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AAVS Seoul 2025 revealed urban, spatial, and architectural singularities of Seoul generated through its compressed growth. These included sensory-led mutated everyday spaces, architectural elements that form political events, urban conditions linked to compressed structural systems, and urban spaces responding to contemporary rituals. Each of the four units articulated these themes through its own perspective and methodology. Through this process, we recognized that identifying and characterizing what has emerged during Korea’s century of compressed modernization could shape a distinct architectural agenda for Seoul.

Building upon this recognition, AAVS Seoul 2026 will focus more intensively on discovering, researching, archiving, and designing what has emerged from Seoul’s social, physical, local, and territorial realities. Three units will investigate “Hidden Urban Structures and Operations,” “The Korean Apartment,” and “Reclaimed Materials” as lenses through which Seoul can be re-read. These themes represent both key architectural characteristics found in Seoul and the specific interests and methodologies of each unit. By comparatively examining informal urban fabrics, typology, and material ecosystems, the program aims to expand our collective understanding of what has emerged — and continues to emerge — in Seoul.

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All programme fees listed below include a 1-year AA Digital Membership (£60), unless otherwise stated.

Early Registration Fee : £495  (Offer expires 31 May 2026)

Standard Programme Fee : £695

Bursary : £495-595

• Full-time University of Melbourne students 

• Past AA Visiting School participants (any city/node) – proof required (certificate, email, or payment receipt)

• AA Full-time Students and Staff 

• Yonsei University students

• Groups of 2 or more 

• Tutor Recommendation Scholarship recipients

Applicants eligible for the bursary are kindly asked to contact the organisers directly.  ( aavs.seoul@social-algorithms.com )

Fees do not include flights or accommodation, but accommodation options will be advised. 

Participants are required to bring their own laptops.