The DLAB Visiting School programme at Architectural Association School of Architecture guides participants through the manufacturing process while experimenting with digital methods of design and physical machinery.

School: Architectural Association (AA) School of Architecture
Course: DLAB Visiting School
Location: London, UK
Course dates: 22 July to 9 August 2024
Application deadline: 5 July 2024

DLAB is a two-week programme taking place at the AA London HQ's unique atmosphere.

DLAB experiments with the integration of advanced computational design, analysis and large-scale prototyping techniques.

The programme continues to build on its expertise in complex architectural design and fabrication processes, relying heavily on materiality and performance.

DLAB brings together a range of experts – tutors and lecturers – from internationally acclaimed academic institutions and practices, Architectural Association, Zaha Hadid Architects, amongst others.

The research generated at DLAB has been published in international media – ArchDaily, Archinect and Bustler – and peer-reviewed conference papers, including SimAUD (Simulation in Architecture and Urban Design), eCAADe (Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe).

DLAB investigates on the correlations between form, material and structure through the rigorous implementation of computational methods for design, analysis and fabrication, coupled with analogue modes of physical experimentation and prototype making.

Each cycle of the programme devises custom-made architectural processes through the creation of novel associations between conventional and contemporary design and fabrication techniques.

The research culminates in the design and fabrication of a one-to-one scale prototype realised by the use of robotic fabrication techniques, with the aim of integrating form-finding, material computation and structural performance.

Applications to this course have now closed.

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