Voyager³ designed and made by the 2011 SummerMAKE team
SummerMAKE
Hooke Park, DorsetSunday 1 – Sunday 15 July 2012
SummerMAKE engages students in a live architecture project at Hooke Park timed to coincide with the A A Summer School in London. You will gain hands-on experience in workshop-driven design and production methods through a complete cycle of conceiving, modelling, prototyping, testing and building experimental architecture at 1:1. You will be immersed in an all-inclusive wood workshop with CNC machinery and make use of essential workshop tools for metal, textile and other materials. Working predominantly with wood sourced from the surrounding forest, experiments will be designed, constructed and tested as scaled models leading to an occupied architectural project.
SummerMAKE 2012 – which has the subtitle ‘Symphony’ – will explore and enhance the harmonies found within Hooke Park. Proposals will take the form of adaptations, augmentations, extensions or intrusions into the forest to produce new architectural arrangements. Participants will work in teams balanced according to particular interests, skills and ambitions, and will be guided by expert makers and tutors from the AA.
Hooke Park is a 350-acre working forest in Dorset, West England, located in an ‘Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty’. Participants live in the Edward Cullinan-designed residential lodge, work in the ABK/Frei Otto-designed wood workshop and eat in the refectory, also designed by ABK/Frei Otto.
Applications
The deadline for applications is 17 June 2012. All participants travelling from abroad are responsible for securing any visa required for entry to the UK, and are advised to contact their home embassy early. After payment of fees, the AA School can provide a letter confirming participation in the workshop.
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Fees
The AA Visiting School requires a fee of £995 per participant, which includes Accommodation, Food, Material costs and a £50 Visiting Membership. If you are already a member, the total fee will be reduced automatically by £50 by the online payment system.
Eligibility
The workshop is open to architecture and design students and professionals worldwide.
