNESCO world heritage sites: Wadi Rum and Petra; the latter named one of the world's seven wonders.

Programme director
Kais Al-Rawi

Programme faculty
Julia Koerner
Vincenzo Reale
Marie Boltenstern
Mohamad Makkouk 


Guests
Ross Lovegrove, Ross Lovegrove Studio
Wael Attili, Kharabeesh


Complete details and registration: http://jordan.aaschool.ac.uk/ 


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