Architectural Association students launch AAction to promote education to reflect on the urgency of climate and ecological breakdown

AAction is an inquisitive, continuous and collective project formed by a group of AA students to promote education as the primary place to reflect on the urgency of climate and ecological breakdown. Being aware of the importance of the architectural profession in the context of climate change, the group works both within and outside the AA to challenge and address the necessary theoretical and practical challenges. 

AAction is interested in bringing about the necessary pedagogical and cultural shift in our institution in order to effectively deal with ecological disaster, aiming to consolidate as an all-inclusive set of voices. AAction sits within a larger pedagogical project across and beyond architectural education.

The Open Letter to the Architectural Community, a Call for Curriculum Change was the first important public action of the project. So far, the open letter has had more than 1650 signatures, as well as several written responses from university directors and professors, and interest from around the globe. Find out more about the open letter at https://www.architectureeducationdeclares.com/

A first summit is scheduled for the 4th of October. More seminars and meetings will take place from the start of the new academic year. If you are interested to learn more about AAction and become part of the project, please contact: aaction@aaschool.ac.uk