AA Visiting School Luxembourg

AA Visiting School Luxembourg is an educational platform which has been established to investigate the architectural condition of Luxembourg. As both one of the smallest and wealthiest countries in the world, Luxembourg presents a unique opportunity to question the degree of control humans may have in designing their built environment in favourable circumstances. Our analysis focuses on widespread architectural conditions as well as specific projects – uncovering the driving forces behind the individuals, institutions and corporations which shape these environments. Operating within the wider field of architecture, we encourage the crossing of design disciplines to explore new ways of assessing, understanding and responding to the specific and universal architectural transformations within the post-agricultural, post-industrial and perhaps post-corporate communities. AAVS Luxembourg offers short courses in architecture to students, professionals and enthusiasts over two weeks during the summer in Luxembourg. Each year we present an extended brief on a particular spatial theme, which goes on to form part of a wider agenda explored over many years. The studio work is structured through a series of field trips, architectural visits, film screenings, theoretical and practical workshops, individual and group tutorials, lectures and seminars with professional experts and guest speakers. We will create research-led and experimental projects, which will be exhibited at the Luxembourg Centre for Architecture in the city centre. AAVS Luxembourg is led by Anouk Ahlborn and Fearghus Raftery, in collaboration with the Luxembourg Center for Architecture (LUCA) and the Master in Architecture at the University of Luxembourg (UNI.LU). We invite students, professionals and enthusiasts in the wider field of architecture to participate! Please don't hesitate to get in touch via email (luxembourg@aaschool.ac.uk) or social media (linkedin, twitter, youtube, facebook and instagram).