CHRIS PIERCE - AA VISITING SCHOOL DIRECTOR
Christopher Pierce studied at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and gained a PhD from the University of Edinburgh. Among his recent publications are essays on OMA, ‘From Bauhaus to Our House to Koolhaas: The Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) and Modern American Culture’; Cloud 9, ‘Seven-year Itch: Another Note from Empuriabrava; and Diller Scofidio + Renfro, ‘Threes a Crowd. He formed Mis-Architecture with Chris Matthews in 2000. He currently runs a diploma unit and is the visiting school director at the Architectural Association. ANTONIO GUIJARRO - ASSISTANT TUTOR
Antonio Guijarro García (Madrid); Architect and Urban Designer at the School of Architecture, Polytechnic University of Madrid; He won the first prize in the competition for the design of a new urban space in Vallecas, Madrid (2001) and first prize for the design of a New Exhibition Space in Madrid´s Museum of Modern Art. He is member of Esteban Penelas Architects since 2007. He has participated in projects that have been internationally published, having received numerous national and international awards, and being exposed worldwide. He has been a professor at several international universities: Guest professor invited by the National University of Architecture Cheju (Jeju Island, South Korea), Student coordinator at Cheju National University of Architecture (category Social & Communication Arts) for the III Delphic Games, professor invited by the Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU) of Architecture (Seoul, South Korea). Jury and sudent project professor for the Development of Buckhan neighborhood in Seoul and invited professor at the UDLA (Quito, Ecuador). He is currently working as Professor at the European University of Madrid (UEM) He is currently working as Co-Director and partner for Penelas Architects Office PAO He has also worked for the investigation group of the Architectonic Projects Department at the European School of Architecture (European University of Madrid). VICENTE SOLER - ASSISTANT TUTOR
Vicente Soler graduated in Architecture from the European University of Madrid. He works and consults as a specialist in digital generative design modelling. He has worked with several offices, including Amid(cero9), participating in multiple internationally recognized projects. He has been a guest speaker on lectures at the University of San Sebastian, San Pablo CEU University and at the COAMU (Colegio Oficial de Arquitectos de Murcia). Since 2009 he runs a digital workshop that is part of the DIP 5 unit course at the AA School of Architecture. He was a teacher at the KIMU workshop at the University of San Sebastian and has been teaching the Grasshopper software at several academies and offices. He is the cofounder of the Spaceoid academy in Madrid that specializes in software for architectural design. CHRISTINA DAHDALEH - ASSISTANT TUTOR
Christina Dahdaleh is a passionate and enthusiastic Designer. She has graduated recently from the Bartlett School of Architecture (UCL- London) with a Masters in Architecture, under the teaching of Nannette Jackowski and Ricardo de Ostos. She also holds a first class honours in Bachelor Degree in Architecture from the Kent School of Architecture, 2012. She is currently working at MadMDesign (UK) as a member of the research team, collaborating on the development of a flexible 3d printed pavilion, as well as a series of digitally manufactured furniture pieces. Christina has also previously worked in several well renowned architecture offices; RTKL (UK), Guy Holloway architects (UK), Faris and Faris Architects (Jordan) and Jaafar Toukan Architecture (Jordan). She was involved in the production and designing for international clients based in the Middle East, South East Asia and Europe. Christina’s experience also extends into the film and theatre industry. She has worked on several feature films as a wardrobe and set design assistant, the most recent being ‘Rosewater’, a feature directed by John Stewart.