In 2016 AA Athens Visiting School continues to examine the philosophy of
phenomenology as a starting point in the architectural design.
Structures of consciousness experienced from the first-person point of
view will be coupled with the study shapes in action. The experience
around an architectural object will act as the central point of ambience
for the user's space. Assessing the way by which natural formations are
created and exist as active players in shaping their environment will
be achieved via digital simulation. Forms and structures will be created
with an aim to alter the feeling of their surrounding by being put into
motion. A series of morphologies will be designed, informed by
biomimetic form-finding methods through a bottom-up approach via various
coding techniques. A 1:1 scale structure will be put together, enabling
experience of built space and of building materials in their sensory
aspects as a result of a series of initial testing models. These
proposals will be applied through the combination of different software
including among other Processing, Arduino and Rhino Grasshopper. For
more information visit the programme's site.
http://ai.aaschool.ac.uk/athens/
