AARCHITECTURE 17 TECTURE ARCHI THE ARCHITECTURALCURAT ASSOCIATION HAS ALWAYS EMBRACED CURATION AS AN IMPORTANT ASPECT WITHIN THE SCHOOL, FROM ITS ACADEMIC ORGANISATION AND STUDENT PORTFOLIOS TO THE EVER-EVOLVING EXHIBITIONS THAT TAKE PLACE EACH YEAR, WHAT BETTER SUBJECT TO FOCUS ON FOR AARCHITECTURE 17? THE NEW ING THEMATIC FORMAT OF THE NEWSLETTER, LAUNCHED WITH THE REDESIGN OF ISSUE 16, LENDS ITSELF TO FOCUSING ON RELEVANT SUBJECTS FOR EACH ISSUE. CURATION SEEMED A NATURAL FIT FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR, WITH ARCHITECTURE EXHIBITIONS BEING HELD AT A VARIETY OF GLOBAL LOCATIONS. FROM OUR VERY OWN EXHIBITION OF STUDENT WORK AT PROJECTS REVIEW, THE ROYAL ACADEMY SUMMER EXHIBITION TO THE 13TH INTERNATIONAL ARCHITECTURE BIENNALE IN VENICE, EACH PRESENT DIFFERENT WAYS OF CURATING ARCHITECTURE. IN ADDITION TO THE TRADITIONAL EXHIBITION, NEWS FROM THE ARCHITECTURAL ASSOCIATION EVENTS ORGANISED BY THE MEMBERSHIP OFFICE THIS SUMMER INCLUDED A PANEL DISCUSSION AT THE SOUTHBANK AND A TALK BY EMERGING ARCHITECTS AT A POP-UP SPACE IN EAST LONDON, - EACH ANALYSING THE TOPIC OF THE OLYMPICS - AS A CURATION OF PEOPLE, EVENTS AND ICONIC PLACES, AT AN URBAN SCALE. AT A SMALLER SCALE, WE LOOK AT STUDENT PORTFOLIOS AS AN AArchitecture 17 / Spring 2012 www.aaschool.ac.uk ©2012 All rights reserved Published by the Architectural Association 36 Bedford Square, London WC1B 3ES Please send your news items for the next issue to
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